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david_a posted:huh? Better roles for Cassell, Muller-Stahl, and Watts. e: compare to the first trio. Harris isn't great generally, but this is the first time I can remember him having fun with a role instead of phoning it in. Hurt has a long resume, but he's gloriously subdued & menacing here. If you're interested in some follow-up, he plays a similar character in Amazon Prime's Goliath (I fuckin loved Goliath. Guilty pleasure) Bello has made her career off playing these types of characters, but I think this and The Cooler are her crowning achievements. She's also in Goliath 
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Some good stuff added to Prime recently: Bruce Lee - The Dragon Lives. Documentary about Bruce Lee. Good stuff. Cheerleaders - An American Myth. Doc about how awful competitive cheerleading is. Gangs of New York - If you never watched this before, get right the gently caress on it. One of my fave Scorsese flicks. Jesus' Son - I can't honestly remember much about this movie except that it's really good, and it's about kids and drugs.
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I have not.
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Franchescanado posted:I have not.  I assume it's a good movie. Which service is it on?
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Gangs of New York is an insane bizarre movie. I've always seen it as Marty attempting to make a political cartoon movie.
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Gangs of New York is on Amazon Prime and you fuckers need to watch that poo poo post haste. Daniel Day Lewis firing on all cylinders is such a joy to watch.
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Franchescanado posted:I have not. I haven't either. Not set in a period of time I'm interested in.
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It might have been mentioned, but Chopping Mall is on Prime if you need some pure strain 80s schlock.
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The_Rob posted:Gangs of New York is an insane bizarre movie. I've always seen it as Marty attempting to make a political cartoon movie.
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Retard Tranny posted:I haven't either. Not set in a period of time I'm interested in. I wouldn't let that deter you, the film is anachronistic as gently caress.
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Field Mousepad posted:Has anyone not seen Gangs of New York at this point? I just saw it for the first time a couple months ago. It's a fine movie, and I enjoyed it, but it cemented in my mind that Leonardo DiCaprio can't act. It seemed so painfully in obvious to me in this particular movie because everyone else owns their roles, and Leo is just kind of there in comparison. Wiggles Von Huggins posted:It might have been mentioned, but Chopping Mall is on Prime if you need some pure strain 80s schlock. If that's your thing and somehow have not seen Chopping Mall before then you should probably go watch it right now.
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Great Dick Miller death in Chopping Mall.
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Gangs of New York is a little frustrating because it's a good movie that has a great movie hidden somewhere inside of it. IMO if it were edited down by about a half-hour it could be considered top-tier Scorsese.
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Thanks for the heads up on Chopping Mall. It's glorious.
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Also there are tons of Rifftrax on Prime. I watched the Samurai Cop one today and it was great. I mean, Samurai Cop by itself is one of the funniest films ever made so be sure to watch it without commentary first if you somehow havent seen it yet.
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Chopping Mall is premium Charles Band lunacy. I have a Full Moon Streaming account and it's perfect for those days when I just want to destroy my brain.
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:Also there are tons of Rifftrax on Prime. I watched the Samurai Cop one today and it was great. I mean, Samurai Cop by itself is one of the funniest films ever made so be sure to watch it without commentary first if you somehow havent seen it yet. Guy From Harlem is one of the ones they have, and it is hands down the funniest Rifftrax I have ever seen (apart from their riffs on the Twilight films, of course).
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pahuyuth posted:Gangs of New York is on Amazon Prime and you fuckers need to watch that poo poo post haste. Daniel Day Lewis firing on all cylinders is such a joy to watch. it truly is.
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girth brooks part 2 posted:I just saw it for the first time a couple months ago. It's a fine movie, and I enjoyed it, but it cemented in my mind that Leonardo DiCaprio can't act. It seemed so painfully in obvious to me in this particular movie because everyone else owns their roles, and Leo is just kind of there in comparison. Oh it's all Daniel Day Lewis my friend. He's the reason to watch that movie. Human Tornada posted:Gangs of New York is a little frustrating because it's a good movie that has a great movie hidden somewhere inside of it. IMO if it were edited down by about a half-hour it could be considered top-tier Scorsese. This was pretty much my only problem with it. A little bit of editing could have made it so much better.
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Human Tornada posted:Gangs of New York is a little frustrating because it's a good movie that has a great movie hidden somewhere inside of it. IMO if it were edited down by about a half-hour it could be considered top-tier Scorsese. Oddly, despite being like a thousand hours long, the final act feels rushed. Still, some top-tier DDLewis makes it definitely worth watching.
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I just finished watching "Last Knights," although Netflix listed it as two stars, I found it to be an enjoyable no-magic fantasy film. It's not a great film by any means, but it looks fantastic, and there's some great costuming and sets. Plus, it was cool to see a movie about knights fighting other with swords.
