Should clarify, I don't think Dog Day Afternoon is all over the place, it's perfect the way it is.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 16 July 2023 06:31 (ten months ago) link
ok i watched The Dog documentary finally and holy shit. what a…i don’t wanna say piece of shit but yeah maybe piece of shit? proof that if you tell yourself something enough you can just force it to be true.
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 July 2023 07:43 (ten months ago) link
the real hero of the documentary is Frank’s brother Tony <3
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 July 2023 07:47 (ten months ago) link
I've probably asked this before: no Lumet poll? I'm sure DDA would win, but there should be one.
I don't remember seeing Night Falls on Manhattan when it came out ('96), but I must have--can't imagine skipping it. Lumet's fifth-last film...not good at all. He's remaking Serpico for the third or fourth time. Ron Liebman, Andy Garcia, and Ian Holm each get one big hysterically overwrought speech. The Garcia-Olin romance comes out of nowhere--you look away from the screen for a minute, and suddenly they're deep into a relationship that serves no purpose whatsoever.
The only interest is seeing James Gandolfini and Dominic Chianese in the same film three years before The Sopranos. No scenes together, unfortunately.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 05:37 (eight months ago) link
I remember Ian Holm giving his typically great performance and Liebman just behind him. Garcia gave his typically terrible performarnce.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 09:21 (eight months ago) link
I remember seeing NFIM in the cinema and falling asleep. The last Lumet I saw at home was the Anderson Tapes, which I think is underrated. It’s slightly less histrionic than usual, has a satisfyingly grizzly 1970s ending, and Connery is always interesting (to me) when he stops pretending to be likeable.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 10:54 (eight months ago) link
Garcia should stick to animation work.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 10:55 (eight months ago) link
no Lumet poll?
The Wiz would be getting at least one vote
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:45 (eight months ago) link
Assumed you'd be Network.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:48 (eight months ago) link
around 3-5 votes will come in for Network, only one person will fess up to voting for it (me)
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:56 (eight months ago) link
https://i.giphy.com/media/11mYSZihIu0q40/giphy.webp
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:57 (eight months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uz3HzzJ.gif
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:06 (eight months ago) link
NFOM is good not bad I think but it does feel like a Lumet greatest hits. It's got nothing on Q&A, Prince of the City, or Serpico as far as his police corruption pics. I've got zero memory of Garcia in this one, but remember Holm and Gandolfini really nailing their roles.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:23 (eight months ago) link
Look, I'll put my vote behind Network if the moderator agrees to leave off Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:30 (eight months ago) link
i just watched before the devil knows yr dead
as the film gang here are always wrong abt movies i thought i might enjoy it -- lots of ppl shouting and cursing for two hours 👍🏽 👍🏽 👍🏽 -- but boy what a dumb movie
maybe the gang knows best after all
― mark s, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 21:23 (six months ago) link
Let that be a lesson to you
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 15:22 (six months ago) link
Ethan Hawke's accent is a poem.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 15:33 (six months ago) link
Connery is fucking scary in The Offence (rotating off Prime at the end of the month). The whole movie feels like the prototype for the whole "Dark British Police Procedural Prestige Drama" genre.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 04:21 (one week ago) link