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Post by stu77 on Sept 9, 2021 18:23:10 GMT
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Post by personunknown on Sept 10, 2021 10:57:39 GMT
I always thought Pacino's performance in Scarface was OTT which made the film a bit cartoony and that 'say hello to my little friend' dialogue is just cheesy.
No Scorsese's Departed in there? The Korean/Japanese mob films are always worth finding on Netflix. The Tartan Asia distributor puts out some great crime thrillers and supernatural horror.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 10, 2021 12:17:48 GMT
The Long Good Friday is great - but v dated now
Scarface is wonderful. Deliberately OTT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 10, 2021 12:19:09 GMT
I've seen about 20 in that list - all varying degrees of good
Maybe these aren't mobster enough but I'd have Gangster No 1 and Sexy Beast in my list
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2021 21:27:33 GMT
The Long Good Friday is a great piece of late 70's entertainment.
Bob Hoskins deserves all the plaudits going as remember this was shot just 10 years after the Krays demise.
Dismissed as pro IRA in some quarters the juxtaposition of power and politics with money and Thatcherite gentrification was hugely original.
Carlito's Way was much better than Scarface but Oliver Stones script in Scarface was exceptional in places.
Interestingly, the shootout scene at the end of Scarface was directed by an uncredited Stephen Spielberg. Barely a year after he did ET....
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 15, 2021 19:14:10 GMT
Carlito's Way was much better than Scarface but Oliver Stones script in Scarface was exceptional in places. Interestingly, the shootout scene at the end of Scarface was directed by an uncredited Stephen Spielberg. Barely a year after he did ET.... Thanks for jogging my memory about Carlito's Way - that was indeed a great film Never knew that about the end of Scarface Say hello to my little friend, eh? |
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