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Old 02-28-2017, 09:45 AM   #18901 (permalink)
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I seriously think that TWBB is one of the most overrated movies ever. Great acting? Sure. Great cinematography? Sure. Great direction? Yup.

Absolutely stupid and completely unbelievable story? That's where it completely loses me.

In the old west Daniel Plainview would have been shot in the back at night pretty early on for being such a total prick.
TWBB is one of the best movies to come out in the past twenty years. Great acting, cinematography, direction, story, and everything down to the last piece of clothing. Lots of pricks survived in the Old West, its kind of the way things went. Morality wasn't a big part of the Old West, not sure where you are going with that. Its loosely based on Sinclair's Oil which is a fantastic novel also, based on a family that was integral in bringing oil rigs to the California Coast. Its fantastic.
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Old 02-28-2017, 10:20 AM   #18902 (permalink)
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Old 02-28-2017, 10:31 AM   #18903 (permalink)
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Different strokes for different folks.
Its grossed 76 million on a 25 million dollar budget, so the different folks did like the strokes. Daniel Day Lewis is a tour de force.
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Old 02-28-2017, 10:49 AM   #18904 (permalink)
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Silence.

Long, ambitious, as well made as you'd expect from Scorsese, and well acted, especially Andrew Garfield's performance. Will watch again.
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Old 02-28-2017, 10:56 AM   #18905 (permalink)
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Silence.

Long, ambitious, as well made as you'd expect from Scorsese, and well acted, especially Andrew Garfield's performance. Will watch again.
Scorcese usually does period pieces about as well as anyone. I'll certainly seek it out, because I like Garfield.
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Its grossed 76 million on a 25 million dollar budget, so the different folks did like the strokes. Daniel Day Lewis is a tour de force.
Wait a minute, isn't the rule of MB that just because something is popular doesn't automatically mean it's good. Also, it only ranks 66th for 2007 US grosses.

Over on Rotten Tomatoes it's got a 91% rating from critics and a 86% rating from fans. On IMDB it's got an 81% rating. So I'm not alone.

No Country for Old Men, also from 2007, justifyably beat it out for both Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. TWBB also lost both of those awards at The Golden Globes. No doubt it's an epic tale. I just don't think it's a great movie.
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Wait a minute, isn't the rule of MB that just because something is popular doesn't automatically mean it's good. Also, it only ranks 66th for 2007 US grosses.

Over on Rotten Tomatoes it's got a 91% rating from critics and a 86% rating from fans. On IMDB it's got an 81% rating. So I'm not alone.

No Country for Old Men, also from 2007, justifyably beat it out for both Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. TWBB also lost both of those awards at The Golden Globes. No doubt it's an epic tale. I just don't think it's a great movie.
You won't get any argument from me on No Country its fantastic. The thing to remember about TWBB is that is was shown in half the theaters that No Country and big budget movies were shown in. I was highlighting the fact it was in limited theaters and still had a wide audience base. The MB rules for sellouts always applies.
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Long, ambitious, as well made as you'd expect from Scorsese, and well acted, especially Andrew Garfield's performance. Will watch again.
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

First time I saw it 10 years ago it came across as kinda pathetic and whiny. Much better on the second viewing.
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

First time I saw it 10 years ago it came across as kinda pathetic and whiny. Much better on the second viewing.
They came across as guys that need extended therapy. Bunch of whiney bitches. Kirk Hammett comes across really meek, and Hetfield and Ulrich come across like two year old girls. I thought James voice was better before he decided to take voice lessons also, quite puzzling.
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