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minnmess Posted Sun 02 Jan, 2011 10:59 PM |
Loved it. Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush are fantastic. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 6:59 PM |
Nowhere near as good as the first two, storyline (vatican part) is a bit ludicrous. Sophia Coppola's acting skills are non-existant. (However she did go on to direct Lost in Translation which is an amazingly beautiful film.) I think if it was a stand alone film it would be ok, but as part of The Godfather series it doesn't work, for me anyway.
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SamuraiSandy Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 7:30 PM |
This was great. Jeff Bridges was really good in this, and Hailee Steinfeld was brilliant--especially for her first movie.
I also saw:
which was really good as well. Christian Bale was very believable as a crackhead/douche, and Mark Wahlberg, Wow. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 7:43 PM |
SamuraiSandy wrote:
This was great. Jeff Bridges was really good in this, and Hailee Steinfeld was brilliant--especially for her first movie.
A remake of the John Wayne classic, I wouldn't mind seeing that. "Fill your hands you son of a..."
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SamuraiSandy Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 7:48 PM |
Oooh, I do have to admit that I've never seen the original John Wayne version, so I don't know if they did it justice, but I enjoyed it.
Jeff Bridges has a really heavy southern accent (very mumbly) so might be hard for a lot of people to understand. I work with some people to talk like that, so it wasn't so bad for me ;) |
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minnmess Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 9:24 PM |
| ooh, I want to see both of those Sandy. Did you know that one of the sisters in The Fighter is Conan O'Brien's sister? |
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SamuraiSandy Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 9:42 PM |
minnmess wrote: ooh, I want to see both of those Sandy. Did you know that one of the sisters in The Fighter is Conan O'Brien's sister?
Oh, yes! I did know that, and um, wow. You sure can tell it too :) |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 9:42 PM |
SamuraiSandy wrote: Oooh, I do have to admit that I've never seen the original John Wayne version, so I don't know if they did it justice, but I enjoyed it.
Jeff Bridges has a really heavy southern accent (very mumbly) so might be hard for a lot of people to understand. I work with some people to talk like that, so it wasn't so bad for me ;)
You should check out the original, it's very cheesey in places but it is an excellent piece of American Hollywood Cinema.
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SamuraiSandy Posted Mon 03 Jan, 2011 10:03 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote:
You should check out the original, it's very cheesey in places but it is an excellent piece of American Hollywood Cinema.
Dubz
I think I will. I think it's the only movie where John Wayne won an Academy Award for best actor. I'm sure there'll be some cheesy parts, but I think it was part of the style back then. I'd like to hear what you think of the Coen brothers version and how it compares. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 04 Jan, 2011 3:24 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: SamuraiSandy wrote:
This was great. Jeff Bridges was really good in this, and Hailee Steinfeld was brilliant--especially for her first movie.
A remake of the John Wayne classic, I wouldn't mind seeing that. "Fill your hands you son of a..."
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it's great |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 04 Jan, 2011 4:02 PM |
| I didn't like The Godfather movies. I heard so much about them all my life that one day we had a Godfather marathon. Ugh. Not my thing. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Tue 04 Jan, 2011 5:41 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: I didn't like The Godfather movies. I heard so much about them all my life that one day we had a Godfather marathon. Ugh. Not my thing.
Each to their own, I loved them but then I love pretty much all Gangster films, Goodfellas, White Heat, Once Upon a Time in New York, Casino, Heat (LA Takedown), The King of New York, etc. etc. but I can understand how the Godfather films may not appeal, they are very dated and very slow moving in places.
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hennypenny Posted Wed 05 Jan, 2011 7:05 AM |
I thought it was pretty funny and Emma Stone was great.
Meh. I thought it was kind of boring.
Brilliant! Two words: Mr. Darcy. |
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minnmess Posted Wed 05 Jan, 2011 3:02 PM |
hennypenny wrote: Brilliant! Two words: Mr. Darcy.
purrr |
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minnmess Posted Sat 08 Jan, 2011 4:21 AM |
ricv64 wrote: Scottish Dubliner wrote: SamuraiSandy wrote:
This was great. Jeff Bridges was really good in this, and Hailee Steinfeld was brilliant--especially for her first movie.
A remake of the John Wayne classic, I wouldn't mind seeing that. "Fill your hands you son of a..."
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it's great
Just saw and really liked it. Way funnier than I thought it would be. Although there were some parts that only my friends and I laughed at. |
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