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It's the definition of a mixed bag, Pacino is amazing in it. Everything else, not so much.
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Garcia's pretty good in it too. The story as a whole is bad but I think it should be watched once if only because you've probably seen Godfather 1 and 2 a hundred times.
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Is there anywhere that summarizes in any fashion the general traffic the CD subforum gets compared to, say, Games? After a decade of people calling SA a dead forum I really don't have a good sense of how many people are active here, except that I generally recognize 90% of posters around here nowadays. It would still be weird if it turned out there are only like 80 posters active more than once a week or something.
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Electromax posted:Is there anywhere that summarizes in any fashion the general traffic the CD subforum gets compared to, say, Games? After a decade of people calling SA a dead forum I really don't have a good sense of how many people are active here, except that I generally recognize 90% of posters around here nowadays. It would still be weird if it turned out there are only like 80 posters active more than once a week or something. I look at the "Users Browsing" a forum thing occasionally but I don't think there is a metric/graphed stats page.
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Sir Kodiak posted:Having just rewatched the first two Godfather movies (which are on-topic in this thread, thanks to The Godfather Chronicles comic), is the third movie worth watching at all, considering I already own the trilogy box set? I never bothered because of how famously bad it is, but is it just bad in comparison to the first two, or should it be completely ignored? It's not as awful as it's made out to be but it is indeed a bad movie. The script is lame and never achieves more than feeling like a generic pastiche of mob movie cliches compared to the first two setting the bar. I mean the first two movies have a lot to say about organized crime, family, being an immigrant, racism, government, toxic masculinity if you want to use more recent terminology, and so on, but all the third one has to say is "Godafther I and II sure did make a lot of money, let's do this again" and you can really feel it while watching. A couple of the major cast members give horrendous performances that further drag it down. IMO though Pacino is awesome in it and the final act of the movie and its ending is great. Maybe wait a couple of months or something though because coming off Godfather II it's going to feel like the worst movie ever made. It's honestly best viewed as "I'm doing other tasks in a room that has a TV" viewing, then tune in more closely for the last like 45 minutes. Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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If you're looking for another Pacino movie with comic book connections to watch, just watch Dick Tracy. Definitely better than Godfather Part III.
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Electromax posted:Is there anywhere that summarizes in any fashion the general traffic the CD subforum gets compared to, say, Games? After a decade of people calling SA a dead forum I really don't have a good sense of how many people are active here, except that I generally recognize 90% of posters around here nowadays. It would still be weird if it turned out there are only like 80 posters active more than once a week or something. There's the "Posting Gloryhole" at the top although it's not exactly what you're looking for either. Honestly though when people call SA a dead forum it's more in the sense that this place isn't growing anymore. Like, anyone who regged in 2016/2017 is almost 100% gonna be a rereg of someone else. As is, SA's still a relatively large/fast moving forum, it's just that it's already begun to die the slow death. Although even that's going 2 take forever because there's still lurkers, people who come in from other subforums, etc.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:incidentally I rewatched A History of Violence the other day and man is that movie still so loving good. Viggo Mortensen in that is probably in like my top 20 film performances ever. Agreed. Ed Harris is fantastic in it too. Mulholland Drive tops a lot of "Best Films of the 21st Century" lists but I think A History of Violence needs to be in running more. Sir Kodiak posted:Having just rewatched the first two Godfather movies (which are on-topic in this thread, thanks to The Godfather Chronicles comic), is the third movie worth watching at all, considering I already own the trilogy box set? I never bothered because of how famously bad it is, but is it just bad in comparison to the first two, or should it be completely ignored? Eh, it's safe to ignore it.
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Trivia: Al Pacino went on the record to say that Guardians of the Galaxy is amazing and that drove him to speak with Kevin Feige about appearing in a Marvel flick but that was in 2015 so I guess nothing really came of it. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Al-Pacino-Might-Seriously-Guardians-Galaxy-2-Here-Evidence-70091.html
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LesterGroans posted:Agreed. Ed Harris is fantastic in it too. Mulholland Drive tops a lot of "Best Films of the 21st Century" lists but I think A History of Violence needs to be in running more. And Maria Bello, and William Hurt. I remember at the time thinking it was weird that Hurt got an Oscar nomination for what's basically a cameo, but man he is so powerfully off-kilter in that one scene that he deserved it.
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Sir Kodiak posted:Having just rewatched the first two Godfather movies (which are on-topic in this thread, thanks to The Godfather Chronicles comic), is the third movie worth watching at all, considering I already own the trilogy box set? I never bothered because of how famously bad it is, but is it just bad in comparison to the first two, or should it be completely ignored? Nah nah, the movies should be based on comics, not have comics written about them after the fact, unless there's a plethora of comics. Predators works because there's like 50 comic seires out there of them.  For instance, if Godfather 1-2 had inspired comics of them and then GF 3 was made as a result of or in conjunction with those comics being developed, then GF 3 would be okay here. That's why Power Rangers fits, since there are many comics spanning the life of the series. Also, don't waste your time with Godfather 3. It's not good.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:And Maria Bello, and William Hurt. I remember at the time thinking it was weird that Hurt got an Oscar nomination for what's basically a cameo, but man he is so powerfully off-kilter in that one scene that he deserved it. I'm still amazed that "how do you gently caress that up?!" didn't became some kind of internet meme in the years after its release.
