Reno
The In Kraut
I think it speaks to Scorsese's by now tiresome obsession with the excesses of hyper-masculinity.
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Not a fan then?
Reno
The In Kraut
Goodfellas was the last film of his I've liked.
Reno
The In Kraut
That was the first Scorsese film I hated. It felt like a tired rerun of Goodfellas, just louder, more sadistic and seemingly never ending.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.
I will always be very fond of this film.
I will always be very fond of this film.
Reno
The In Kraut
I have to watch that once a year. This was for me what Star Wars was for other kids. In the middle of my teenage drama I happily would have gotten on that space ship and get out of here. The special effects sequences were offset against a human dimension which Star Wars lacked. It was just as much of a brilliantly acted drama about a man's mental breakdown and his disintegrating marriage as it was about alien encounters.
Reno
The In Kraut
Sweeney Todd, probably the only good film Tim Burton has made in the last couple of decades and even Depp manages not to be irritating. That's because they had one of the best musicals ever written to work with and Burton doesn't fuck it up. What I like about it is that Burton really went for it and he genuinely turns it into a horror film. The scene where victim after victim drops through the trap door, always on their head, is truly wince inducing and no less so for being set to one of Sondheim's most beautiful tunes.
That is one of the striking things in the film, the apparent chasing of an idea, a dream, with the accompanying rejection (or refusal to acknowledge) by wider society and immediate family. What is madness? Outside or inside, a necessary facet of being human? Is being a child the true madness - that of innocence?
Reno
The In Kraut
In this case what appears to be madness really does turn out to be aliens communicating. Not quite sure what that has to do with being a child or with innocence though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Was it a bit of a let down?
I didn't have any expectations before seeing it, although I was aware the special effects had received some acclaim. Clooney was (as ever) playing Clooney, and you realise that something is terribly wrong when you don't care if the lead character survives.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
So did it have an uplifting ending?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
My pun fu is clearly weak today
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Have some sympathy likes.
It happens.
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
Went down like a lead balloon.
Certainly brought me down to earth with a bump
Watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three last night; came for Robert Shaw, stayed for an unexpectedly great Walter Matthau (and Robert Shaw). Tame by today's standard of thrillers I guess but nicely plotted, paced and superbly acted. And obviously written by a real NY subway geek
Certainly brought me down to earth with a bump
Watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three last night; came for Robert Shaw, stayed for an unexpectedly great Walter Matthau (and Robert Shaw). Tame by today's standard of thrillers I guess but nicely plotted, paced and superbly acted. And obviously written by a real NY subway geek
And an awesome theme tune.
Convenience (2015). British straight of video effort about two guys holding up an all-night garage and pretending to work there while they wait for the time-locked safe to open. One of those films where everyone who walks on screen is that guy/girl from that thing *checks IMDb*.
Kinda meh.
Kinda meh.
Reno
The In Kraut
Fantastic film (with one of the all time great endings), however there is never anything unexpected about Walter Matthau's greatness. I recently watched A New Leaf again, one of the great 70s comedies and he is pure genius in it.Certainly brought me down to earth with a bump
Watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three last night; came for Robert Shaw, stayed for an unexpectedly great Walter Matthau (and Robert Shaw). Tame by today's standard of thrillers I guess but nicely plotted, paced and superbly acted. And obviously written by a real NY subway geek
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
I've clearly seen precious little Matthau, had always attributed him to fluff comedies but I was clearly under a severe misapprehension. Now I'm tasked with the arduousness of continuing my Robert Shaw mini-marathon and sourcing some Walter Matthau! (Should I be putting this in the First-World Problems thread?) A mate of mine expressed much the same sentiment as yourself and has just demanded I take his Charley Varrick DVD off his hands.
Yup, ending was brilliant. Shaw's exit was brilliantly executed (arf), utterly understated and perfectly in character. Matthau coming back through the door in the final frame with that look on his face was worthy of Columbo
Oh yeah, and the soundtrack did indeed kick arse. Damnit US, why can't you have another 1970's cinema 
Kumiko.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful and deeply touching.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful and deeply touching.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
Soul Boys of the Western World
magneze
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Shame.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Reno
The In Kraut
It's alright, you can admit it was rubbish.
Not rubbish (except for the rendition of 'New York, New York') but certainly not great except for fans of Fassbender's penis.
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