Movie review thread...
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I haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom but really enjoyed the other two. I watched 12 Monkeys with some trepidation as at the time I was a bit tired of Bruce's wise-cracking persona and also thought Brad Pitt was a bit of a lightweight. However, great film.
Yeah his condition explains much but to give him a complete pass you'd need to see a diagnosis going back a good few years!
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Heat
Robert De Niros best movie.
Al Pacino best movie.
Val Kilmers best movie ( ok maybe this isn’t saying as much )
Everyone else’s best movie too.
Just awesome in every single way, sooooooo good to watch every now and again. Compelling characters, tight direction, awesome action……it’s really got everything.
What a flick. Hard to believe its getting on 30 odd years.
Not for me. The dude was the star of the best movie as all time. As much as I love Heat it's not The Godfather level for me.
Agreed
And Godfather II, Casino, Goodfellas, Midnight Run, Cape Fear, Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Bang The Drum Slowly all better for De Niro
Tombstone for Kilmer
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@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Heat
Robert De Niros best movie.
Al Pacino best movie.
Val Kilmers best movie ( ok maybe this isn’t saying as much )
Everyone else’s best movie too.
Just awesome in every single way, sooooooo good to watch every now and again. Compelling characters, tight direction, awesome action……it’s really got everything.
What a flick. Hard to believe its getting on 30 odd years.
Not for me. The dude was the star of the best movie as all time. As much as I love Heat it's not The Godfather level for me.
Agreed
And Godfather II, Casino, Goodfellas, Midnight Run, Cape Fear, Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Bang The Drum Slowly all better for De Niro
Tombstone for Kilmer
All overrated.
Especially the Deer Hunter, @Nepia said so.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
Ludicrous bunch of posts. Everyone knows that Val's best movie was Top Secret
That’s actually not a bad call, fucken classic flick !
How good is this scene, Forgert Star Wars, this is Moff Tarkin at his finest !
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@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Heat
Robert De Niros best movie.
Al Pacino best movie.
Val Kilmers best movie ( ok maybe this isn’t saying as much )
Everyone else’s best movie too.
Just awesome in every single way, sooooooo good to watch every now and again. Compelling characters, tight direction, awesome action……it’s really got everything.
What a flick. Hard to believe its getting on 30 odd years.
Not for me. The dude was the star of the best movie as all time. As much as I love Heat it's not The Godfather level for me.
Agreed
And Godfather II, Casino, Goodfellas, Midnight Run, Cape Fear, Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Bang The Drum Slowly all better for De Niro
Tombstone for Kilmer
great shout, Val as Doc Holiday was great
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
So anyway, to sum up I think we can say Heat is slightly underrated and the rest are slightly overrated.
Who is underrating Heat? One poster slightly overrated Heat.
But other than it's all good.@MiketheSnow's list shows that De Niro has been in some bloody awesome movies (and The Deer Hunter).
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
So anyway, to sum up I think we can say Heat is slightly underrated and the rest are slightly overrated.
Who is underrating Heat? One poster slightly overrated Heat.
But other than it's all good.@MiketheSnow's list shows that De Niro has been in some bloody awesome movies (and The Deer Hunter).
Heat is well rated here I think it is up there with De Niros very best work although popular opinion and the Oscars seems to disagree with me….hence I still consider it underrated for what I think is a masterpiece of a film.
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants RDN has been in some absolutely awesome flicks.
Two not mentioned are his turn as Al Capone in The Untouchables and the one starring opposite a young Leonardo De Caprio, This boys life….brilliant in both.
Casino and Cape Fear were a bit stock standard for me, nothing too exceptional. I wouldn’t mind seeing Raging Bull again to see what I make of him in that.
He was also surprisingly hilarious in Meet the Parents as well.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
...Who is underrating Heat? One poster slightly overrated Heat.
But other than it's all good.@MiketheSnow's list shows that De Niro has been in some bloody awesome movies (and The Deer Hunter).
Heat is well rated here I think it is up there with De Niros very best work although popular opinion and the Oscars seems to disagree with me….hence I still consider it underrated for what I think is a masterpiece of a film.
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants RDN has been in some absolutely awesome flicks.
De Niro has been exceptional in my time - Heat is one of his best, along with The Deer Hunter, He is a natural before the camera and barking mad off it. Perfect as Father Bobby in Sleepers, with Jean Reno in Ronin, The Score, Godfather II - so many good films. He ended up needing such success, his greedy ex missus had him lined up for the kill! - they are good at that, eh?
I am similarly taken with Al Pacino. Him with De Niro in Heat is as good as it gets, that great movie was made for them. I don't think Pacino has appeared in a poor movie. To the degree that I know anything about these blokes, off screen Pacino does seem to be sane and well behaved.
You do get some pleasant surprises - I used think weird-in-public Sean Penn must find his work in Corn Flakes packets, having never seen him in anything,
until my baby daughter wanted me to see Thin Red Line with her. Well, Penn was just outstanding! Not long after I saw him in Carlito's Way with Pacino, same thing, and again in Mystic River, a virtuoso performance. -
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants
His on point rants about Trump is the reason I've stayed a fan despite his questionable acting roles and performances in recent years.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants
His on point rants about Trump is the reason I've stayed a fan despite his questionable acting roles and performances in recent years.
Couldn't agree more. In fact, if anything it even further raised my estimation of him.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants
His on point rants about Trump is the reason I've stayed a fan despite his questionable acting roles and performances in recent years.
I get what you mean but I don’t take any star voicing political opinions remotely seriously. They should stick to entertaining.
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@mick-gold-coast-qld said in Movie review thread...:
You do get some pleasant surprises - I used think weird-in-public Sean Penn must find his work in Corn Flakes packets, having never seen him in anything,
until my baby daughter wanted me to see Thin Red Line with her. Well, Penn was just outstanding! Not long after I saw him in Carlito's Way with Pacino, same thing, and again in Mystic River, a virtuoso performance.Penn is also really good in Dead Man Walking, Milk and I Am Sam.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
We all forgot Jackie Brown too
There are too many.
Best actor since I was born in '66 IMHO
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Despite the fact I’ve gone off him a bit on account of his out of touch Trump rants
His on point rants about Trump is the reason I've stayed a fan despite his questionable acting roles and performances in recent years.
I get what you mean but I don’t take any star voicing political opinions remotely seriously. They should stick to entertaining.
I used to think that then thought about it one day, and thought they're people, why can't they have an opinion on politics and then voice that? If Youtube twats can monetise their politics then I don't see why De Niro can't risk his standing by calling out Trump, or Charles in Charge can't do the same by fluffing Trump.
Israel Dagg campaigning for National on election day was disgusting though, he should have his Magpies career revoked.
