Matrix is amazing! Popularized the Nokia banana phone. And long leather coats.
I did consider it just for the twist at the end. How they kept that quiet is beyond me even in those days.
Have to say I agree that everything matrix related after the first film was utter tripe.
Nah it wasn't, it was just bog standard SciFi action movies with a thin plot. Nothing better but also nothing worse
Godfather is basically a perfect movie one of the only movies I feel comfortable branding so, it's as good as it gets in the classical confines of cinema , every part of it is jacked up to the the highest quality possible, the acting, the cinematography, the music, the script, the pacing etc etc all done with utter perfection.
Godfather is a tragedy and more of a drama to be honest than a mob movie, the latter is just a facade.
To each their own, I was just explaining how it works for me.
Gomorrah, Hand of GodYeah can't disagree with that I guess.
I wish there was a good gangster film or two these days... Instead we got The Irishman where RDN had to get stunt support to lift his leg and kick someone who was already on the floor
100% deserved though. Shane Hurlbut is a dipshit and anyone who knows how Bale works would give him the professional courtesy to not walk around and adjust lights in the middle of a strenuous take.
It’s like preferring The Rolling Stones over Aerosmith, or The Beatles over Oasis. The Godfather created so many iconic moments, and without it there never would have been a Wonderwall.
Were you as surprised as I was to find out The Wolf of Wall Street was supposed to be a comedy? I loathed that film. I wanted DiCaprio and Jonah Hill to die horribly (in the film). I’m not sure actively hoping for the leads to get murdered is a an indicator of a good script. I found it cliche ridden and boring. feck!!!
Are you thinking of James Bond, perhaps?
I'll check those out thanks.
What if the light was causing some issue that was rendering the takes unusable? I don't know the ins and outs but don't think humiliating someone like that is necessary.
It's supposed to be what now? I guess I'm surprised now! I certainly didn't find it funny, and yes, all the main characters were loathsome. That's not a bad thing in and of itself (although it would make any movie hard to watch), but watching those characters have the time of their lives (which to me was an orgy of unpleasantries) for over two hours (minus the start and ending), and then get off pretty lightly (the real person the story is based on even gets a cameo at the end) - I just didn't enjoy or appreciate that at all.
I haven't seen Hand of God yet (highly reviewed though), but Gomorrah was excellent. It's purely the gritty side of gangsterism though; none of the luxury and decadence (however short-lived) of the usual mob films.
It's a TV show... No wonder I haven't seen it.
I thought so too, but upon further reflection, I think I actually disagree. Gangsterism is always a context. In Goodfellas, it's the context for the rise and fall and behaviour along the way of its characters. These could also have been in other professions (like business people - and then it's suddenly a lot like The Wolf of Wall Street!), but the gangster setting us required to really make the story bloom. Same in The Godfather. Yes, the family could also have been in another business, but then the menaces, deaths, and Al Pacino's character's development would have been much less pronounced and tragic.
I'm not sure about the series aspect. Isn't The Godfather pt 1 perfectly fine as a standalone film? Knowing pt 2 might make you feel like it's a required part of the story, but I think no-one would have thought less of pt 1 had there never been a sequel.
Yes, but earlier, in 2008, it was also a film. I've never actually seen the series, but I'm reading now that it's based on the same book but a separate adaptation. (I.e., it doesn't build on the film.)
Gomorrah the movie. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(film)
The light wasn’t. Hurkbut was just being self-involved and disrespectful, because he was the director’s boy, and the director was a talentless hack. If anyone did that, they’d be fired. When you are rolling, everyone is quiet and doesn’t move. That’s basic set knowledge. Bale didn’t need to have a meltdown like he did, but I’m glad he did anyway.
Ahh I'll add it to the watchlist. Cheers fellas.
Right, I didn't know it was when they started rolling. I always thought it was in between a take, when it is pretty common for DOP's to adjust stuff.
It also blows my mind Gomorrah was 15 years ago! Feels like just a couple years.Ahh I'll add it to the watchlist. Cheers fellas.
Right, I didn't know it was when they started rolling. I always thought it was in between a take, when it is pretty common for DOP's to adjust stuff.
As for the director being a hack... He calls himself McG professionally... Of course he's a fecking hack
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Yeah I was born in the late 80s so didn't see it until mid 90s earliest.
I didn't know that, but either way, films also need to be be able to stand alone, regardless of historical facts or books or whatever else they may be based on - and I think you can look at them that way as well. So I don't think that invalidates my point that both the Goodfellas and The Godfather stories could be told outside the mob context, but that both stories work better within it.
But again, none of that matters while you're watching pt 1. I've never read those books, loved pt 1, and I have never seen anyone claim that pt 1 isn't a good standalone film.
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