Glengarry Glen Ross

After some romantic films these past days to match my mood, and to celebrate I got back on track today, I watched Glengarry Glen Ross this evening. I was expecting a lot, and a lot I got, albeit not equally divided across the duration of the film.

In the first part, it outstands the brief but intense appearence of Alec Baldwin (youtube link). It is funny because I normally peek at movies several times days before watching them, and normally at intervals of 10 minutes, which is what mplayer gives you for PgUp and PgDown. And at minute 10, I always got the memorable “You can’t close the leads you’re given, you can’t close shit, you are shit! Hit the bricks, pal, and beat it, ‘cause you are going out.” quote by Alec. (Minute 2:16 in the above Youtube link, or here.)

After that it’s was just okayish for me, until minute 48 arrived, and then I could not take my eyes off the screen, not even once to check irc (and, well, that’s just unusual on me), until minute 89 (out of a 96 minute movie). For those who’ve seen it, that’d be the whole while in which the policeman is in the office.

Anyway, give it a go if you’d like, and be sure to check this trailer after you have.

On other news, and all the romantic stuff above which I really enjoyed notwithstanding, I loved El día de la bestia. Pure awesome, but watch at your own risk!