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It’s in my movie queue right now to watch. I was reading about ‘The Irishman’, and they said they had to ask Joe Pesci something like ‘65 times
to do this movie, where he finally agreed. I don’t know, I probably would’ve been afraid to ask him that many times, given he would probably would have put a hit on your life.😁
Not sure who "they" are, but if it was Scorcese doing the asking, that in itself might have been a funny side documentary. I like The Irishman quite a bit and have watched it twice.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)- Good Thanksgiving comedy.
That is a very good movie. I can't count the times I seen it.
"Where's your hand?" "I have it between two pillows" ROFLMHO 🤣
Copland [1997]
Really good movie. Talented cast, (obvious from the movie poster), but more than anything, just a good portrayal of cop corruption at its finest, and what it takes for one Sheriff to choose integrity or corruption. The only thing that irks me about this movie, is Sylvester Stallone has that same slumpy, dry, monotone voice, which gives the image like he doesn’t care in almost all his movies, but you get the point.
I think ‘cop movies’ aren’t uncommon, but when you have a such robust cast like this film does, it works.
Enjoy!
Really good movie. Talented cast, (obvious from the movie poster), but more than anything, just a good portrayal of cop corruption at its finest, and what it takes for one Sheriff to choose integrity or corruption. The only thing that irks me about this movie, is Sylvester Stallone has that same slumpy, dry, monotone voice, which gives the image like he doesn’t care in almost all his movies, but you get the point.
I think ‘cop movies’ aren’t uncommon, but when you have a such robust cast like this film does, it works.
Enjoy!
I felt it worked for him in this one because he was playing a kind of timid cop.
I just found out 3/4 of my sons have not seen this one... they are 27, 24, and 19... the 22 year old has seen it.
So yeah this one...
Your not bringing them up right! That’s your Christmas Day sorted.
You can add me to your sons list, because I haven’t watched ‘Die Hard’ either.😁
Just started “Airplane.” It is on sale for $4.99 in 4K.
1.) A date with Katy Perry (Heck, maybe more than one.😁)
2.) More handguns
3.) For the pandemic to end, so I can venture back to my Timeshare in Ft.Myers beach.
4.) A Panerai Luminor Marina 44mm
5.) My own personal gym fully stocked with weights, a cable machine, ect.
Now, since you asked, I expect at least one of those items. I’ll PM you my address for shipping info. 😁
I know....I know... I’m pretty selective with movies that I want to watch, just because I have such a large lineup. I just bypassed ‘Die hard’ so many times, that I’ve never found interest in watching it. Not to say that’s not a good movie, but I’ll get there one day.
Once upon a Time in Hollywood [2019]
{Yup, Long, drawn out of my take on the film, and no TLDR available.}
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So I finally got around to watching this, and I’m a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino films (As mentioned multiple times), but this would be my least favorite in his line up. And not because it’s a bad movie [Actually, it’s brilliantly directed, just in a total different sense of what we’re used to seeing from his past directing style] if you look at the ‘Hateful 8’, ‘DJango’ and ‘Inglorious Basterds’, This film doesn’t have that much exaggerated violence, there isn’t really all that much action and it’s a non-linear storyline, as it’s unfolding three different storylines simultaneously, but projects a relationship about a stunt man/actor and the changing Times of Hollywood, with the Manson murder as secondary events.
I didn’t live through the 60s and 70s, but I can tell you that I believe Tarantino really did a good job capturing that time era through film locations, the soundtrack, and how movies were intended to be back during that time frame.
My favorite scene in the entire movie was the scene of Mike Moh portraying ‘Bruce Lee’, it is just scary good how he was able to emulate his mannerisms, voice/tone, body movements, etc. I don’t know how much time he put into studying Bruce Lee’s character, but once you see the performance, it’s jaw-dropping, it’s that good. The only thing he was missing, he didn’t have the physique that Bruce Lee did in terms of conditioning, but it really doesn’t matter once you see the actual performance. Crazy good.
And as always, Pitt and DiCaprio team up really well together and I can see why this movie was so successful. And I have to say, the ending of the movie is totally worth the wait, [as it’s almost 3 hours long], But It had me laughing and enjoying every second of the last 30 minutes, where are you see remnants of Tarantino‘s gory/violent directing flourish, which I can never have enough of.
{Yup, Long, drawn out of my take on the film, and no TLDR available.}
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So I finally got around to watching this, and I’m a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino films (As mentioned multiple times), but this would be my least favorite in his line up. And not because it’s a bad movie [Actually, it’s brilliantly directed, just in a total different sense of what we’re used to seeing from his past directing style] if you look at the ‘Hateful 8’, ‘DJango’ and ‘Inglorious Basterds’, This film doesn’t have that much exaggerated violence, there isn’t really all that much action and it’s a non-linear storyline, as it’s unfolding three different storylines simultaneously, but projects a relationship about a stunt man/actor and the changing Times of Hollywood, with the Manson murder as secondary events.
I didn’t live through the 60s and 70s, but I can tell you that I believe Tarantino really did a good job capturing that time era through film locations, the soundtrack, and how movies were intended to be back during that time frame.
My favorite scene in the entire movie was the scene of Mike Moh portraying ‘Bruce Lee’, it is just scary good how he was able to emulate his mannerisms, voice/tone, body movements, etc. I don’t know how much time he put into studying Bruce Lee’s character, but once you see the performance, it’s jaw-dropping, it’s that good. The only thing he was missing, he didn’t have the physique that Bruce Lee did in terms of conditioning, but it really doesn’t matter once you see the actual performance. Crazy good.