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Mierenneuker posted:I'm still amazed that "how do you gently caress that up?!" didn't became some kind of internet meme in the years after its release. me and my friends were definitely referring to each other as "broheim" for a while after seeing that movie.
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Drifter posted:Also, don't waste your time with Godfather 3. It's not good. Sounds like somebody is jealous of Francis Ford Coppola's biceps.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:And Maria Bello, and William Hurt. I remember at the time thinking it was weird that Hurt got an Oscar nomination for what's basically a cameo, but man he is so powerfully off-kilter in that one scene that he deserved it. Yeah, it always stands out as an odd nomination when I think about it but any time I watch the film it makes perfect sense. His scene with Viggo is riveting. But, I mean, Viggo's scenes with anyone in that movie are riveting, soooo.
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LesterGroans posted:Yeah, it always stands out as an odd nomination when I think about it but any time I watch the film it makes perfect sense. His scene with Viggo is riveting. But, I mean, Viggo's scenes with anyone in that movie are riveting, soooo. the bit where Maria Bello asks if he killed for money or for fun and he accidentally lets "both" slip out and she throws up is amazing.
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Feb 21, 2017 22:48
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The "it was available" line always get a laugh from me.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:If you're looking for another Pacino movie with comic book connections to watch, just watch Dick Tracy. Definitely better than Godfather Part III. For sure.
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Gavok posted:Sounds like somebody is jealous of Francis Ford Coppola's biceps. That was NOT my Batman for sure, I tell you hwhat.
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Feb 21, 2017 23:12
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Drifter posted:Nah nah, the movies should be based on comics, not have comics written about them after the fact It should just be a superhero movie thread. As good as A History of Violence is, it's silly to have a thread where it's on-topic next to the Marvel and DC stuff, but Hancock, The Incredibles, Chronicle, and Darkman are not.
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Sir Kodiak posted:It should just be a superhero movie thread. nah gently caress that, Valerian's the coolest looking comic book movie coming up and we all know it
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Feb 21, 2017 23:22
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:nah gently caress that, Valerian's the coolest looking comic book movie coming up and we all know it hell yeah
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I kinda like the weird mishmash bullshit we have going here. Mostly because it keeps coming back to Man of Steel
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:nah gently caress that, Valerian's the coolest looking comic book movie coming up and we all know it Sir Kodiak posted:It should just be a superhero movie thread. As good as A History of Violence is, it's silly to have a thread where it's on-topic next to the Marvel and DC stuff, but Hancock, The Incredibles, Chronicle, and Darkman are not. Superhero and/or alien involved because yeah, Valerian looks fuckin' dope as poo poo. That means we could discuss the dreadful Jupiter Ascension. Kodiak, movie fight that movie with Fifth Element or something.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:nah gently caress that, Valerian's the coolest looking comic book movie coming up and we all know it It looks rad but that doesn't mean it benefits from sharing a thread that's almost entirely about super-powered costumed vigilantes.
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Man of Steel, great superhero movie, or greatest superhero movie?
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Sir Kodiak posted:It looks rad but that doesn't mean it benefits from sharing a thread that's almost entirely about super-powered costumed vigilantes. the solution is for all of you to talk less about superhero movies.
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Kevin Costner's first scene with Clark takes place in a field while adult Clark is dreaming. They got Kevin Costner to literally be in a Field of Dreams.
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Sir Kodiak posted:It should just be a superhero movie thread. As good as A History of Violence is, it's silly to have a thread where it's on-topic next to the Marvel and DC stuff, but Hancock, The Incredibles, Chronicle, and Darkman are not. This thread has an open borders policy for all topics. Uncle Boogeyman posted:the solution is for all of you to talk less about superhero movies. Talk about their fanbases instead!
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Drifter posted:Kodiak, movie fight that movie with Fifth Element or something. I don't know how to capture how unengaging Mila Kunis is in an animated GIF, unfortunately.
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Feb 21, 2017 23:30
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Blue is the Warmest Color was good.
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So was American Splendor
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Blue is the Warmest Color was good. It was but we probably shouldn't moviefight it with anything
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:the solution is for all of you to talk less about superhero movies. Talk less Smile More Don't let them know What you're against Or what you're Thor
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Everyone complaining about what we talk about in here is anti-MoS and BvS - and a Marvel movie apologist. Makes you think. Those troublemakers.
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Drifter posted:Everyone complaining about what we talk about in here is anti-MoS and BvS - and a Marvel movie apologist. Makes you think. much like a superhero movie, no it doesn't.
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Is anime a comic book movie?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Blue is the Warmest Color was good. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a native French speaker, but I found it mostly laughable, especially when they have their big fall out and they yell at each other. Plus there's that almost ten minutes long sex scene that seemingly serves no other purpose but to satisfy the male gaze of its director. And it really feels like, in substance, the film is trying to say that poor people are too boring to be queer. YEAH I'M GONNA BRING THE BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR DISCOURSE, LET'S GO.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:much like a superhero movie, no it doesn't. That's only because you're preference veers hard right into the MCU.
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