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There's a National Lampoon documentary up now, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, and it's deffo worth your time for a window into the wackadoo landscape of the 60s and 70s.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Oddly, despite being like a thousand hours long, the final act feels rushed. Still, some top-tier DDLewis makes it definitely worth watching. Way too much time wasted on Cameron Diaz arc. There's a whole flavor change when she slides into the film.
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I'm actually rewatching it right now and I don't think Cameron Díaz is all that bad, although Leo is and so is the dude who plays his friend. As much as I do really enjoy both movies, the problem with both this and The Departed is they don't sell at all why the violent unstable mob boss would develop such a fondness and trust for Leo's character. Edit: I guess Gangs does a slightly better job with it by banking on the idea that Leo's dad is the one person Bill the Butcher respected and Leo reminds him of him, but Leo is still pretty charmless in the role Uncle Boogeyman fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Any Die Hard On A _____ movies but starring a cool lady? Everly with Selma Hayek was gross.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Any Die Hard On A _____ movies but starring a cool lady? Everly with Selma Hayek was gross. Long Kiss Goodnight is the only "die hard, but lady protagonist"-like movie I can think of, and it's a big stretch that mostly relies on "Christmas" and "terrorists."
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Long Kiss Goodnight is the only "die hard, but lady protagonist"-like movie I can think of, and it's a big stretch that mostly relies on "Christmas" and "terrorists." There's Speed 2: Cruise Control, but I don't recommend it.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Long Kiss Goodnight is the only "die hard, but lady protagonist"-like movie I can think of, and it's a big stretch that mostly relies on "Christmas" and "terrorists." Man I love that movie. Some of the greatest Sam Jackson quotes ever. Geena Davis - You thinking what I'm thinking? Sam - I hope not, I'm thinking about how much my balls hurt!
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I'm actually rewatching it right now and I don't think Cameron Díaz is all that bad, although Leo is and so is the dude who plays his friend. It's just bizarre. Leo's much more acclaimed yet he's never been as convincing as Liotta in Goodfellas. In Gangs he's just such a little gently caress.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It's just bizarre. Leo's much more acclaimed yet he's never been as convincing as Liotta in Goodfellas. In Gangs he's just such a little gently caress. Gangs is definitely his worst performance for Scorsese, I do think he's genuinely good in The Aviator and Wolf of Wall Street and he has his moments in The Departed. But yeah, he's definitely not given a performance as good as Liotta in Goodfellas. Or really anyone else in Goodfellas for that matter.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It's just bizarre. Leo's much more acclaimed yet he's never been as convincing as Liotta in Goodfellas. In Gangs he's just such a little gently caress. He was miscast in Gangs, that's for sure. I think DiCaprio's best performances were in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Catch Me if You Can, The Revenant and Django Unchained. Here's the best scene he was ever in, when he hosed up his hand, kept in character, funneled his pain into anger, and improvised magnificently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifh6xJQyufc Filthy Hans fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Yeah you know what, I forgot about Django Unchained but that's probably his best performance. Between him, Jackson and Waltz, that movie had a real murderer's row of supporting actor performances.
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I think the scripts are mostly to blame for Leo's mediocrity in The Departed and especially Gangs of New York. They both are very thin as far as establishing him as a fully formed character, especially compared to his more character focused Scorsese films like Wolf of Wall Street or The Aviator. The villains are given much more room to breath in both The Departed and Gangs of New York than any of the protagonists, and in both cases they're played by acting legends. Really I think its more of a credit to DiCaprio as an actor more than a criticism, because he could have easily shied away from playing second fiddle to the likes of DDL and Jack Nicholson. His performance in Blood Diamond seems to have been almost completely forgotten as well, and he carries that entire movie on his shoulders.
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He is tuh-huh-herrible in Blood Diamond. Again, to compare him to Jonah Hill in a very similar movie - War Dogs - Jonah blows him the gently caress away.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He is tuh-huh-herrible in Blood Diamond. Again, to compare him to Jonah Hill in a very similar movie - War Dogs - Jonah blows him the gently caress away. It certainly wouldn't belong in his top-5 performances, but I think to say he was terrible is a major exaggeration. What was wrong with it? The accent was fine.
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Filthy Hans posted:He was miscast in Gangs, that's for sure. I think DiCaprio's best performances were in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Catch Me if You Can, The Revenant and Django Unchained. Here's the best scene he was ever in, when he hosed up his hand, kept in character, funneled his pain into anger, and improvised magnificently: Gilbert Grape, This Boy's Life and Basketball Diaries for me. The Beach and Romeo + Juliet were sorta the end of his effectiveness as an actor for me.
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