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Boondock Saints sucked, so I can't say I'm looking forward to this one.

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Agree with Barrett, and totally agree with Chris that I cant wait to see a sequel to Overnight.

I think my two favorite parts of Overnight were when Duffy got really defensive and yelled at that college kid for asking a very valid question. And then at the end of the film, how they allude to someone actually caring enough to try and run over Duffy at the Palm Springs Film Fest, that was good for a laugh.

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Boondock Saints is an awesome movie. I'm pumped there is a sequel coming out.

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Overnight had the horrifying fascination of watching a slow motion train wreck. In a town full of assholes, you'd normally root for the little guy but Troy Duffy was so boorish, so ignorant, so overbearing with his friends and family and just such a talentless asshole that for once I had to go with the establishment. I suppose I should be ashamed of myself but curiously I'm not.

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Boondock Saints is a terrible, and extremely poorly made film. Bad script (at least from what I could tell watching the finished product, perhaps it was good on the page), bad editing. The only thing going for it is the likeability of the two leads, and Dafoe's entertaining performance. Still, I couldn't finish it - it's one of perhaps 5 movies that I have rented (out of thousands) that I turned off before finsihing.

Overnight was an interesting watch... Duffy is such an amazing asshole, and he is apparently a moron when it comes to business as well - he somehow ended up with final cut of Boondock Saints (which is probably why the movie is a mess), but neglected to get even 1% of home video sales. Had he let Miramax guide the film and snagged himself 1-2% of the home video rights, he would have been a millionaire, and his movie probably would have came out in more than 5 theaters.

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Willem Defoe is great but, like most of the movie, out of synch with what's really going on. Nothing really made sense in that movie, least of all its morals. I can't begin to imagine what the hellraising sequel will be like. But I agree a sequel to OVERNIGHT would be great.

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Are you kidding me? Boondock Saints is one of the greatest guy flicks of all time. I can't wait for All Saints Day.

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boondock saints was a rather entertaining movie. although somewhat crappy as far as the dialogue goes (with the hundreds of "fucks") the movie as a whole was worth the watch

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Great, another nugget from the self-proclaimed "cesspool of talent" lol. "Overnight" was a jaw-dropping fable for all those who dream of "making it". I have to admit after the film I kept asking myself if there was any possible way I could end up a lunatic asswipe like Duffy.

Boondock Saints was an atrocity of a film - DeFoe looked like he wanted to kill himself in most of his scenes.

Personally, I'm jonesing for OvernightII.

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Never saw Boondock Saints but Overnight was a fascinating study in extreme asshole-dom. How anyone can be in the same room as Duffy and resist the urge to bitch-slap him is beyond me. The good thing is on my worst days I can say "At least I'm not that guy."

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Greatest guy flick? It's not just a guy flick. It's a flick for everyone. Yes...women too! But without Willem Dafoe in the next one it probably won't be as great.

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Sorry, I just couldn't deal with the flashbacks, flashforwards, flashbacks within flashbacks, and the insipid dialogue... Not to mention the awful "jokes". The film was so Tarantino Lite, it was painful. It would have been better had it been played for laughs more than it was... as it stands, it seemed like it wanted to be a semi-serious movie that had some laughs, and not an all-out comedy. If they had tried a bit more to make it feel like a farce, I could have enjoyed it on the same level of, say, a Hot Shots! Part Deux.

I did like the two main characters and their rapport, and Dafoe was great... but the movie was just so poorly made, it was unwatchable.

I think had Troy Duffy let someone with experience direct it, or at least relinquish final cut, it could have been a much better movie - but the direction and editing make what seems like it might have at one point been a fresh, fun story with interesting characters just be a muddled piece of garbage.

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What the frak kind of crack are you people smoking? *The Boondock Saints* was an awesome little film. And a cult classic at that.

It is certainly a guy flick. It belongs in the pantheon of recent guy films such as *Fight Club* and *Blade*. Its certainly in my collection.

Needless to say, I'm sure many of these people on here criticizing the flick will be of the same bunch of weenies who will be praising *Superman Returns* when it floats into theatres at the end of the month.

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The difference between Fight Club and Boondock Saints is that Fight Club isn't just "a guy film" - it has something (a few things, even) to say. It also manages to present itself in a generally coherent, interesting way (and it's story, though somewhat complex, is way better put together than that of TBS). The fact that it can be appreciated just as a fun romp, but also as a serious movie says a lot about it.

I suppose part of the fact that I was unimpressed with Boondock Saints was that I didn't see it until a few weeks ago. I initially avoided it because the marketing made it look like just another Tarantino rip-off (one of seemingly dozens in the late 90s). But then it had acquired a cult following, so I thought i would check it out. It left me unimpressed - it really does play out like one of the aforementioned QT rip-offs. Maybe if I had seen it cold, with no expectations, I would have liked it more. Perhaps.

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Boondock saints was an amazing movie!

There was nothing wrong with the acting,and the movie was far better than any tarantino movie Ive seen so far,mind you I never fell into the hype of resevoir dogs(which I though was crap!).

Boondock saints is a cult classic which clearly outshines many of hollywood's attempts at this kind of movie.
If the sequel is anything at all like the original,were in for a treat!!!

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honostly this is the best movie ever made your on crack if you think diffrent it is even cooler that there irish im irish cool !!!

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Boondock saints is in my opinion one of the best films ever. Frankly i don't see why anyone should care if the director is a total ass (i'm not saying he is, as i have no idea), this is a cult classic. And i know most poeple go on about it being a guy flick, but i love. My mom also enjoys the movie, we always crack up when thecat dies. This movie is up there with Donnie Darko and Fight Club, and in my opinion is way better than reservoir Dogs(even though reservoir dogs is a really good movie). And, this movie had allsorts of great elements: rocco as the comic relief, smecker was their to give you the creeps, the brothers are alternately hilarious and serious, and with the classic evil mobster boss as the films villian.Also, i think this film has a lot of appeal to girls (well some) as well as for guys. Plus all the so-called guy flicks are so cool, i mean seriously what do you think of when you think of chick flicks? Exactly.

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All of you who rated poorly on this film have no idea of what makes movie good. This was a very well written and directed movie that is very entertaining to say the least. Anyone could plainly see that there is alot more to the story. So read between the lines and use more than a tenth of your brain.

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I think this is the greatest movie ever made. The ending court scene was the greatest scene ever placed into a movie in my opinion. Who ever does not like this movie needs to listen to the words more and actually whatch the movie.

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