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  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    edited May 2018
    The Untouchables.

    Disappointing. Clunky and unbelievable representation of real events. Only De Niro's performance stood out and even that was over-blown.

    Much better US Gangster films (leaving out the GF):

    Donnie Brasco
    Carlito's Way
    Serpico
    Heat
    Scarface

    AND..
    Goodfellas

    Also, maybe too subtle for some, 'The Drop'..

    Best mob movie I've recently watched was A Bronx Tale.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    Robert88 wrote:
    The Untouchables.

    Disappointing. Clunky and unbelievable representation of real events. Only De Niro's performance stood out and even that was over-blown.

    Much better US Gangster films (leaving out the GF):

    Donnie Brasco
    Carlito's Way
    Serpico
    Heat
    Scarface

    Also, maybe too subtle for some, 'The Drop'..

    Best mob movie I've recently watched was A Bronx Tale.

    Could I add The American Me to that list,it's slowish but quite brutal,set in east L.A. between the drug gangs late 50's into the 70's,based around a true story
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    How can you make a list of great American gangster movies and not include Goodfellas???

    I mean really, how?
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    It wasn't intended to be complete! Otherwise Goodfellas is right up there along with Road to Perdition, Once upon a time in America. You can't beat a good mob-movie!
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.

    Apparently not if reviews are anything to go by. And Connery is a better actor than Kevin Costner - watch 'The Hill' to see him doing it right.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    Robert88 wrote:
    It wasn't intended to be complete! Otherwise Goodfellas is right up there along with Road to Perdition, Once upon a time in America. You can't beat a good mob-movie!
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.

    Apparently not if reviews are anything to go by. And Connery is a better actor than Kevin Costner - watch 'The Hill' to see him doing it right.
    I’ve seen all his films. Some are better than others. This falls into the latter.
    Reviews are subjective. Find a reviewer with similar taste would be my advice.
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  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.

    The best example of a meaningless Oscar win is John Wayne for True Grit!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    crispybug2 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.

    The best example of a meaningless Oscar win is John Wayne for True Grit!
    True dat. Not sure about best, but most certainly up there.
    Sentimental rather than deserved.
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  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Robert88 wrote:
    It wasn't intended to be complete! Otherwise Goodfellas is right up there along with Road to Perdition, Once upon a time in America. You can't beat a good mob-movie!
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I thought everyone knew that and only watched it to laugh at Sean Connery's Oscar performance.
    An ideal example of why the Oscars are meaningless.

    Apparently not if reviews are anything to go by. And Connery is a better actor than Kevin Costner - watch 'The Hill' to see him doing it right.
    I’ve seen all his films. Some are better than others. This falls into the latter.
    Reviews are subjective. Find a reviewer with similar taste would be my advice.

    But you are so opinionated for someone who acknowledges subjectivity.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    It may be true that these are my subjective opinions.
    Tell me that I am wrong though. :wink:
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    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pitch Perfect.

    Acca-tastic

    Utterly joy, wonderful heartwarming coming of age movie. Wonderful characters showing that determination and ri, coupled with staying true to your beliefs and talents will lead you to the end goal.

    SImply parfait
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    I somehow agreed to take someone else’s spawn to Avengers infinity wars. I’m still trying to work out how that happened.
    Utter shite. Was looking at my watch after 10 min realising I had to suffer another 2.5 hours.
    And just when you think you can go home and drink yourself stupid my charge tells me we have to wait for the extra, which is after an infinite loop of credits.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Rewatched The Greatest Showman with my girls. My revised one line review is that it's like an X Men movie with all he violent /action scenes replaced by song and dance routines.

    The tunes are starting to grow on me - but that may also be due to Peter Kay including one in his Car Share preview.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The Greatest Showman.....also!

    The natural blonde and the little lady absolutely love this film and watched it three times at the cinema, watched it on DVD and though it wasn’t my cup of tea I could see that it was a spectacularly well staged film and Hugh Jackman is a great screen presence
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    Pacific Rim. Watched it as I heard it was a cut above the usual shouty bangy effects film.
    No. It was very much a standard by the numbers shouty bangy effects film.
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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    Mollys Game, JC looking particularly fine. Over long by about 30 minutes but a crisp script.
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    A Simple Plan

    Billy Bob Thornton is very convincing as Jacob, Hank's (Bill Paxton) intellectually challenged brother in a dark and twisted tale which, of course, is far from simple.

    Simply brilliant.

    Well worth a watch on iPlayer until Sunday:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... imple-plan
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Deadpool 2

    S’alright, nothing special

    Actually quite a disappointment after the first film but I’ve certainly seen much much worse sequels than this!
  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    joe2008 wrote:
    A Simple Plan

    Billy Bob Thornton is very convincing as Jacob, Hank's (Bill Paxton) intellectually challenged brother in a dark and twisted tale which, of course, is far from simple.

    Simply brilliant.

    Well worth a watch on iPlayer until Sunday:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... imple-plan

    Watched this last night. Quite agree. Very good film where the simplest plan goes t**s up. Billy Bob Thornton is excellent in this. Bill Paxton is Bill Paxton as usual.
    Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    In Bruges - enjoyed
    Wilier Izoard XP
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,497
    The Greatest Showman. Tashgirl (8) has been nagging to see this. I avoided the cinema trip but relented on the DVD. She had no idea what happened in the film, but loved the singing and dancing - The most important element to her. The beggining left me cold but it slowly grew on me. Not one I'll choose to sit through over other films but I can see it becoming a wet Sunday afternoon favourite with her
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Solo. Not so much a Star Wars film as Oceans 11 but in space.

