TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 The movie is garbage. If you have listened to the score, you had done all that is necessary. There's no need to subject yourself to the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 1 hour ago, TheUlyssesian said: The movie is garbage. Thank you! I couldn't believe how bad it was. Tron Legacy easily belongs in the top 10 worst movies of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 12 hours ago, Jay said: I've never seen that movie. Is it good? It's brilliant. It's a film which successfully incorporates elements of the original whilst telling a new story. The visuals and score are a match made in heaven - just a beautiful film. On the de-aged Bridges: yeah, the technology just wasn't there back in 2010, but it wasn't distracting once you consider it's all inside a virtual world where 99% of the visuals are CG anyway. I'm actually surprised you haven't seen the film! 4 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said: The movie is garbage. If you have listened to the score, you had done all that is necessary. There's no need to subject yourself to the movie. The score was one of the best of 2010, easily trouncing The Social Network and was a nice contender for How To Train Your Dragon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 16 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Somebody made a wiki table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-aging_in_film A lot of those earlier cases mentioned fall more on the side of camera trickery than on digital de-aging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Good action scenes, poor story. Kinda like the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 19 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Kinda like the original. At least the original had the benefit of a strange score, equally strange atmosphere, a non de-aged Jeff Bridges and a never before seen world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 10 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said: The movie is garbage. 6 hours ago, Arpy said: It's brilliant. ROFL I didn't realized this movie was so controversial =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 First reactions on Twitter are very positive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 So de-ageing actors has become common place now. I'm sure they would do it for Indy5 if Harrison Ford looks too old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 33 reviews in and the film currently sits at a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, King Mark said: So de-ageing actors has become common place now. I'm sure they would do it for Indy5 if Harrison Ford looks too old In a not so distant future, other actors will play the part of Indiana Jones, but with Harrison Ford's digital face. And the people will say, the film was meh but Harrison Ford was great as usual. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 It really is kind of amazing that this is the first time Scorsese and Pacino have worked together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 What parts in which Scorsese films would have been a good fit for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Maybe Nicholson's part in Departed? This isn't specifically related to The Irishman much, but a great read anyway: Scorsese and Tarantino shooting the shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I didn't have anything specifically in mind, they just have been in similar circles for almost 50 years. Pacino is certainly not above supporting roles, maybe he could've done something smaller like the Ben Kingsley role in Shutter Island. But I'm sure that if Scorsese had really wanted to work with Pacino 30 or 40 years ago, he'd have found a project to make it happen. --------------------------------------------- Check Pesci with his black fedora and tinted glasses. In that press conference Scorsese says that he and Pacino once tried to work together on a film about the Italian sculptor Modigliani but that it didn't come together. So there ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Scorsese has mentioned he and Pacino talked about making a film on Amadeo Modigliani who died when he was 35. So that must have been like 70s-80s. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Jinx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Buy me some coke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Wow, watching that conference it could not be more awkwardly clear that Pesci does not want to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 "No." - Joe Pesci, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Pacino is certainly not above supporting roles Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Not Mr. Big said: The only great thing to come out of an Adam Sandler movie in 20+ years! Pacino is funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Netflix launched a website showing which theaters (so far) will screen THE IRISHMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Martin Scorsese Explains Why Anna Paquin Only Has One Line In ‘The Irishman’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,272 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2019 There’s a lengthy sequence in this movie where DeNiro’s character gets sort of a lifetime achievement/appreciation gala thing that is about as confidently directed, written, acted, edited a piece of filmmaking as I’ve seen. The fact that it’s centered around three long private conversations with Pacino/Pesci, then Pesci/DeNiro, and finally DeNiro/Pacino, plus Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker doing their thing using the music and dancing of the event and its speech-making as interludes....it just screamed instant classic movie scene to me. Aesthetically, dramatically, emotionally, it earns that. Somewhere in the middle of it I started to feel really excited and moved that I was watching something of that caliber in a brand new movie in a movie theater in 2019. The movie as a whole struck me as imperfect but with the vitality of what I would reasonably call essential cinema. I don’t say that lightly...it just feels like a movie that won’t be ignored in the legacies of Scorsese, DeNiro, Pacino, and therefore frankly in the history of Hollywood and American crime movies. I don’t think that’s hyperbole, Scorsese mentioned he was looking for something to enrich and enlighten what he’d done with DeNiro in the 70s-90s and it’s a triumph to that end. They’re not playing the hits. I was worried it’d feel stale but it’s totally alive, surprisingly hilarious and enjoyable, but also the most internal film they’ve made together. In some ways it plays like a damning critique of mob movies and their fetishization in the culture. Pellaeon, Cerebral Cortex, John and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I can't wait to watch this. Sounds really good, and I really reckon Scorcese might be the greatest living American filmmaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 The movie won't be playing at a cinema in my city, bummer Guess I'll have to watch it on my phone, then, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Sorry, David. I watch everything on my phone now. Get back to Twin Peaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 19 hours ago, Edmilson said: The