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L.A Confidential Watch Along (Patreon)

Published:
2024-01-03 17:00:10
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2026-06

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What an amazing film! WOW! I loved it! Friggen babbled at the end when all i had to say was 

ROLLO TOMASI!! 😮

Thanks for getting this one to win on the poll.. was this an underrated movie thou? Seems like its incredible? I saw after that this came out the same year as Titanic and Kim Basinger won for Best Supporting Actress. I was def not watching this as a kid cause I was too busy watching Titanic 11 times in theatres!!! I have never seen "In and Out" but can imagine Joan Cusack doing an amazing job - But, I think I woulda gone Julianne Moore for "Boogie Nights" for Best Supporting Actress that year. I do have a soft spot for Matt Damon and Robin Williams in "Good Will Hunting" as they where amazing and Damon was a breakout star... but I'm still a little baffled that Russell Crowe wasn't nominated.

NOW my curiosity has got me I am doing a deep dive into the Movies nominated for that Year and I'm like WAIT A SEC hold up. These 3 men weren't nominated? Thats absolutely OBSURD. I feel like "As Good As It Gets" is extremely over rated? But, I haven't seen a lot of those movies nominated from that year. WOW. ok. now I see what you guys mean. At least they won for Adapted Screenplay. Looks like if this was based off a book its gotta be good.... 1998 seemed like a jam packed year, but perhaps a year where they just voted faves to win???

Let me know your thoughts down below!!

xx

ames

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L.A Confidential Watch Along

ROLLO TOMASI!!! F-Yeah this movie kicked some serious ass! I loved it soo much! I blabber in the end about watever but HOLY crap! What a film! Thanks for voting on this one to WIN! xx ames

Comments

Luetin

'was this an underrated movie thou? Seems like its incredible?' I remember seeing that post, and immediately realising a lot of people clearly either struggled or chose to ignore entirely the concept of what an Underrated move is 😅 hence I decided not to contribute any suggestions lol, but still a great movie to view tho.

RFK Fan

Critics and Film fans LOVED IT but audiences for the most part avoided it. This movie really put Russell Crowe onto Hollywood's map where he would go on to mega-stardom with Gladiator. Also spotlighted the acting talents of another Aussie Guy Pearce, whose good in everything he does. This film is proof when you have a GREAT script paired with the right Director and casted well what Hollywood is capable of. Now? Its nothing but Superhero sequels... If you want to see another film, like this, that features STELLAR acting, script and direction then try THE INSIDER with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe...

Shawn Goforth

I would suggest that this film is underappreciated, in the sense that it wasn't as widely seen, then or today. Those who have seen it tend to love it, but drop the name of the title into a conversation, and more often than not, someone never watched it. I remember being super-invested in the Academy Awards in the late 90s, because so many great films were getting made, but as I watched that ceremony, I remember thinking, "What the hell?" after each category. It definitely deserved more.

Bubba Fett

Always seen this pop up on TV but never watched, now and then it comes up on streaming and just never bothered but man I was missing out. I didn't expect the mystery side to it which I love to see.

Moe howard

Fun fact about the Frolic Room that Kevin Spacey' character went to twice in the movie, it's an actual historic bar on Hollywood Blvd. I've been to it like 20 yrs ago. I think it's still there?

Greg Nelson

You nailed this reaction like always. You picked up on so much and made revisiting this great film a treat. I love your comments on the acting and gorgeous filming. Another modern take on film noir is Chinatown from the 70’s starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Also set in L.A. it revolves around corruption from the city’s need for water. I’d love to see it again, alongside your take.

Stephen Knueppel

I saw this at the theater and loved it. Another interesting movie on LA cops from the same era is MullHolland Falls. Check it out sometime. The story is based on a real group of detectives know as The Hat Squad.

John Courtright

It was a blast to watch this with you, Ames!! What a great film! Oh my!! The tension in the scene where Jack is at Dudley's house and doesn't know the Captain is in on the whole thing!! As soon as Dudley says, "Don't start tryin' to do the right thing, boy-o. You haven't had the practice", you know Jack is dead. And then Jack's bitter-sweet revenge, "Rollo Tomasi", and the chuckle. What amazing acting by Kevin Spacey!! I loved it when everything came full-circle. Dudley (to Ed Exley): "Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer..." {At the beginning of the movie} Exley: "No". {By the end of the movie} Exley: "Come to think of it, ... yes, ... I believe I would!" So satisfying.

Shawn Goforth

I think we can safely say it may have been underappreciated in its time, but this one seems to have found its place here. This has easily been one of my favorite reactions. The added written commentary she added after the camera was off made it even better. I love when people simply have to nerd out over something they've just experienced. It's why we're here.

william johnson

Excellent movie. Captures the Film Noir feel, without being in black and white. Acting, directing, and photography well done. And one of the Great Moments of cinematic history is when Dudley asks Exley about "Rollo Tomasi." (Audience gasp!)

william johnson

I thought James Ellroy was writing about the time of James Cain (Double Indemnity, Mildred Pearce, The Postman Always Rings Twice), but I found he started in the '80's. He does capture the aura of L.A. in the '40's and '50's in a number of novels. And his characters are all plagued with moral ambiguities (Exley is nicer than the book; and the demon Dudley survives until a later novel, and a more (?) righteous finale). Ellroy portrays the Police as they were, and actually has good relations with them, despite his early rocky beginnings as a near criminal himself. Perhaps that has to do with the divorce of his parents at age 9, and then his Mother being raped and murdered; an unsolved '50's case. (Forty years later he tried to solve it, and may have come close...or actually did!) His Father denigrated his Mother all his early childhood, until Ellroy grew up and realized it was his Father who was a marginal bum, and worthless. Anyway, film-wise, I think the few changes made in the book, made it even better than the novel, (He also wrote a relatively recent book "The Black Dahlia," a famous gruesome LA murder that was also turned into a movie.) That movie was not very successful, either, and his murder solution has not been accepted by case experts (Still unsolved, after nearly 80 yrs.)

william johnson

...few changes in the book for the film...

william johnson

Hmmmm...Maybe, just maybe, author James Ellroy saw himself as his character Bud White...

JM63

Been a long time since I've seen this one, but it was great! The whole cast was excellent, esp the leads (3 cops, Basinger), and the locations and costumes really evoked the time. (I like how you tied the wardrobes to Bud and Ed's personalities, great insight!) The nighttime driving shots with colors in the background (red sticks out in my mind) were beautiful. My only "gripe" is that they didn't have enough of them! (Maybe they were saving nighttime shots for the finale.) I also wanted more interior shots of that bar with Spacey having a drink, they also looked fantastic. Would love to get more noir on the channel (classic, neo, or tech). Love that dramatic lighting.

william johnson
>>126175950

The Hopeless Shoot-out finale scene has got to be the Best Nail-biting scene in Film Noir history.

Clay F

I like your comments above. Kim Basinger Oscar well-deserved. it is suprising that one of the male actors didn't get nominated. I guess jam-packed year. The movie is critically acclaimed. RT = 99%. Metacritic = 91%.

Ryan Gonzalez

Yeah this movie just oozes coolness and style. I never really considered this to be an underrated movie. I feel like it had Oscar nominations and lots of acclaim, everybody I know loves it I think what irritates people is just that it lost to Shakespeare in Love. That really is the biggest crime surrounding this film. Awesome reaction so much fun !!