Yeah, it was like a 90s buddy action flick. A bit rocky here and there but charming in its own way. It had some issues in the narrative department and got a bit too on the nose with its references sometimes. But I quite enjoyed it. Also: The de-aging effect on Samuel L. Jackson was phenomenal. Too bad they didn't quite extend this quality to Clark Gregg's character though. I thought they kind of botched him for some reason.

Obvious? I dunno. I felt there were more twists than a prostitutes knickers.

“obvious twists” xD

was not this about mutual infiltration or some such shit?
parallel figures and what not?
or am i confucius?

Yeah, can't say I saw them coming. I've watched it a few times now and still get surprised by little twists I'd forgotten about.

You’re Confucius, and I’m stealing that expression :D

Yah, Departed was literally a remake of another movie, so its twists were probably pretty predictable. Except for maybe the *very* end.

It was just really well done, not narratively groundbreaking or anything.

Scorsese won the Oscar because he’s fucking Scorsese and they realized they should probably give it to him 12 years late for GoodFellas.

Still a goddamn good movie. Didn’t know DiCaprio could actually act until I saw that thing.

AGREE.
Yes.

The very definition of “on the nose.”

Seriously, I used the expression “that was a little on the nose...” once and someone asked me what the fuck I meant, and I said, “It’s when something is just lazy and lacks any and all subtlety in referencing something else, or getting a point across.” And they still looked confused, so I said, “You know that movie The Departed? You know the very last scene? Yah, THAT.”

And they were like, “Ah, gotcha.”

I kind of liked The Departed the first time I watched it. Then found it terribly redundant when I saw Infernal Affairs (Mou Gagan Dou), the film it was based on. Like, the best parts of it were taken straight from the source without much alteration. And I thought the flow was more natural in the original. As far as Scorsese movies go, I consider this a sleepwalk on his part.

Yeah, I've not seen Internal Affair so I had no reference point. The Irish stuff was a little heavy-handed at times and, contrary to some, I thought Jack Nicholson was the wrong choice (it would've been an ideal role for Daniel Day-Lewis) and Mark Wahlberg's character was just silly. LDC really came into his own, though.

I'm curious to see what Scorsese does in his next film, The Irishman. Another Irish-themed gangster-film that apparently has DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci.

yes yes but i was NOT confucius, see.
that was the movie.
anyone can use that expression of course
i should fish out my old notes on it somewhere. hmmm...

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so, yep, obvious stuff was obvious back then

it’s inFernal affairs. internal was another movie (titles get confused)
i think ive seen it, just cant remember, lol
was just looking at this thread and apparently i watched a docu about the pixies and recall none of it

but anyway no more departeds for me zzzzz

time that i depart

Evolution, now that was a weird and unsettling movie. Pretty arty cinematography and sound track, for those that like that (I do). Interesting way to spend some time....recco’d.

Yeah, I wondered why Jack Nicholson was cast as an Irishman, too. And I also thought Daniel Day Lewis, who can do anything, and is better than Nicholson objectively, would have been a great fit. BUT, remember he’d just played an Irish gangster in Gangs of New York (or an Irish-ish gangster... I forget. That’s one I have never seen all the way through), so Scorsece was probably looking to change things up.

I’m assuming the titular “Irishman” in The Irishman is going to be someone all the Italian guys have to kill or deal with somehow.

Or maybe Joe Pesci will play an Irish guy, and I’ll have a chuckle.

Anyhoo, I actually really liked the Irish mob element in Departed. A welcome break from the strictly Italian, mafia stuff of most gangster movies. There was a massive Irish population in organized crime, as well as a massive African American element. I appreciate moves that focus on something other than The Godfather-y tales of Sicily and so on.

Departed has an added flavor because of its Irishness (though the Dropkick Murphys got to be a bit much). Just like Miller’s Crossing (probably THE Irish mob movie, in my opinion).

Blah.

should have cast brendan gleeson instead



look at him go hahahaaaa

Brendan Gleeson would've been perfect. Liam Neeson, too.

If you are talking about the french movie that's on Netflix, I second this. I learned that the director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is married to Gaspar Noe, which I just find interesting. Yes, Evolution is certainly a movie worth checking out.

Also in Gangs of New York.

Best to just use Daniel Day Lewis, who can do anything.

