Eddie Coyle if you haven't already
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 December 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
only have seen the film, which is great obv
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 December 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
My friend and I thought Killing Them Softly was worth watching, if a little sketchy in its construction. The constant political dialogue was definitely trying to drill in the parallel between criminal economies but it was a little overwrought in that it was mostly an extended implication without really fleshing it out.
It was great to be at a film where people were grumbling about "next time /I/ get to pick the movie, blah blah" on the way out. Hadn't heard that in a while/
― mh, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
political notes the most interesting thing about KMS.
(also from all the Dem whining you'd think they were pissing while the W clips were on)
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
Gandolfini much less interesting here than in the Chase rock movie, so yeah I'll probably never watch The Sopranos.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
Scoot McNairy giving one of the performances of the year was the most interesting thing about KMS. The second-most interesting thing was the notion that you would, indeed, bend over backward to side with Armond.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
but I haven't, as he claims to think it was a very good film.
certainly no Cabin in the Woods
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
KTS btw, KMS will be the Roberta Flack biopic
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
Scoot's versatility will be put to the test in that one.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 04:04 (ten years ago) link
what's with the Scoot hard-on? he was fine, but it's an awfully familiar character type and he's no Elisha Cook Jr.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 11:36 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/business/media/a-fans-mission-resurrect-a-little-watched-movie.html?_r=0
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 October 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
Rad. I love this movie.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 28 October 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Garret Dillahunt's career shift from stuff like this and "Deadwood" to being the dad in "Raising Hope" is still so weird to me.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 28 October 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/terrence-malick-thought-it-was-too-slow-10-things-learned-from-the-revival-screening-of-the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford-20131209?
interesting that he sez hes making 'Blonde' next from JCOs novel -- he tried to make it back a few yrs ago -http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/05/andrew-dominik-returns-with-marilyn.html
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:49 (ten years ago) link
dominik sounds cool
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, Dominik took the opportunity to say, bluntly, that he is “embarrassed by the stylization in 'Killing Them Softly.'”
otm
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
He should be embarrassed by some of the the stylization in this one too.
“Have you seen 'Bonnie & Clyde' lately?” Dominik interrupted, scrunching his face in disapproval. “Has some good editing in the end, I suppose...“
lol f u
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
bonnie & clyde sucks, hes right
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
only if you insist on long, subdued, and nearly action-free
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
my friend went to this, said dominik came across as a dick.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
johnny crunch and hungry4ass otm re: killing them softly. i did actually worry when 'heroin' came on the soundtrack and also i thought 'the man comes around' was a dreadful choice for pitt's intro song (i think dominik's music library must consist entirely of other movie trailer songs) but overall it was a strong movie imo.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 27 December 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
dominik is finally getting blonde off the ground, naturally for netflix
https://thefilmstage.com/news/andrew-dominik-begins-production-on-marilyn-monroe-biopic-blonde-as-full-cast-is-announced/
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
Based on JCO book?
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:42 (four years ago) link
yessir
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:44 (four years ago) link
"my friend went to this, said dominik came across as a dick.
― akm"
weird, I have no recollection of writing this or who this person may have been.
― akm, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
The Character Assassination of Andrew Dominik by the Coward akm
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 September 2019 02:56 (four years ago) link
Killing Them Softly seems to have been getting some defense lately from people who don't want to be on the wrong side of the film's thuddingly obvious politics, so I finally watched it. I had put it off because I didn't want it to diminish my estimation of the source material, Cogan's Trade, which I consider a masterpiece of lowlife dialogue. I'm afraid it's so bad it might have done just that. I feel bad for ever criticizing Nicolas Winding-Refn or Zack Snyder for ever having some crass and dumb ideas because Dominik belongs in movie jail. Plenty of people have mocked the ubiquitous C-SPAN footage and the moronic music cues, but ripping off the use of "Love Letters" from Blue Velvet is particularly annoying.
I will say Ben Mendelsohn is great playing an all-time disgusting loser. James Gandolfini gave his character an even more sinister dimension than I remember him having in the novel. He used to complain about what a toll playing a dark character like Tony Soprano took on him, this role might have finished him off.
― Chris L, Saturday, 13 March 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2022/02/11/marilyn-monroe-biopic-director-says-movie-will-be-nc-17-rated/
“It’s a demanding movie,” Dominik said. “If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f–king audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office.”
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link