what do you think about this movie? I just watched it and really liked it.

the acting is awesome and that whole small time criminal feeling is great. one of the best recent films I've seen.

The Best Film of 2003 followed by 21 Grams, House of Sand and Fog, and Kill Bill. It won Best Actor/Supporting Actor and deserved it although Ben Kingsley and Benicio Del Toro were also great.

Mystic River - 9/10

Sean Penn and Tim Robbins had amazing performances in the film, with a great cast. Good story with well production value put into it. I enjoy this movie greatly and will buy the special edition when I have some extra cash.

Very underrated to me. Clint Eastwood and all the actors did a great job with this one. When the kids are confronted by the guys in the car at the start, I could literaly feel their fear.
Very realistic acting.

Absolutely, best film of 2003 no question.
Sean Penn with an amazing performance

Kill Bill comes a close second.

I think Monster was up there as well

I saw this movie fairly recently. To tell you the truth, it didnt really do it for me. It was very good, but not nearly the instant classic critics and fans alike have made it out to be. I still think Lotr deserved the best picture over it.

9/10

How could I forget Monster.

1) Mystic River
2) 21 Grams
3) House of Sand and Fog/Kill Bill V1
4) Monster

One movie on my "must see' list. I hear the acting is sensational. I remember seeing Sean Penn in "At Close Range" and at that time, I knew he had great acting potential. Very under rated I think.


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How could you forget "Cold Mountain"? I loved the comic that was mixed in the drama, the drama that affected the lives of those in the time of Civil war, how boys were cheering 'we got our war' and the after math and war crimes that happened during the war. I heard the Southern accent of Nichole Kidman was bad but although I lived a little while in the South I'm not able to see how it was, overall I liked the movie very much.

Sean Penn has been great indeed in 21 grams and Mystic river, my favs would go like this:

1- 21 grams
2- House of sand and fog
3- Cold mountain
4- Mystic river

If you didn't see Mystic River, stop reading this post...


One thing I didn't understand is at the end, why didn't Kevin Bacon or Sean Penn feel bad that their friend was killed by mistake? Penn felt no remorse at all, which sorta left me confused.

man, I felt Penn's remorse jumping out of the screen

Penn felt bad but his wife convinced him that what he had done hasn't been wrong?! Then at the end of the movie we see Sean Penn seeing Kevin Bacon from a far distance and Kevin makes a gesture as 'you are going down' or something to that effect to Penn. That made me feel slightly better about the ending, nevertheless it was a disturbing drama almost the same as House of sand and fog. You wouldn't feel good or even okay after watching this movie. Penn was really awesome as he was in 21 grams, but I like the theme and the story of 21 grams much better. It was brilliant.

I watched it again today and loved it all over. The real rightful winner of 2003's best IMO. Along with the rest of my list.

1) Mystic River - 9/10
2) 21 Grams - 9/10
3) House of Sand and Fog - 8.5/10
Kill Bill - 8.5/10

^^ tied.
4) Monster - 8/10


Mystic River = 9/10
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I LOVE the line that Dave Boyle tells his wife about the "mugger," "You're wallet or your life b*tch, I'm walking away with one of them."

Sean Penn was good in the film & the girl who played his daughter was hot, and the movie was good & entertaining, but I didn't like it as much as others did. I didn't think it was "great." Good, but not great.

I hate it when people quote that though as it takes it out of context. The river scene has some of David's best dialogue.