I just saw Brick in the cinema. Who else has seen it and what are your thoughts? I think I was expecting a little bit too much seeing as its been set as this years donnie darko/cult hit type of thing. I did enjoy it though, had some funny lines, and the ending was good, about half way through i lost the plot for a while though!
I dont think I would compare it to donnie darko type greatness though at all, too much hype!

I went to see it today too. I found it kind of hard to believe. I mean was he meant to be a highschool kid? I couldn't make out some of the dialogue and it was hard to keep track of what was going on. Saying that, I did enjoy it but I didn't think it lived up to the hype either.

yeah i thought that too, the whole high school thing was a bit weird. and what was going on with the principle? yeah the dialogue too! made it a bit hard to keep track of..

I can't sleep now because I saw this tonight.

I had sweat pouring down me in the theatre as I saw it in an old theatre with no air conditioning, I had to piss since the show started but I couldn't leave as I would have missed something vital or interesting and my shoulders were raised two inches higher than normally because I was just extremely tense from the plot and the jerky camera motions at the beginning (which I actually found very appropriate to the film's content).

Twas a very interesting movie going experience for me (next time I've drank a large smoothie and a ton of water in a restaurant, I'll make sure to go to the bathroom before the show).

Anyways so I guess because of my physical condition(s) the movie was just that much tenser for me but holy fuck that was insane!

I loved it!

I think that was one of the most unique films I have ever seen as far as the way it was told...It's up there with Memento and Elephant in the not-your-average-storytelling films category.

I liked Donnie Darko more just because it's easier to get into, but Brick really is an amazing film and I think it's definitely worth a watch (if not just to stare at Joseph Gordon-Levitt who I have had a huge crush on since 3rd rock from the sun and the film 10 Things I Hate About You"). Hot lead actors aside though, it had a very beautiful/creepy main score and I loved the choice of song that it ended with (kinda caught me off guard, it was a little random).
True, the dialogue and generally the whole film was unrealistic but it was meant to be that way. It's supposed to be done like a model film noir and other than it being in colour, I think it worked very well...I found the lines in this film less "cheesy" than those in Sin City (which I really really like).

One thing I will say sucked about this film, is that I could hardly hear anything anyone said. It's not like they weren't articulating, it just wasn't recorded that well because the sound guy seriously picked up NOTHING...I guess it was pretty low budg though...in the way that Napoleon Dynamite is almost (bad comparison I know)...and at one point I actually saw the little gray fuzzy sound thingy (don't know the actual name...is it just a mike or does it have a special name?) come into the frame.

anyways people, I say go wath it if you're into different kinds of films and keep in mind that it is VERY unrealistic and at the same time very serious so you might experience the crazy high shoulders/loss of breath/biting furiously away at your fingers that I experienced

i didn't understand some of the dialogue and it made me feel old. kids these days.

i came away thinking, that was really fucking weird.

i excepted it to be more Hitchcock-ish because that was the comparsion i was getting before i saw it. i'm big on noir and thought it could have been a lot better.

The Pin was a funny character.

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