maicoman Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hard one to answer Watched "Chopper"on Saturday for the first time in years it would be in my top 5 easy The performance of Eric Bana is superb You would have thought that it was 2 different actors playing the part as he puts on a lot of weight from the time he was in prison at the start of the film to the time he is released Russel Crowe was meant to get the part but "Chopper "Reid whose life story this is about insisted they get Bana to play him even though he had never acted before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 19/07/2020 at 12:49, Flybhoy said: The Departed Very seldom quoted as amongst Martin Scorsese's greatest films, that accolade is usually given to Goodfellas, Raging Bull or Taxi Driver but I think his pastiche of the Irish mafia in Boston is his finest work. De Caprio and Matt Damon are quite magnificent in it, with fantastic supporting slots from Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin, I absolutely fucking love that film. It maybe gets a hard time as it's a remake and there was the thing about Scorcese being given the Oscar because he was overdue one. Totally agree about Matt Damon and Di Caprio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 "Yoh noht a cohp!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Jack Nicholson puts in a top notch performance in The Departed as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 19 hours ago, DA Baracus said: "Yoh noht a cohp!" 16 hours ago, Ludo*1 said: Jack Nicholson puts in a top notch performance in The Departed as well. In case you missed it, the real person Nicholson's character was based on came to a messy end last year. Wheeled to a quiet corner or the jail in his wheelchair (he was 89) then beaten with a lock in a sock until his eyeballs popped out. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/who-killed-whitey-bulger.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 When Harry Met Sally 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Blazing Saddles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Holiday on the Buses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 19/07/2020 at 13:49, Flybhoy said: The Departed Very seldom quoted as amongst Martin Scorsese's greatest films, that accolade is usually given to Goodfellas, Raging Bull or Taxi Driver but I think his pastiche of the Irish mafia in Boston is his finest work. De Caprio and Matt Damon are quite magnificent in it, with fantastic supporting slots from Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin, I absolutely fucking love that film. all undone by a rat running across the balcony railing. Why, Martin, why?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 23/07/2020 at 19:07, DA Baracus said: "Yoh noht a cohp!" Ye no facking caaaawp..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 24/07/2020 at 14:40, Shandon Par said: In case you missed it, the real person Nicholson's character was based on came to a messy end last year. Wheeled to a quiet corner or the jail in his wheelchair (he was 89) then beaten with a lock in a sock until his eyeballs popped out. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/who-killed-whitey-bulger.html Johnny Depp played him in Black Mass about five years ago, he's absolutely superb in it, Joel Edgerton is magnificent as well playing crooked FBI agent John Connolly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Trainspotting and White men cant jump. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 you're quite the discerning viewer Princess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann)Cracking film, tatanka tatanka 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 John Carpenter's The Thing. Second place would be The Shawshank Redemption. I've seen the above many times, and indeed own three different copies of The Thing on Blu-Ray, but there's a whole host of other films I only watched once, as they were stellar and for some reason I never needed to see them again. City of God is the first that springs to mind. The OP really needs to make a P&B Top Ten as we go along. I'll be disgusted if American Psycho doesn't come out on top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) Once Upon a Time in the West. Music is excellent, cinematography is outstanding. Great cast - and Henry Fonda as a baddie works brilliantly. Paris, Texas is also a fave. Edited August 15, 2020 by The Skelpit Lug Sp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 John Carpenter's The Thing. Second place would be The Shawshank Redemption. I've seen the above many times, and indeed own three different copies of The Thing on Blu-Ray, but there's a whole host of other films I only watched once, as they were stellar and for some reason I never needed to see them again. City of God is the first that springs to mind. The OP really needs to make a P&B Top Ten as we go along. I'll be disgusted if American Psycho doesn't come out on top.I re-watched American Psycho the other night and continued to really, really like it but it does fall into the Fight Club trap of the wrong people liking it for the wrong reasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, accies1874 said: I re-watched American Psycho the other night and continued to really, really like it but it does fall into the Fight Club trap of the wrong people liking it for the wrong reasons. Oh God, don't tell me it's become a favourite with the toxic masculinity crowd too. You wonder what's going on in the minds of these folk. Like Scarface becoming a fairytale rags-to-riches story about a pretty cool guy, yo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Shawshank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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