But Nicholson did alright. Better than I thought he would.

watch THE GUARD

haaaahaaaahaaaaaaa

I just never believed him in that role. Can't put my finger on why. Just one of those not-buying-it feelings.

I agree. It’s because something about him feels distinctly non-Irish — though he probably is at least a little Irish — and because he’s too sloppy and mad to be an organized mob boss. Even an unruly one.

Again, I vote Lewis, but Nicholson’s weirdness as a gangster doesn’t hurt the movie for me.

Also I think it’s cool that we both hate the very last scene. GODDAMN that kissed me off in the theater! I was like “ah, yes well done well donewwwwhhaaaaatthefaaack?!”

Saw this today. First time I saw a Gaspar Noe film in the theatre. I really enjoyed this. There are definite Noe moments in this film, yet it feels different to anything he's done. As far as I know this is the first of his movies that is considered a horror film.

Finally watched this bad motherfucker.



excellent film. Nearly 80- years old and it shits on every single thing that David Lynch has ever done or attempted to do. hahahahahhahahahah

I dunno about better than Lynch, but yes, this is an incredible movie.

Watched the Free Solo documentary on Hulu. I'm still waiting for my nuts to drop back out and my ass to stop puckering. The last 20 minutes or so contains some of the most intense viewing ever.

oh shit i have vertigo im not fucking looking

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i finally saw “the lobster”

it was okay

Amazing film. What he did stands a monument to human achievement both physically and mentally. I've loved how much success that film has had.

Yeah in-fucking-credible. I was sort of forced to watch it by someone who'd already seen it. I knew nothing about it and honestly thought I was being told to watch something Star Wars related ... but fuck me. Wow!

Wool 100%....somewhat enjoyably Japanese weird. Pretty creepy animation sequence midway thru made it worthwhile, all in all.

Ya, I had to be told it was on Hulu. Not sure when they put it on there, but had to be recently. I was trying to find a stream of it a few months ago with no luck. Lot's of people are talking about it after the Oscars for sure though. And the success is well-deserved.

The funniest part of Free Solo was when Han was speaking Wookie to Chewbacca

Outlaw Josey Wales

A stone-classic, and unusual for being one of the few broadly pro-Confederate Westerns I can think of.

Everyone knows Clint's an iconic actor but he's also a hugely underrated director and I'd say this is his greatest film, both as actor and director.

I've actually been meaning to choose that for film night. As always something else turns up that I want to watch.

Last night's film was She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. I could have sworn I'd seen this already but I didn't remember anything about it. It was pretty good. I certainly enjoyed it more than the others watching it with me. I will say this though, John Ford's comedic characters are always terrible. Either it's a drunk Irishman or an idiot hick hamming it up.

Netflix, The Dirt.

Best thing ever!

Judge if you want, but Motley Crue are pretty much everything that got me into rock music. Bought Girls, Girls, Girls when 10 or 11 or so. They were the first band that I ever went and checked the "back catalog" of albums after that and became a true "fan" of.

I mean, the movie is technically fairly shit from a technical, overanalyzed, perspective. Not going to expect a lot from the Jackass director. But I sure had a hell of a good time watching it.

I've never seen the documentary but definitely will. I got about 2/3 of the way through the book and enjoyed it until it just started feeling like page after page of the same thing. There's only so many times I can read about another drug-fueled orgy before I just switch off. Always had a soft spot for Motley Crue, though.

It's great! Very different to the Spaghettis, High Plains Drifter, etc. Not really like any Western that springs to mind. And it's the film where the line "you gonna pull those pistols or whistle dixie?" came from.

Us was pretty good but I feel like Peele needs to further his ideas even more and stop relying on so many plot devices to stitch the ideas together. Get Out worked better for me but I recognise how more refined his directing is this time round.

Other films seen recently that I liked:
Q: The Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen, 1982)
Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (Makoto Tezuka, 1985)
Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, 1998)
A New Life (Philippe Grandrieux, 2002)

I've been doing plenty of this so far. 'Killer Cars', 'Like Spinning Plates', 'Where I End and You Begin', and 'Everything In Its Right Place' have all made appearances.

ah, fuck yes...

that scene on the ferris wheel... daaaamn..

Unfortunately, don't watch many movies these days. But I watched At Eternity's Gate on a plane ride. Recently finished reading a Van Gogh biography, Van Gogh: A Life, which made the movie more satisfying. A lot of shots of Willem Dafoe, as Van Gogh, 'seeing' what others don't, but overall good.