Is there a movie that deals with kidnapping that ever makes sense?

[lleeder]

This weekend was like a kidnapping marathon for me. I watched the movies Ransom, Firewall and Hostage. All three of these films show how stupid and nonsensical a kidnapping movie can be. I know Gone Baby Gone deals with kidnapping and maybe it makes more sense but this never seems to work out. The criminals always have the angles covered until the end where everything goes crazy. The seemingly normal person summons up super strength and agility and manages to kill all the kidnappers and save all his family members. The money is returned safely and noone innocent is harmed. I still get roped in everytime. :wallbash:

[Tall_James]

Raising Arizona.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

there was TV movie "I Know my first name is Steven" in 1989 which dealt with the kidnapping of a Little Boy in the 1970s

based on real life

I am not sure if this qualifies


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Stayner

[underdog]

Man On Fire

[lleeder]

I cried when Creasy Bear got it. :glurps:

[fezident]

Man On Fire
YES!

[underdog]

I cried when Creasy Bear got it. :glurps:

I think I did, too. But then again, I cry at everything.

That was a damn good movie.

[Ritalin]

Ahem, I'd like to direct you to a little film called Dog Day Afternoon.

[EddieMoscone]

The Big Lebowski

[sailor]

fargo

[Fallon]

Celtic Pride.

Oh wait, what was the question?

[SatCam]

The Big Lebowski

i love this movie

but i have no fucking idea whats going on with that kidnapping. that's what makes the movie so great

[TheMojoPin]

i love this movie

but i have no fucking idea whats going on with that kidnapping. that's what makes the movie so great

There is no kidnapping. The nihilists faked out when Bunn went off on one of her benders.

[donnie_darko]

a life less ordinary, no sense.

[SatCam]

There is no kidnapping. The nihilists faked out when Bunn went off on one of her benders.

well I know that, but a lot of scenes don't come together in the end, but im ok with that

[FUNKMAN]

Is there a movie that deals with kidnapping that ever makes sense?

Blue Velvet

he did it for the cooch

[Yerdaddy]

Dirty Harry
Silence of the Lambs
and Blazing Saddles

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8733/blazingsaddles124gh9.jpg

[Ritalin]

....and what about Weird Science and Weekend at Bernies?

[DolaMight]

Screwed

"Robbed? It was more like a rape"

[EliSnow]

One problem with kidnappings in movies is that you almost always see the kidnapping done for ransom. What percentage of kidnappings in the U.S. are for ransom? Sure if you're in Russia or a third world country, it may happen a lot, but I bet a large percentage of kidnappings aren't done for ransom, but rather for other purposes.

[TheMojoPin]

This weekend was like a kidnapping marathon for me. I watched the movies Ransom, Firewall and Hostage. All three of these films show how stupid and nonsensical a kidnapping movie can be. I know Gone Baby Gone deals with kidnapping and maybe it makes more sense but this never seems to work out. The criminals always have the angles covered until the end where everything goes crazy. The seemingly normal person summons up super strength and agility and manages to kill all the kidnappers and save all his family members. The money is returned safely and noone innocent is harmed. I still get roped in everytime. :wallbash:

Doesn't one of the kidnappers actually kill all the other kidnappers in Ransom?

[EliSnow]

Doesn't one of the kidnappers actually kill all the other kidnappers in Ransom?

He kills 3 of the other kidnappers. Donnie Wahlberg, the 4th kidnapper, was killed earlier in the movie by the cops.

[drjoek]

The Taking of Pelham 123

[TheMojoPin]

The Taking of Pelham 123

That's a hostage situation. And an awesome movie. I'll fight anyone that says anything bad about it.

[drjoek]

That's a hostage situation. And an awesome movie. I'll fight anyone that says anything bad about it.

The only thing bad I can say about it is that it is in production to be remade:furious:
One on my all time favs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/

[A.J.]

That's a hostage situation. And an awesome movie. I'll fight anyone that says anything bad about it.

Agreed. The first time I saw Reservoir Dogs, I knew that Tarantino was inspired by this flick.

[TheMojoPin]

The only thing bad I can say about it is that it is in production to be remade:furious:
One on my all time favs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/

You and me, Dr. Joe. We track down the people responsible and make 'em pay, dental-style. I'll knock their teeth out, you fix 'em back up, and then I'll knock 'em out again.

[drjoek]

You and me, Dr. Joe. We track down the people responsible and make 'em pay, dental-style. I'll knock their teeth out, you fix 'em back up, and then I'll knock 'em out again.

Its Go time

[MadMatt]

Man On Fire

I cried when Creasy Bear got it. :glurps:

YES!

I think I did, too. But then again, I cry at everything.

That was a damn good movie.

"Man on Fire" could be one of the most underrated movies I can remember recently. It was outstanding IMO. However, I have 2 additional thoughts that sprang from watching it:


It made me AMAZINGLY paranoid when my fiancé and daughter went with her family to Mexico City. I was tremendously afraid that my daughter was going to be kidnapped, and it was all due to watching "Man of Fire."

It was the movie that "The Punisher" should have been. It had all the same elements to the story and Denzel was ruthlessly efficient in his righteous revenge. It was amazing.

[TheMojoPin]

*Burn cut*

*Burn cut*

*Slo-mo*

*Burncutburncutburncutburncutburncutburncut*

*Film overexposure*

*Ad nauseum*

MOF is a very cool little thriller, but every time I watch it I wish a better director had handled it besides Tony "I shoot and edit my films like if Oliver Stone at his druggiest and David Fincher in his MTV days and Terry Gilliam had a horrible mutant baby" Scott. Scott used to just be a glossier version of his overrated older brother, but now he shoots his films as if he saw 18 different ways to "intensely" shoot and edit a scene and decided to cram them all together at the same goddamn time for the entire film. MOF is bad enough with it, but Domino is one of the most unwachable films I've ever seen (for a number of reasons, but especially due to the crack-addled, ADD editing and shooting).

[Knowledged_one]

Alpha Dog was good

Truth and Consequences New Mexico was another good one that has a kidnapping in it

Fargo and the Vanishing are two other good ones

[underdog]

MOF is a very cool little thriller, but every time I watch it I wish a better director had handled it besides Tony "I shoot and edit my films like if Oliver Stone at his druggiest and David Fincher in his MTV days and Terry Gilliam had a horrible mutant baby" Scott. Scott used to just be a glossier version of his overrated older brother, but now he shoots his films as if he saw 18 different ways to "intensely" shoot and edit a scene and decided to cram them all together at the same goddamn time for the entire film. MOF is bad enough with it, but Domino is one of the most unwachable films I've ever seen (for a number of reasons, but especially due to the crack-addled, ADD editing and shooting).

Have you ever just enjoyed something without completely picking it apart?

[TheMojoPin]

Have you ever just enjoyed something without completely picking it apart?

All the time. One rarely picks apart things they enjoy. Why can't I criticize MOF just because other people like it?

[underdog]

All the time. One rarely picks apart things they enjoy. Why can't I criticize MOF just because other people like it?

I was just sort of fucking with you.

[joethebartender]

http://www.impawards.com/1983/posters/king_of_comedy.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

I was just sort of fucking with you.

Hawt.

[NewYorkDragons80]

Raising Arizona.
Winner

And Ransom certainly wasn't a four star movie, but it was still a decent flick.