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Post by finniussnrub on Dec 7, 2019 14:51:42 GMT
Thought it was great, but I do have to ask, couldn't Scorsese have thrown Paul Sorvino a bone by letting him play "Fat Tony" rather than aging up Domenick Lombardozzi? 80 years old Paul Sorvino has retired Uhhh no he hasn't, he's been in several projects this year alone, and has several upcoming projects.
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Post by stephen on Dec 7, 2019 14:54:31 GMT
Thought it was great, but I do have to ask, couldn't Scorsese have thrown Paul Sorvino a bone by letting him play "Fat Tony" rather than aging up Domenick Lombardozzi? Or why not Joe Mantegna? He's been playing that role for 30 years.
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 7, 2019 15:02:50 GMT
He hasn't retired.
Plus, Joe Pesci has retired but he was in this movie iirc...
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Post by Good God on Dec 7, 2019 15:08:00 GMT
LOL, Jamie Foxx seemed stunned by how casually De Niro mentioned working with Bertolucci. Legend.
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Post by stephen on Dec 7, 2019 15:22:49 GMT
LOL, Jamie Foxx seemed stunned by how casually De Niro mentioned working with Bertolucci. Legend. A bit of a side-track, but I was thinking the other day of what it might've been like if Bertolucci had resurrected Sergio Leone's Leningrad film with De Niro and Storaro, and it pained me how we couldn't at least get that.
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Post by countjohn on Dec 9, 2019 4:44:18 GMT
I liked it now that I've finally seen it. When a movie is 3 1/2 hours long you kind of have to carve out some time. Wouldn't put it up there with the best Scorsese's, but it's still probably the best movie I've seen so far this year. Pacino was the best performance for me, deserves Oscar no. 2. A very good screenplay as well. It looked nice at times, although I think Scorsese really wanted it to look drab and ordinary which he succeeded at doing.
One thing is I never bought De Niro as anything other than an old man. The CG on the faces looked great but you can't change the voice and body language. I cracked up early in the movie where he was supposed to be beating the guy up and he was hobbling around. So that element just didn't work.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 10, 2019 21:37:50 GMT
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Post by Good God on Dec 10, 2019 21:40:41 GMT
26.4 million accounts watched it in the first week alone. Only Netflix knows whether that meets their expectations, but it's a good sign that they're gloating about it.
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Post by Joaquim on Dec 11, 2019 2:25:20 GMT
Top tier Scorsese, up there with Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Top 5 of the decade stuff for me and damn near cracks my Top 30 all time.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 11, 2019 23:23:56 GMT
I swear to God, if Pacino even attempts to get up to go on stage to celebrate either a OUATIH comedy win at the Globes or a OUATIH ensemble win @ SAG, I fully expect Pesci to stab him in the hand, Scorsese to hold him down and De Niro to strangle his ass....pick a team Al.....
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Post by quetee on Dec 12, 2019 0:05:15 GMT
26.4 million accounts watched it in the first week alone. Only Netflix knows whether that meets their expectations, but it's a good sign that they're gloating about it. that's global so u.s numbers probably around 8 to 10 mil.
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Post by quetee on Dec 12, 2019 0:06:18 GMT
cough...are we going to admit now that i was right and they did exactly what i said? Roma bombed hard.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 12, 2019 0:14:06 GMT
cough...are we going to admit now that i was right and they did exactly what i said? Roma bombed hard. When you say "we" quetee do you mean me? If so, then no - hope that cough clears up though (?) I have no idea what Roma made, no one does - what's "bombed hard" mean.........nothing.......... I have no idea that Netflix wasn't scared to report those numbers because a black and white film with no stars in a foreign language was a loser to start with and they didn't want to spin it. I have no idea on any of that........but what they report for The Irishman doesn't tie into Roma either......... So, again, no........for me..........
