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The Irishman. Got peace and quiet to watch this today.
De Niro, Pacino, Pesci, marshalled by Scorsese. You kind of know what to expect here, and you will not be disappointed. A bit numb in the extremities after three and a half hours, but not disappointed.
A bit more measured and sedate (in pace at least) than classics like Goodfellas and Casino, the same tawdry glamour of mob life informs and seasons the life story of De Niro's hitman character, from skimming meat deliveries to rising through the ranks of the Union to become a confidant of Jimmy Hoffa, to the end where he is alone in a home, all his associates dead, even those who survived the Life.
Quality movie, and Stephen Graham must believe he's made it now, having shared a scene with two of the greats and not looking out of place - plus, he got to put Pacino on his arse!

9/10 easily.

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On 28/11/2019 at 04:25, Cerberus said:


IMO T1 was a sci-fi horror movie, T2 and subsequent Terminator movies were action.
Would easily watch either but T2 maybe has the edge for me for the story line and better action.

The subsequent movies are garbage.

Exactly the way the alien franchise went, alien was a horror, aliens was more action but still had its jump moments

Then after aliens/t2 the respective franchises went to shit lol

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Absolutely loved The Irishman. Didn’t feel three and a half hours. There’s a subtle humour all the way through it, as De Niro’s character isn’t the brightest. “I thought I was talking to General Patten” was my favourite line.

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The Irishman

Really enjoyed it and if this is the final swansong for the Scorcese/De Niro/Pesci and Pacino combination then they are going out on a real high. The length of the film will put a lot of people off and it might possibly have worked  better as a 6 part mini series but it didn't drag for me especially when Pacino's character Jimmy Hoffa appeared. I loved the light hearted tone of the film and all the euphemistic dialogue they used 'it is what it is' and all the nicknames for the various gangster types 'it was Whispers, not that one though', Good to see Stephen Graham rubbing shoulders with the big boys too.

Well worth a watch.

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Good Liar

Caught this at the tail end of its run tonight. Great performances from McKellen and Mirren throughout, McKellen in particular suits being a heartless b*****d. The flashback sequences didn't seem to fit with the film initially but did a good job of fleshing it out and the twist was good. Solid enough watch.

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On 28/11/2019 at 15:39, WhiteRoseKillie said:

The Irishman. Got peace and quiet to watch this today.
De Niro, Pacino, Pesci, marshalled by Scorsese. You kind of know what to expect here, and you will not be disappointed. A bit numb in the extremities after three and a half hours, but not disappointed.
A bit more measured and sedate (in pace at least) than classics like Goodfellas and Casino, the same tawdry glamour of mob life informs and seasons the life story of De Niro's hitman character, from skimming meat deliveries to rising through the ranks of the Union to become a confidant of Jimmy Hoffa, to the end where he is alone in a home, all his associates dead, even those who survived the Life.
Quality movie, and Stephen Graham must believe he's made it now, having shared a scene with two of the greats and not looking out of place - plus, he got to put Pacino on his arse!

9/10 easily.

Amazing film. I don't get that you only rated it  9/10. 

The Scorsese gang were reunited  and they didn't put a foot wrong. They're a bit older, a bit more wrinkled, maybe a bit slower in their movement .  .  .  but they haven't lost it.

Joe Pesci especially stood out,  giving an absolute masterclass in understatement. 

I'm usually struggling with any film that lasts more than 90 minutes.  This flew by. 

Mrs Grumpy, on the other hand, thought it was an endurance ordeal. And she's happily sat through 2 hour Tarantino borefests!

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On 29/11/2019 at 23:01, MixuFixit said:

I thought the Irishman was sorta OK I guess. By far the most interesting thing in it was Frank's relationship with Peggy and in such a long film it's a shame that wasn't explored further.

7/10 at most.

Getting in to the relationship between a father and an Aspie  daughter in the 60's might need to be a film in itself. 

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Frozen 2

Took niece #1 (chronologically and likeability) to see this today. She loved it, especially a certain bit with a Scottish connection*. I thought it was decent too, my highlights being Olaf's recap of the first film, and Kristoff's 80's Power Ballad.

The songs aren't as memorable/ long term soul destroying as the first film, but they were enjoyable enough.

*

"Elsa's riding a Kelpie" was said very excitedly, and a little loud!

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Frozen 2

 

Loved the first one but absolutely hated this. Felt like the film was hastily cobbled together around some bang average songs, (at least) one of which Disney hopes will be the new Let It Go, including a cheesy 80s video homage which is strange. Storyline is paper thin, and Olaf is a lot less charming and funny this time around.

 

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23 minutes ago, Andrew Wells said:

So..  Joe Pesci is good, aye?

An absolute powerhouse performance. Great to see Pacino in that form and De Niro was great. Pesci stole every scene he was in. Pacino then stole his. De Niro just quietly owning the joint. 

Pesci just quietly giving way to De Niro and Pacino, them  being the headliners after  all . . . but absolutely stealing every scene. 

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Knives Out -- Stellar cast in this traditional whodunnit and a lot of fun. The question of who actually did done it wasn't all that much of a mystery and it chose to show its hand fairly early but it was still pretty enjoyable stuff, if not exactly mind-blowing or spectacular. 6.5/10

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Le Mans

Steve McQueen takes part in the legendary endurance race. Not at lot happens, it's about half an hour before anyone even speaks. This film is kinda dull, but strangely absorbing at the same time. I'm not interested in motor sports but the race scenes were impressive and the whole film just oozed old school Euro-cool. 

I'd give this a solid 7/10

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All is Lost

Considering this starts only Robert Redford on a small boat this is surprisingly good. I find it's an allegory for man struggling against the unknown possibilities of life and Reford's performance is what keeps it together. The ending is a bit, meh, but up to that point it's pretty good.

7/10

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