I think a big reason that this was criticized as a rehash of old Scorsese movies is because of a misreading of those tonal choices Ned notes...as if it’s trying to be Goodfellas and failing rather than exploring an altogether different tonality.
― ryan, Monday, 6 January 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
I never thought for a second that The Irishman was trying to be Goodfellas. I'd be more inclined to say that those who heap praise on it mistake caution and somberness for wisdom...but I try not read into people's likes and dislikes like I used to as matter of habit.
― clemenza, Monday, 6 January 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
Yea it's not Goodfellas redux at all
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link
The somber tone is not 'wise' … it's what it is.
New Marty interview in the Sunday Times today; embracing death's inevitability is his chief talking point.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 January 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
so my wife just casually noted that she was one of the models used to sell the de-ageing effects, nbd
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
I hear your wife paints houses.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
she doesnt even dust shelves man
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
i was the fish
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
a cod... a haddock... wha?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
look, he was a fish, I don't know
― Evan, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
He was Fish...Vigoda
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
Can't believe I failed to recognize celebrated NYC idiot Bo Dietl the first time
My SO (a native New Yorker) picked him out right away. I was like, "this actor's great!" He said, "That guy's a racist dishit."
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
his last run for mayor was partic stupid
he was also in Goodfellas, and appeared in clueless fashion on The Daily Show
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
Count me among those for whom the last act was what validated the entire movie's existence.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
well we know you don't like Big Boy Caprice
"It's summer."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
hey, I've got two hours of An Elephant to watch tonight. Does De Niro die slowly in it too?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
he dies throughout the entire Paint Houses book
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 January 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
Hey, I liked the movie!
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 January 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
There's no general Scorcese thread, so here's a 15-minute short he made for a Macau casino that's slight but fun, written by Terrence Winter (Sopranos/Boardwalk).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_KSYIZ61q0
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 11 January 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
you can find the Scorsese threads if you spell his name right :)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 January 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link
ah fuck
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 11 January 2020 03:41 (four years ago) link
lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 January 2020 04:42 (four years ago) link
M-O-O-N that spells "Scorsese"
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 January 2020 05:06 (four years ago) link
When the moon hits your eye / like this CGI Guy / That's A-Marty
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 January 2020 06:48 (four years ago) link
CGI Guydays
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 January 2020 10:24 (four years ago) link
I'm only through episode 1 (the first hour), but mostly wishing this was about the Jew Mob
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
there are no episodes
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
it's true there's never been a decent movie about any of the Jewish gangsters (Lansky, Siegel, Cohen etc.) - although they pop up in everyone else's stories. I hesitate to claim there was ever anything cohesive and exclusionary enough to be called the Jew Mob.
Lansky's story is kinda the most impressive - lived to a ripe old age.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
Yes, it was a "joke" about how a lot of people watch it on Netflix in chunks as if there were
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
Episode 1 the rise of sheeran
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
I was hoping I was either forgetting a great Jewish mafia movie or that someone would recommend one. The only thing I kept picturing was Adam Goldberg in Fargo season 1, lol.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
I imagine Morbz will rep for Bugsy but I wasn't v impressed w it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
x-post! Bugsy w/ Warren Beatty isn't bad at all
Most of the gangsters in Once Upon a Time in America are Jewish irc
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
there's a young Lansky in Boardwalk Empire but he's not really a central figure. And of course there's Moe Green and Hyman Roth in the Godfather(s), but yeah the movies aren't about them
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
Hesh in the Sopranos is probably my favorite on-screen Jewish mafia character tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
just as a portrayal of a "type"
I guess there's Tom Hardy in Peaky Blinders, but y'know, Peaky Blinders...
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
could never get past the title of that tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
not-good Jewish mob film: Little Odessa
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
De Niro’s Ace Rothstein in Casino?
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
the upcoming Fargo S4 has some KC Jewish mob elements
― omar little, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
isaac babel has some fun plays
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
I would love to see a movie about Lansky - dude was like a mafia Zelig. Had his hand in almost every major 20th century mob action that you could name.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
I read the Safdies briefly had Harvey Keitel tied to Uncut Gems, they should cast him in this biopic
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
Once Upon a Time in America?
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
(xpost) Haven't seen it, but there's a TV movie with a reputable director.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173974/
― clemenza, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
Had his hand in almost every major 20th century mob action that you could name
and got away with it! Never did time, never got whacked.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
Ashkenazi exceptionalism at its finest
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
he has a small role in boardwalk empire
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
and obviously he's the transparent inspiration for lee strasberg's character in godfather part ii
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link