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 12, 2019 17:47:35 GMT
Another of these great little Netflix videos, this time on Cinematography with Prieto:
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Post by stephen on Dec 13, 2019 19:48:16 GMT
Danny Aiello's recent passing and the fact that he openly regretted never getting to work with Scorsese ("It hurts me that he didn't paint me on one of his canvases," he said in a 2017 interview. "I'm the only Italian-American in the country that hasn't been in his pictures.") makes me wish he'd gotten to play Fat Tony in this. Would've been a nice send-off for a legendary character actor, and would've avoided that damnably bad makeup on Lombardozzi.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 13, 2019 22:30:54 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 13, 2019 22:52:49 GMT
He's just so wonderfully delusional it's sweet - Anthony Quinn was like in his 50s when that was filmed I think - Al, you're um, 80. Finally, someone asks him about Jack's Hoffa! I often wonder what the state of Jack is nowadays and what he thinks of things not just The Irishman - I know Jack and Al attended a memorial service for Stanton a couple years back and I wonder if they talked and if so what about. I don't think I've ever heard Al bad-mouth another actor living or dead - and he's very gracious to Jack, Duvall and of course Paul Muni also here.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 13, 2019 23:22:11 GMT
He's just so wonderfully delusional it's sweet - Anthony Quinn was like in his 50s when that was filmed I think - Al, you're um, 80. Finally, someone asks him about Jack's Hoffa! I often wonder what the state of Jack is nowadays and what he thinks of things not just The Irishman - I know Jack and Al attended a memorial service for Stanton a couple years back and I wonder if they talked and if so what about. I don't think I've ever heard Al bad-mouth another actor living or dead - and he's very gracious to Jack, Duvall and of course Paul Muni also here. Kushner adaptation he mentioned is starting up performances in January at the National Theatre, w Lesley Manville (63) and Hugo Weaving (almost 60y/o) - my first thought was they maybe could've altered it around for Pacino and Huppert. Anyway he keeps mentioning wanting to do theater next - there's no guessing what he'll actually do (though it should be Lear). But how 'bout that Tarantino play? What if the role QT said he wrote for Al after seeing China Doll was the play, and OUATIH was just an additional smaller part he wrote for him !
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Post by Good God on Dec 17, 2019 7:44:00 GMT
This has low-key become maybe the most quotable movie of the year on movie forums, right? I read, "It's what it is," and, "You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation," a lot.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 17, 2019 7:59:45 GMT
This has low-key become maybe the most quotable movie of the year on movie forums, right? I read, "It's what it is," and, "You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation," a lot. Yeah and with me it's a whole bunch of lines with my brother or friends irl - one is a real life quote but that the movie makes memorable - "Bobby Kennedy is just another lawyer now" we use when something gets fncked up for any of us and someone else is doing well -- it's our new "sucks to be you" So many classic lines are sprinkled through that movie: "Solidarity!" .........the whole fish scene is a soon to be classic quotable scene .......more than 10 minutes late means something........etc. Side note - I haven't seen the film on Netflix so it's been a while but is the actual line "It is what it is" or "It's what it is" - small difference, they might use both actually........
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 17, 2019 14:02:35 GMT
Side note - I haven't seen the film on Netflix so it's been a while but is the actual line "It is what it is" or "It's what it is" - small difference, they might use both actually........ It's what it is.
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Post by Viced on Dec 20, 2019 0:13:02 GMT
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 20, 2019 0:54:24 GMT
The fish fucker has spoken!
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Post by ibbi on Dec 20, 2019 13:05:24 GMT
That is comfortably the best thing he has produced since Pan's Labyrinth. He puts such simple points so god damn well.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Dec 23, 2019 19:28:02 GMT
Just finally saw it and I loved every minute of it. I planned to watch half of it this morning and then the other half at night, but once I started, I couldn't stop. I was so into the story and characters and surprisingly moved by the end. Scorsese/De Niro, you've done it again! The way Scorsese filmed people's reactions (even people in a crowd!) is what I liked most about his direction here. What a master he is. De Niro was my absolute favorite. Pacino and Pesci came through and showed why a supporting actor nomination for each would be well-deserved. I really like the scene that is Pesci's last scene where he says he's going to church. "Don't laugh, you'll see." and De Niro's reaction to the realization that he has to off Hoffa. Incredible. BTW, they used all of my favorite actors from Boardwalk Empire here: Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Graham, and Jack Huston. Graham especially killed it! I could watch Graham and Pacino go back and forth all day. It was so entertaining. Pacino annoyed by his shorts
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