#82

Most unexpected appearance in a film this year has to go to Action Bronson. Quite a few audible chuckles from those who recognised him when he cropped up.

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#83

Fat Tony is Herc from The Wire!

#84

The tree of life, that bit where the whole film happens?! That bit

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#85

Ahhhh I was trying to figure this out. He looked a bit like Fat Bastard in all that makeup :confused:

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#86

Thought more people would have gone to see this

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#88

Totally sold out screening when I went on Saturday, so it seems it was at least an initial hit around me. But have no idea how quickly that would tail off after the first weekend.

#89

was well chuffed i worked out who that was

#90

thought it was boring.

all the actors are way fucking past it too. it’s nice that they can all still do a film at 80 year old, but all the de-aging in the world dosen’t hide the fact that they all sound old as fuck and move really slowly. it’s just weird. the cgi seemed to rob any nuance of expression from their faces too. was like watching this for three hours

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#91

It’s really fucking good eh

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#92

On Netflix now

#93

He left it late but film of the decade I would say

#94

Just started watching. One of the problems with the de-aging is that they still move like old blokes.

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#95

Put your phone away m9

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#96

Had to pause it after an hour. Had a delivery to sign for/move into the garage. I’ll start it again later.

#97

I thought it was good but over long and not quite the masterpiece people are saying it is

It basically sticks to the same formula Scorsese has mastered over the years: plucky outsider gets indoctrinated into the system, gains power and then loses it

DeNiro and Pacino can do these performances in their sleep. Thought Pesci was by far the stand out.

Does anyone really think Scorcese has shown gangsterism as being a grim life? I think all through out his career he has glamourised it to a great extent. It’s having-your-cake-and-eating-it cinema.

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#98

and the film also made me realise I’ve read a whole book (American Tabloid) on the Bay of Pigs and still couldn’t really tell you much about it

#99

This is a very boring film:

#100

Idk if you look at goodfellas Henry has a pretty miserable life

#101

Think this film is the complete argument against this line of thinking (that I’d otherwise agree with)

It’s such a pensive and regretful piece of retrospection from DeNiro IMO. I saw the whole thing as a man looking back on a life of complete passiveness and the horror that his lack of agency led to.

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