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― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
The complaints about "de Niro moved like an oldster" are mostly gtfo.
Mostly it's fine but the hand stamping bit was terrible.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 03:09 (four years ago) link
didn’t understand why they could have deep faked some stunt double to do that scene. it’s the first thing people mention when the film comes up.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
Super impose DeNiro's head on Conor McGregor
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
Oh my god I have almost an hour left in this thing.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
What she said
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link
He’s dead and there’s still almost 45 minutes in the movie.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:25 (four years ago) link
the last 45 minutes are what it’s about
honestly i loved how long this was, feature not a flaw. it’s a life, a mess of incident
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:29 (four years ago) link
Ill probably do a straight through run tomorrow. Overdue for second watch.
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:29 (four years ago) link
I’m reserving judgment but jeez louise
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:31 (four years ago) link
It's what it is
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
its lead actors are, on average, older than the old people in “Cocoon,” a movie in which you definitely didn’t see Wilford Brimley curb-stomp anyone.
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
Well, nice of De Niro to show up for the end of the movie
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:56 (four years ago) link
Anyway this was worth it for the extended silliness about the fish in the car.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 04:57 (four years ago) link
heart of the film
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 05:55 (four years ago) link
The last half hour = Ozu with shag rugs
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 06:06 (four years ago) link
For all my love of crime films across various subgenres this movie made me really loathe actual mobsters.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 06:13 (four years ago) link
i liked this much more than I expected to. CGI not very distracting.
― akm, Sunday, 5 January 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
this was worth it for the extended silliness about the fish in the car.
We've established that Hoffa is the fish.
Can't believe I failed to recognize celebrated NYC idiot Bo Dietl the first time.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 January 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
"I dunno, A FISH"
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 5 January 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
― hot nuts (small) (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 January 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
Ozu is just about the only music cue he doesn't use
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 January 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Watched it again for the second time early this morning (was up, found myself watching it on volume using headphones, which I actually kinda recommend). Having first seen it in the theater I was surprised in a good way that I felt I only had to take a brief break once, it flows steadily and effortlessly. Thing that stood out for me, and again, headphone listening may have helped, was the silence that predominated. Not emptiness, but the lack of music and dialogue at many key points, not to mention how relentlessly nonflashy the sounds of violence were. Gunshots pop rather than explode, the actual explosions always seemed understated.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 January 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
that makes me want to see it a little more, I have been reluctant
― Dan S, Monday, 6 January 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
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