    The new Han Solo has a lot of screen presence - it was a decent film and you don't need to be sitting there with your Star Wars Encyclopedia to follow it.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    laurentian wrote:
    In Bruges - enjoyed
    I thought that was very good.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Veronese68 wrote:
    laurentian wrote:
    In Bruges - enjoyed
    I thought that was very good.

    One my all time favourites. Very dark and lots of very funny un-pc jokes.
    Have to stop myself every time someone orders a fancy beer at a bar.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    laurentian wrote:
    In Bruges - enjoyed
    I thought that was very good.

    One my all time favourites. Very dark and lots of very funny un-pc jokes.
    Have to stop myself every time someone orders a fancy beer at a bar.
    A true "guilty pleasure" in that I feel wrong for enjoying some of the non-pc humour so much, and I have to ensure I'm not going to be disturbed by the kids when watching it.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    Spoiler alert!

    "Harry: [about Ray] So he's having a really nice time?
    Ken: Well, I'm having a really nice time. I'm not sure it's really his cup of tea.
    Harry: [after a long pause] What?
    Ken: You know, I'm not sure it's really his thing.
    Harry: What do you mean it's not really his thing? What's that supposed to mean? It's not really his thing. What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
    Ken: Nothing, Harry.
    Harry: It's a fairytale town, isn't it? How's a fairytale town not somebody's fucking thing?How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's fucking thing, eh?
    Ken: What I think I meant to say was...
    Harry: [Interrupts] Is the swans still there?
    Ken: Yeah, there's swans...
    Harry: How can fucking swans not fucking be somebody's fucking thing, eh? How can that be?

    Ken: Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a cunt. You're a cunt now, and you've always been a cunt. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger cunt. Maybe have some more cunt kids.
    Harry: [furious] Leave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
    Ken: I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.
    Harry: Insult my fucking kids? That's going overboard, mate!
    Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?"

    Absolutely fucking brilliant!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Fenix wrote:
    Solo. Not so much a Star Wars film as Oceans 11 but in space.

    The new Han Solo has a lot of screen presence - it was a decent film and you don't need to be sitting there with your Star Wars Encyclopedia to follow it.

    It was an average action film. I went with low expectations and came out thinking it was ok but pretty bland. A major obvious mistake was the L3 droid. It's like someone was told they were having a major droid character and asked back "what droid like qualities will it have? what quirks" and the answer was "oh. umm. none whatsoever, wasn't planning on any". If you're going to have a robot make it have some kind of robot qualities for christ's sake.

    They almost make the same mistake with K2SO in Rogue One but only just got away with it. This time they went even less robotic and it was sh1t.

    It was a good job they had no expectation levels for this film, it was reasonably entertaining but instantly forgettable. I bet sales on blu-ray and streaming will be pretty crap too.

    Oh, and the main girl in it was shît too.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    John_Gilbert wrote:
    Finally looked quite old movie There Will Be Blood. What a great actors play by Daniel Day Lewis

    Ah proper film. Reminds me to watch In The Name Of The Father again just for DDL's acting in it.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Spoiler alert!

    "Harry: [about Ray] So he's having a really nice time?
    Ken: Well, I'm having a really nice time. I'm not sure it's really his cup of tea.
    Harry: [after a long pause] What?
    Ken: You know, I'm not sure it's really his thing.
    Harry: What do you mean it's not really his thing? What's that supposed to mean? It's not really his thing. What the fark is that supposed to mean?
    Ken: Nothing, Harry.
    Harry: It's a fairytale town, isn't it? How's a fairytale town not somebody's ******* thing?How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful ******* fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's ******* thing, eh?
    Ken: What I think I meant to say was...
    Harry: [Interrupts] Is the swans still there?
    Ken: Yeah, there's swans...
    Harry: How can ******* swans not ******* be somebody's ******* thing, eh? How can that be?

    Ken: Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a ****. You're a **** now, and you've always been a ****. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger ****. Maybe have some more **** kids.
    Harry: [furious] Leave my kids ******* out of it! What have they done? You ******* retract that bit about my **** ******* kids!
    Ken: I retract that bit about your **** ******* kids.
    Harry: Insult my ******* kids? That's going overboard, mate!
    Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?"

    Absolutely ******* brilliant!


    I love this film and I love this scene, one of the few occasions when I’ve come close to wetting myself from laughing so much!

    Ralph Fiennes usually irritates me but he was brilliant in this film, Brendan Gleason is brilliant just by being Brendan Gleason and even Colin Farrell was superb, I’m going to have to watch it again tonight.
  • vulva65
    vulva65 Posts: 118
    Justice League = Absolutely shocking! They've tried to make an Avengers but haven't introduced the characters individually like Marvel did, the result is a quick intro of each character at the start and a pretty shoddy story all the way through. Would avoid if I were you.

    On the positive side, just watched Ready Player One, it's brilliant, plenty of action and comedy and for those of us who like the old school computer games there are plenty of references to them, worth a watch.

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