DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Movies We Love: Heat

  • Kangaroo Be Stoned · 4 months ago
    "Heat" will be released on Blu-Ray on November 3, 2009.
  • nickdenife · 4 months ago
    Damn! Another one to get on BluRay. I try to be selective when it comes to purchasing movies on that format - it has to b e something visually and aurally worth the purchase, and this one falls into that category. Thanks for the news!
  • Kangaroo Be Stoned · 4 months ago
    Make sure you read reviews of the transfer and sound quality before buying it.
  • toocoo · 4 months ago
    This column is called "why We love it" and yet this has got to be the first review of Heat that I've ever read that did not even mention the Bank heist and shootout. Definitely in the top 3 bank jobs ever filmed if not the best ever! WTF!
  • Jim_Rohner · 4 months ago
    Ahh my tragic flaw. You're absolutely right sir (or madam). I would actually rank the heist as the #1 bank heist ever filmed, but due to my verbose writing style (as filmfreek mentions below), something had to go. While there are many awesome bank heists captured on celluloid, I wanted to focus more on Heat's ability to paint such an even picture of both sides of the law. That, in my opinion, is a rarity in cop dramas these days.
  • toocoo · 4 months ago
    It was refreshing that you focused on the the character study as this film excelled in that as well. No harm done. I think it's safe to say we ALL love this film. Keep up the good work!

    BY the way, rounding out my top 3 Bank heists would have to be The Dark Knight and Quick Change (to obscure?), with an honorable mention going to Raising Arizona and Point Break. I'm sure I've forgotten a gem in there somewhere, and I'm not counting Dog Day Afternoon since it was the entire movie. Maybe you could put up an article on this topic...
  • Jim_Rohner · 3 months ago
    That's not a bad idea at all. Never saw Quick Change myself so I can't comment on that one, but I am a fan of all things The Dark Knight.
  • tk. · 4 months ago
    "With this guy, this much heat, you should pass."

    One of Voight's best roles.
  • nickdenife · 4 months ago
    Absolutely right about this one - this is one of my favorite crime movies and is a great, great film. The scene in the diner is a classic and the shoot-out at the bank is awesome, particularly if you listen to it in 5.1.

    I don't have anything else to say - you've already covered it. Good job!
  • Troy R. Vanderpool · 4 months ago
    Also stellar in support of the leads:
    Mykelti Williamson
    Wes Studi
    Ted Levine
    Dennis Haysbert
    William Fichtner
    Tom Noonan "The Information is out there...you just have to reach out and grab it"
    Hank Azaria
    Jeremy Piven
    Tone Loc
  • glennbreday · 3 weeks ago
    As to Tone Loc's performance I feel that his was underrated and as an actor, with that great gravelly voice, he's under-utilized.
  • filmfreek · 4 months ago
    Nice review, can actually feel your love for this one,
    a tad verbose though!!
  • glennbreday · 4 weeks ago
    You nailed the essence of De Niro, Pacino and method acting in your writing. I, as an aging baby-boomer, lament that De Niro has aged. If only we could all stay as sleek, polished and fit as De Niro's Neil McCauley in this great film.