The tagline on Netflix mentions betrayal but I'm not convinced that's accurate.
** understandable but still a shame since it would deprive the world of Scorsese directing Stephen Graham, who was born for these types of roles**
Paying back a favor is spending three years and however many hundreds of millions to make a three and a half hour mob movie?..it's directed like someone grudgingly paying back a favor...
Thanks for the tip.
Should have just avoided the forum today, yeowwwwDarkImbecile wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:24 pmCan we add a “Most Wildly Incorrect Statement” to the annual forum awards?
You think this is bad, try going on a thread about this movie on a forum with tons of Marvel fans. They are THIRSTY to talk about all the ways they think this movie fails.mfunk9786 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:00 pmShould have just avoided the forum today, yeowwwwDarkImbecile wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:24 pmCan we add a “Most Wildly Incorrect Statement” to the annual forum awards?
Seconded, especially your highlight of the word “why” as the key to magnifying the passivity of the character and connecting this to moral awareness. It’s worth noting that “why” questions are ones that Hoffa would have no problem answering and would even embrace.
I wonder how much of this is Frank's own PTSD after World War II. He grew up a certain way, and then was expected to fight for his country. He comes home, possibly looked at in a better light and saw what he did later on as only a continuation of defending a certain way of life, but to a much more personalized end of providing for his family. He compares Hoffa to Patton and while he doesn't come out and say it certainly saw himself more as a soldier than gangster. It's to that end that he cannot come to understand why his daughter cut him off.tenia wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:32 amIt's all the more specific here that, in the end, Sheeran doesn't have any real reason to go working for the mob like he does. He just happens to do it, but has no ambition, no goal. He's mostly apathetic to this. There is some kind of "respect" facade, but it doesn't seem very deep.
Financing. Deniro's the only reason this film got made.therewillbeblus wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:08 amSomething I’ve been thinking about in the last few weeks is how Scorsese’s casting of De Niro seems to have a potentially ulterior motive
Nailed my sentiments exactly.domino harvey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:53 amSure, it's watchable, and doesn't really feel that long (don't lump me with the "It's boooooring" crew, thnx), but I had none of the emotional, intellectual, and/or aesthetic connections just about all of you had to this material, these characters, and/or their narrative journey. I've just seen this film too many times.
Right, because nobody wants to distribute a Scorsese movie, or one with Pacino, unless De Niro who is at his career peak is involved.Black Hat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:40 amFinancing. Deniro's the only reason this film got made.therewillbeblus wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:08 amSomething I’ve been thinking about in the last few weeks is how Scorsese’s casting of De Niro seems to have a potentially ulterior motive
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