Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 28, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 28, 2019 He came out of retirement for that role and ends up being the best thing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted November 28, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 28, 2019 I thought The Irishman was tremendous! It brilliantly wrote, the acting was great and some of the direction and cinematography was amazing. I've always been a huge fan of Scorses, but when I saw the running time I was worried it would be a slog. But no, I was hooked from the first minute to the last and I'm sure it will become a film I watch fairly regular. Only thing I didn't like was the de-aging stuff. It looked great, but I'm convinced that as long as your brain knows that someone has been de-aged or recreated in CGI then it makes the effects stand out like a sore thumb. Well, it does to me anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I quite enjoyed Knives Out despite it getting a bit boring in the middle and some awful voice over dubs. There was some very obvious foreshadowing early on and some ridiculously unbelievable plot devices but it looked brilliant with some lovely shots and a few great jokes thrown in too.  Daniel Craig should bin off Bond and reboot Columbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 53 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said:  Daniel Craig should bin off Bond and reboot Columbo. Fuck that, Craig will want to include some emo backstory as to how he lost his eye in the accident that killed his dad, it's then revealed that his dad died wearing a certain raincoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted November 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Fuck that, Craig will want to include some emo backstory as to how he lost his eye in the accident that killed his dad, it's then revealed that his dad died wearing a certain raincoat. Sounds great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I wanna see him doing either a comedy Nazi or goofball redneck again. Maybe as Vinnies goofball redneck cousin in the mooted (by me) My Cousin Vinny sequel/reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 29, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2019 There's a complete disconnect with the comic timing and sense of humour he shows in Knives Out and Logan Lucky against his almost total refusal to put the odd joke in his Bond films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2019 There's really nothing in Frozen 2 to have justified the number of grown adults unaccompanied by kids in the screening I was just in. Disney just never bothered to get better, did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 To be fair they probably had a Disney podcast to do or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 The Irishman was really something special. De Niro and Pesci were phenomenal, as was the editing and pacing. A breathtaking piece of filmmaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted November 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2019 I watched a film called Avengement recently, and it was way better than it had any right to be. Its essentially the same film you always see. Scott Adkins is the lead, and he's got a great screen presence. He starts off as a fairly clean martial artists and shit happens and he ends up in the most cockney of prisons on earth, leading him to turn mental and get revenge on everyone who wronged him. Some may even say this was ... avengement. Craig Fairbrass is in it saying "fakin'" and "kant" a lot. But Adkins is the star of the show. A pleasent surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 There's another thread for this Irishman bollocks. Netflix isn't a cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, King Pitcos said: There's another thread for this Irishman bollocks. Netflix isn't a cinema. Settle down Steven Spielberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Good Boys was great. I thought it was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted November 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) Another massive thumbs up for The Irishman from me. They lost me slightly briefly in the second hour when it didn't seem as focused but it was just setting the table and once it settled down again it was tremendous. Usually Marty's films seem a little long to me but I thought this was actually really well paced. The CG stuff was pretty good. It's actually perfect for Netflix as I bet on a smaller screen the deageing stuff in the close ups wouldn't give off an uncanny valley thing. I watched it on my projector and with the exception of some lingering close ups I didn't notice it much. Edited November 30, 2019 by DEF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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