movie won't be playing at a cinema in my city, bummer Look out for tiny independent cinemas in your city. They don't do much advertising, you need to enter their building to maybe spot a movie poster, but at least in the small town, where I live, there is such a cinema showing The Irishman, which I found out coincidentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Here in my country, a local distributor made a deal with Netflix to put the movie on 15 cities, but somehow mine wasn't included, despite being one of the largest and most important towns on the country. Me and other people from my city already questioned them on their Facebook page, but so far they didn't answer, and I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I'm seeing this in the cinema this Friday, if all goes according to plan. I have jury duty tomorrow, so there's always a chance that not only do I make it on to the jury, but that the trial spills into Friday as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 True story: I'm 40 years old and have only ever received jury duty summons once ever. All I did was sit in some side room for a few hours then they sent everyone home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I'm seeing this in the cinema this Friday, if all goes according to plan. I have jury duty tomorrow, so there's always a chance that not only do I make it on to the jury, but that the trial spills into Friday as well. Yes, I'm also seeing it this Friday; a press screening, but the film also gets a very limited theatrical release before it hits Netflix (or during its Netflix release). Haven't watched a 3 and a half hour movie in a theatre for a while, but for Scorsese, I'm willing to go the extra mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I wouldn't mind being summoned for jewelry duty. Might give me something else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Sorry, David. I watch everything on my phone now. Get back to Twin Peaks. I watched Gravity on an iPad. Everyone went on about the great spectacle of that movie, but I thought it was nothing extraordinary. It was all quite small scale really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I'm intrigued by this but Marty has been a whiny old fart lately. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Quintus said: I watched Gravity on an iPad. Everyone went on about the great spectacle of that movie, but I thought it was nothing extraordinary. It was all quite small scale really. That's because you watched it on an iPad instead of a cinema, in 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,671 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 20 hours ago, Thor said: but the film also gets a very limited theatrical release before it hits Netflix (or during its Netflix release). That'll be so it gets Oscar consideration won't it? Such a stupid archaic rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 6 hours ago, mstrox said: I wonder how Lynch feels about TV on handheld devices. I remember watching the entire final season of The Sopranos on an early LG LED touch screen phone. The finale, with that last shot on Tony Soprano... still one of TV's best endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I watched Twin Peaks: The Return on an iPad. I hope he forgives me. (the picture and sound were better than my 20-year-old projection screen TV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard Penna said: That'll be so it gets Oscar consideration won't it? Such a stupid archaic rule. It's getting a much wider release than Roma got last year just so it could be considered for the Oscars. This is because Scorsese said he only signed the deal to make it with Netflix when they agreed to give it as wide a release as they could, the complication being that the biggest theater chains refuse to show Netflix movies. It might not be playing on 3,000 screens in America, but it is playing in secondary markets like Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia (where I'm going to see it), so it's reaching much farther than the typical "2 screens in LA, 2 screens in NY" nominal theatrical run for Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,392 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Most Netflix/Amazon Prime/YouTube these days I watch on my Samsung cellphone. Very occasionally I use the PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I've seen this film. I found it overlong and boring. Sure it is very well made, well directed with great production design and acting, yadda yadda yadda - but the narrative is fundamentally uninteresting. It is totally about a man you don't give two hoots about - Frank Sheeran - Robert De Niro's character - who is completely dull, boring, probably dumb, unsympathetic, and not even very important. We watch his interminable life with him doing hits etc. for hours, literally hours - before we get to all the good stuff with Hoffa - Pacino's character. That stuff is interesting but even after its hour, there's still another hour to go. This was supposed to be a mini-series, not a movie. The most damaging point of all - the movie adapts the book very faithfully but - the book has been completely discredited as a complete pack of lies and bullshit. So it is about this totally fringe figure - Frank Sheeran - an extremely low-level crook who did not commit a single murder - and fake newses his way through history telling a completely improbable tale where he is some kind of heavy influencing most of the major events in post war American history (mafia and otherwise) including attempts to invade Cuba, JFK assassination and more importantly - the assassination and disappearances of Joe Gallo and Jimmy Hoffa. You constantly wonder, why are you watching the story of this character of all people. There is some meat to the story, why not focus on some other character and make a different and -much more importantly - a shorter movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 A shorter run-time like those pesky Marvel *theme parks* Marty hates so much? Oh no, that would never do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 A basic problem: in the age of Netflix & Co., the crime narrative, subspecies Mafia and drug lords, has been done to death. I wish Scorsese still had another 'Age of Innocence' in him instead of more organized crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,473 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I agree - or maybe different material for a crime film - like maybe the Underworld USA Trilogy. It just came down to the fact that he wanted to do a mob movie with De Niro again. And while Dr Niro is good, he's never the right age. When they show the character as a young soldier in World War II - even with the de-aging, he looks like a 48 year old man playacting. He never ever looks young. So they promised, he was going to look like he did in Taxi Driver, well that never happens. At his youngest point he starts out middle-aged and then only gets older and older as the movie progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I wish he would have bypassed De Niro for something more along the line of HBO's 'Vinyl' (he did producer duties on this one). I rather watch Bobby Cannavale than De Niro these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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