Hartnett was an odd one to cast, I enjoyed the film though. No you're right, the film wasn't a typical Scorsese number, I loved it though for what it was meant to be, completely ****ed from start to finish. 12 years a slave was also very good, but it smelled a bit too much of an oscar-chaser for me. Of the films I've watched this year Snowpiercer was the most surprising film, in a good way, probably because I never expected it to be even half decent.
Having imbibed rather well tonight you can keep all your selection and I am going for Tom and Jerry to top the lot of you. Laid here watching the pool room cartoon. Fred Quimby for President.
Nah it was good, as you say, Kingsley and Freeman were monumental. Both utterly cool as ****. Kingsley will never outdo sexy beast kingsley mind. Massively an oscar chaser, hugely political. Problem was they had a rival who tried less hard and did it far better in dallas. Not seen snowpiercer, will look it up
I was like that with The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. The DVD sat on my shelf for months. When I finally watched it I nearly put the telly through the wall. Brilliant film but not easy to watch.
I concur. True detective was a masterpiece. I've read somewhere they are writing the script for the 2nd series now but with different actors.
You have to watch it without any expectations though. It's a great concept for a film in my opinion. I might be wrong but not sure it's ever gonna come out over here so if you fail to find it, PM me and I'll send you my copy. Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog was immense by the way.
I only watched that recently as well mate, went to Auschwitz in February then developed a mini-obsession with all things related to the labour camps. Getting my mrs to watch Schindlers List with me was a personal achievement for me this year, she only likes chick flicks! The film was good, it hits home when you find out the guy who's peeling potatoes is a doctor.
1. Your favourite film? Scarface 2. Your favourite actor and actress? Al Pacino 3. Your favourite song/piece of music? One Nation Under a Grove by the Funkadelic 4. Your favourite book? Mr Nice by Howard Marks 5. Favourite moment in sporting history outside of your club team? Eubank vs Watson fights, I know the second fight ended tragic but they were great fights 6. Your guilty pleasure? I am Sam, Amazing film and a tear jerker.
Scarface is untouchable, I love that film. I am Sam is a real tear jerker you're right, but only because that guy is such a good actor, Sean Penn is it? What a performance, making me well up just thinking about him in it. For me, films don't usually pull at my heartstrings like that, it was an exception, and Warrior had my crying like a little girl as well, I never expected that going to see that with my brother all manly, let's go watch a fookin fight film and have a curry and some beers. Yeah right!
1. Your favourite film? Princess Mononoke 2. Your favourite actor and actress? Samuel L JAckson, errrrm 3. Your favourite song/piece of music? Freak Scene,Dinosaur Jr 4. Your favourite book? The Brothers Karamazov 5. Favourite moment in sporting history outside of your club team? Rugby World Cup 2003 6. Your guilty pleasure? Gilmour Girls
Just had a look at your number 3 Indy, man, that's errrrm interesting! You into all that Jap anime stuff? I must admit I know nothing about it, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if you said it wasn't Japanese.
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I just don't buy it mate. He's over the top and it's all a bit naff. I much prefer Carlito's way. Him and De Palma toned it down a bit and Sean Penn made his bones in it for me. Scarface I really dislike with a passion and I try to put stuff down to different tastes when I can but when people label it a classic I can't help but die a little inside.
It's supposed to be over the top mate, he's supposed to be some crazy mother-****er with an ego the size of the moon. I don't buy into is as a serious depiction of a character, I buy into it as Pacino being a cool S-O-B that I think he delivers perfectly. There's better films, artistically and even the acting from Pacino isn't what he's capable of but it completely does the trick for me as a gangster shooter.
Number 3? Its not that interesting, just alt rock. Not really that into it, like people can really geek out on it. Its basically from a Japanese Disney. (Correct me if that totally wrong, if anyone is more clued up it though?) Film4 used to play Studio Ghibli films quite regularly. No mention of Gilmour Girls? So can I assume you are also a fan? There were rumours of a film a few years ago, but alas, it seems not to be.
The band looked a bit odd, each to their own though that's why I started the thread. I've never heard or seen of them before! Gilmour girls... that's probably on in my house sometimes, I don't pay attention to half the stuff she watches, although she did have a quality one on the other day the Mob Wives reality thing, they're some thick skinned bitches on there, wouldn't mess with them. After Jackerini's 'Boyzone' Gilmour Girls isn't gonna do you any harm
