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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.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@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.
Yeah I just think it was the way De Niro did it that annoyed me, not entirely sure why.
He’s no Bono or Bob Geldof though to be fair.
As for Israel Dagg now that his playing days are over I change the channel every time I see him and his hair on TV.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@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.
Yeah I just think it was the way De Niro did it that annoyed me, not entirely sure why.
He’s no Bono or Bob Geldof though to be fair.
As for Israel Dagg now that his playing days are over I change the channel every time I see him and his hair on TV.
That's not his hair.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@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.
Yeah I just think it was the way De Niro did it that annoyed me, not entirely sure why.
He’s no Bono or Bob Geldof though to be fair.
As for Israel Dagg now that his playing days are over I change the channel every time I see him and his hair on TV.
That's not his hair.
“The” hair then
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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.
It was a real hoot a few years ago when singer Pink managed to drum up an enormous reaction against Australian lamb producers when she called the process of sheep mulesing¹ “sadistic” in a video for PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals I think) and wanted the industry shut down which, after all, she was both qualified and entitled to do.
Oh, how we laughed - ho, ho, ho - as the shoppers simply stopped buying up for Christmas, retailers got the jitters and their stock buyers backed off for Australia Day and Easter. December to Easter sales are important for the growers, but people ignored that and listened to Pink because she had credibility as their very most fave singer (or something). And anyway, she said she grew up in rural Pennsylvania. But.
Which grows bugger all lamb. But. Especially not in town, where daddy went to work every day selling insurance.
"Cheeky li'l minx" chortled the lamb growers from the Range down the south west slopes all the way out to Cootamundra, as their livelihoods were hung out to dry by a 27 year old warbler from the USA, they were soooo amused!
About 4 weeks later in mid January, as Pink's prospects of being fed through a mincer improved, reimagined as a lamb sausage, out came a profound tearful statement:
*Pink backs down over animal cruelty claims
“I probably could have been a lot more researched on my own… My message was, in my mind, boycott animal cruelty – not an entire industry, not Australia, obviously, because it’s my favourite country.“Then going back, I was speaking without thinking and I actually did say ban Australia. It’s not something that I can agree with. I have nothing against farmers. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. I don’t want to hurt anyone, I just want the animals to hurt less.”*
She added that she had never heard of mulesing - which didn't stop her from expressing her distaste. It is so very easy being terribly important, and facile, eh?
I see a rationale that "they're people, why can't they have an opinion on politics and then voice that?" This drongo's opinion cost them their income during the peak sales period, plus some.
I wonder what the sheep growers of Harden Murrumburrah would say to that? It took them years to recover from Pink's stupidity.
¹ "mulesing" prevents maggot infestation, otherwise the animals die
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