Thursday, February 24, 2011

To Live and Die in L.A.


OK, so the first thing I think of when I think of To Live and Die in L.A. isn't this movie, but the song by Tupac. And when I think of the song by Tupac I think of this evil (no really) roommate I used to live with who would listen to that song.

Not that this has anything to do with anything.

This film is actually more artfully done than you'd think for a typical cop movie.  It's also really homoerotic.  And explicit with both violence and sex.  You see guys' heads get blown off.  You see William Petersen's dick.  That's right, the guy from CSI's dick!  After being a fan of CSI for years previously, it was weird to see this dick and then suddenly realize it was Grissom.

Speaking of dudes you'll recognize from TV shows, you'll recognize the co-ordinator guy from Quantum Leap, too.

The above picture ^ was the first short of Willem Dafoe near the beginning of the movie. At first I was thinking "OMG, Willem Dafoe is scary!" but by the end of the film he had grown on me.  I like interesting faces.

Speaking of endings, the ending to this one was somewhat surprising.

The soundtrack is by Wanng Chung (lol) and it's pretty dated...one of the lines in one of the songs is 

they've got a new religion
it's called: baby, everything's gonna be alright

Overall: better than you'd think.

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