Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

[Brian in Mesa]

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Release Date: December 25, 2011 (limited; wide: Jan. 20)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Stephen Daldry
Screenwriter: Eric Roth
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language)
Website: ExtremelyLoudmovie.com

Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, James Gandolfini, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Max von Sydow

Plot Summary: Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.

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[MadCardDisease]

Seen this trailer several times recently. I'm on the fence with this one. Not sure if I want to see it. 9/11 is still fresh in my mind like it just happened yesterday.

 

[Mulli]

How did they not cast Julia Roberts?!

 

[Pariah]

I think this looks really good.

 

[MadCardDisease]

I think this looks really good.

Part of me says it looks OK. Part of me says they are milking 9/11.

 

[Mulli]

Part of me says it looks OK. Part of me says they are milking 9/11.

Well said.

 

[Rivercard]

Well said.

technically, that would be "well typed"

 

[Rivercard]

I think this looks really good.

Me too. I'll see it if viewer reviews are positive.

 

[Mulli]

technically, that would be "well typed"

poorly played

 

[Mulli]

I am kinda done with Tom Hanks movies. This looks like the typical Tom Hanks movie.

 

[Mulli]

technically, that would be "well typed"

You are extremely dumb and incredibly stupid.

 

[Rivercard]

You are extremely dumb and incredibly stupid.

Not to mention extraordinarily hidious.

 

[Mulli]

Not to mention extraordinarily hidious.

BIM: Hideous.

 

[Mulli]

You are extremely dumb and incredibly stupid.

Nidan would have warned me for that.

 

[Rivercard]

BIM: Hideous.

And a superlatively bad speller apparently.

 

[Mulli]

And a superlatively bad speller apparently.

:shanerule:

 

[Renz]

I am kinda done with Tom Hanks movies. This looks like the typical Tom Hanks movie.

I hear ya. Tom just smiles and we are all supposed to swoon. Same with Julia Roberts. She laughs her hyena laugh and the world is supposed to stop.

That's why I'm so glad that Larry Crowne bombed. Maybe the masses are figuring it out.

 

[Cheesebeef]

LOATHED this movie.

 

[Rivercard]

LOATHED this movie.

The way it was made, the story, or both? We need some details!

 

[Renz]

From the trailers, the direction looks incredibly heavy-handed.

Also, it's being marketed as a movie about 9/11, but it really isn't. It's a movie about how a family copes with the death of the father. How will the wife go on? How will the children react to growing up without their dad?

The 9/11 angle seems to be a cheap way to bring more attention to the otherwise universal themes in the film.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The way it was made, the story, or both? We need some details!

the story. hated the kid, hated the story, the acting, the capitalization on the most horrific event this country has seen in decades, if not ever. all of it made me sick to my stomach to the point that i turned it off after 45 minutes.

 

[Mulli]

the story. hated the kid, hated the story, the acting, the capitalization on the most horrific event this country has seen in decades, if not ever. all of it made me sick to my stomach to the point that i turned it off after 45 minutes.

I am pretty sure I started reading the book, and I had a similar response.

Heavy handed is the perfect phrase for the whole thing.

 

[Cheesebeef]

From the trailers, the direction looks incredibly heavy-handed.

Also, it's being marketed as a movie about 9/11, but it really isn't. It's a movie about how a family copes with the death of the father. How will the wife go on? How will the children react to growing up without their dad?

The 9/11 angle seems to be a cheap way to bring more attention to the otherwise universal themes in the film.

eh... it kind is about the repercussions 9/11 had on the entire city... at least the first 45 minutes were. it's not just the loss of the father story.

that being said, it's still terrible.

 

[MadCardDisease]

the story. hated the kid, hated the story, the acting, the capitalization on the most horrific event this country has seen in decades, if not ever. all of it made me sick to my stomach to the point that i turned it off after 45 minutes.

How did you turn it off if it just hit theaters today?

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

How did you turn it off if it just hit theaters today?

Dude, didn't you know?

Cheesebeef has been replaced with an android while he's in Japan.