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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 14, 2018 16:03:19 GMT
Cons - Jennifer Jason Leigh isn't given much to do.
Pros - The performances. When seeing this back in 2002, would anyone think Daniel Craig as the next James Bond? The Thomas Newman score For those around in the old days, my signature was from this film. Thank you very much, Paul Newman. Its themes about fathers and sons strikes a chord even more since becoming a father 8.5 years ago. The cinematography, obviously. Next time you watch Skyfall, tell me Mendes doesn't ape this shot in M's final scene? 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 22:41:58 GMT
Con: Remember it being good, don't remember anything about the plot.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 15, 2018 0:57:35 GMT
Pro
- Excellent production value, & Jude Law is terrific.
Con
- Lacks depth.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 15, 2018 1:24:56 GMT
Pros:
- Comparative less bombastic than other gangster movies like this.
- Jude Law and Daniel Craig as the villains. Imagine these two in their own movie together!
- That kid was Tyler Hoechlin?!? Not a bad debut at all.
- "You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick!"
- Tom Hanks playing against type.
Cons:
- Tom Hanks playing against type. It's interesting at first but then he becomes kind of bland.
- Jennifer Jason Leigh was in this?!?!?!?
- Oh hell, Paul Newman's character was based off a real person? He'd have been a cool avatar for Irish American Month! Drat!
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 15, 2018 7:57:49 GMT
Pros: Masterpiece! (a word I rarely use) ; this is as good as movies get as it blends everything really well with cinematography/score/cast/moments in the movie etc. Cons: given the above word, pretty much nothing to list here. it's nice to see Paul Newman go out on a high note as it's the best movie he appeared in even though ill always remember him for the role of Fast Eddie Felson (The Hustler (1961)/The Color of Money (1986)) as he was born for that role. in terms of cinematography... it's the gold standard if you ask me. reason I say that is because while there are quite a few other movies out there that are strong visually they don't blend everything as great as this one does with the score/visuals/moments in the movie. just to name a couple of moments that have great visuals etc... the rain scene where Tom Hanks kills Paul Newman in the rain at night with the tommy gun and the end scene where Jude Law shoots Tom Hanks in the back and proceeds to take his picture. just a great moment/scene in a movie. also, I like hitman types of characters and in this regard Jude Law has one of the very best. although my #1 hitman type of movie would be The American (2010) (9/10 ; within my Top 26 movies) which is quite underrated. I don't count Road to Perdition in the same genre as The American as Road to Perdition is closer to gangster than hitman themed. but for gangster movies, Road to Perdition is #1 even though it's a bit different from your typical one. basically... this is the best movie Tom Hanks/Paul Newman/Daniel Craig/Jude Law etc appeared in as none of those four (and others) have appeared in a better movie than this and likely never will. p.s. it's only one of nine movies I give a 10/10 out of the 2,200+ total movies I have seen. so while I can't name a #1 movie of all time I can say Road to Perdition is in the running for that spot for me as I can probably filter some of those nine movies out of contenders for the top spot but it's too difficult to name only one movie as my favorite. NOTE: speaking of the score... www.mediafire.com/file/h8kzph083ea7h9u/RtP2002_Opus64.7z/file ; there it is in Opus format. it's likely within my Top 2 scores for movies overall with the other being Lord of War (2005). Yeah, for how small her part is it seems like they would have went with someone a bit less known. |
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