And as always, Pitt and DiCaprio team up really well together and I can see why this movie was so successful. And I have to say, the ending of the movie is totally worth the wait, [as it’s almost 3 hours long], But It had me laughing and enjoying every second of the last 30 minutes, where are you see remnants of Tarantino‘s gory/violent directing flourish, which I can never have enough of.
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One of my favorites by QT.
Hateful 8, which I enjoyed, was utter crap IMHO.
Never seen DJango.
Where Eagles Dare. Very entertaining and complex WW2 movie that always has me riveted.
You never were really here [2017]
Have you watched ‘Taxi driver’ with Robert De Niro directed by Scorsese? If you answered yes, Then that’s exactly what you were seeing with this movie with Joaquin Phoenix, mixed with elements with the movie ‘Drive’ with Ryan gosling. I actually found this movie by accident last night, I had no idea that this was even in his film history.
Joaquin’s character is basically a ‘hired gun’ to help track girls who are abducted for sex trafficking. However, he is hired for one specific case that doesn’t go as planned.
The movie itself is very dark, and shows Joaquin’s character that struggles with quite a bit of mental distress from his past upbringing.
I’ll mention it again, [because I think it’s relevant to do it], but this movie is a lot like ‘Drive’ with Ryan gosling. As much as there is violence in this movie, it’s actually a s-l-o-w burner of a film (1.5 hours) that doesn’t have any real climax points, it just shows you the transition of one man’s mission that is disrupted by on-going mental issues.
Have you watched ‘Taxi driver’ with Robert De Niro directed by Scorsese? If you answered yes, Then that’s exactly what you were seeing with this movie with Joaquin Phoenix, mixed with elements with the movie ‘Drive’ with Ryan gosling. I actually found this movie by accident last night, I had no idea that this was even in his film history.
Joaquin’s character is basically a ‘hired gun’ to help track girls who are abducted for sex trafficking. However, he is hired for one specific case that doesn’t go as planned.
The movie itself is very dark, and shows Joaquin’s character that struggles with quite a bit of mental distress from his past upbringing.
I’ll mention it again, [because I think it’s relevant to do it], but this movie is a lot like ‘Drive’ with Ryan gosling. As much as there is violence in this movie, it’s actually a s-l-o-w burner of a film (1.5 hours) that doesn’t have any real climax points, it just shows you the transition of one man’s mission that is disrupted by on-going mental issues.
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My SO and I watched The Great Wall (2016) yesterday, as she was in the mood for some action. Apparently the Great Wall was build to keep out alien monsters, who would have thought?
It was slightly different than what I expected (I couldn't remeber it being about alien monsters), but not too much to deter from my expectations. Damon and Dafoe both seemed slightly out of place in it, perhaps because the writing really wasn't too interesting, so they didn't have much to work on. You have to wonder why they signed up for it in the first place.
Plot was shallow and really easy to predict (Except that Damon didn't make out with the female lead), effects were acceptable, and otherwise it was a pretty generic chinese production: Great looking sets, lots of play with colors, shadows and fog, a LOT of extras that were lined up in perfect rows and moved about in unison so it looked extremely artificial, and plenty of cliché characters that gave their lives for the greater good of the others.
Acceptable movie, but I won't be seeing that again for many years.
After that we were in the mood for something of higher quality, so we put on Serenity (2005) instead. If you haven't watched the Firefly series, you should do that. The writing, characters and setting is purely amazing, and Serenity is more of that, but with a slightly higher budget. They did the movie to round of the TV show somewhat, and while it didn't completely deliver with a satisfying closure to all the story threads from the show, the movie as a stand alone thing is quite solid. The writing, humor and acting is superb. Highly recommended!
It was slightly different than what I expected (I couldn't remeber it being about alien monsters), but not too much to deter from my expectations. Damon and Dafoe both seemed slightly out of place in it, perhaps because the writing really wasn't too interesting, so they didn't have much to work on. You have to wonder why they signed up for it in the first place.
Plot was shallow and really easy to predict (Except that Damon didn't make out with the female lead), effects were acceptable, and otherwise it was a pretty generic chinese production: Great looking sets, lots of play with colors, shadows and fog, a LOT of extras that were lined up in perfect rows and moved about in unison so it looked extremely artificial, and plenty of cliché characters that gave their lives for the greater good of the others.
Acceptable movie, but I won't be seeing that again for many years.
After that we were in the mood for something of higher quality, so we put on Serenity (2005) instead. If you haven't watched the Firefly series, you should do that. The writing, characters and setting is purely amazing, and Serenity is more of that, but with a slightly higher budget. They did the movie to round of the TV show somewhat, and while it didn't completely deliver with a satisfying closure to all the story threads from the show, the movie as a stand alone thing is quite solid. The writing, humor and acting is superb. Highly recommended!
‘Hateful 8’ problem was it was too long, and it was the same sequence of events that carried out almost entirely in the cabin. Christoph Waltz (Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds) was actually intended to be the lead role for this movie, but he was filming James Bond ‘Spectre’ at the time, which I would’ve loved to seen him in Tarantino‘s the Hateful 8. But it is what it is.
Oh, and your assignment is to watch Django unchained and report back in a reasonable amount of time.😁
The more I watch the 2020 remake the more I appreciate this film, the subtleties, the attention to detail. Majority of remakes fall firmly on their face only serving to disappoint the audience, the 2020 Rebecca doe not.
I have the beautifully remastered original Rebecca, yet the 2020 still pulls me back...
Q-6
Most of the time I prefer the original movie over remakes. Though sometimes I like both.