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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 15, 2021 18:06:25 GMT
Like other Brian De Palma movies, it certainly doesn't lack for style and is always great to look at. The Ennio Morricone score is just gorgeous. Despite a script by David Mamet, it lacks the punch of something like Glengarry Glen Ross. The Eliot Ness character is so noble he comes off as a bit bland at times. Everyone mentions the train station sequence when discussing this movie and rightfully so. The build-up is masterful. Sean Connery won an Oscar his performance and despite his efforts to attempt an Irish accent, the award was deserved. Like Inglourious Basterds, don't take this as a historical document; it puts an almost comic book spin on real-life events.
***1/2 out of ****
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Post by politicidal on Mar 15, 2021 18:08:05 GMT
Awesome movie.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Mar 15, 2021 18:10:00 GMT
The film that revived Sean Connery's career. What was he doing before this? Wearing a red speedo outfit and playing an aging James Bond.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 15, 2021 18:12:23 GMT
The film that revived Sean Connery's career. What was he doing before this? Wearing a red speedo outfit and playing an aging James Bond. 
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Post by Isapop on Mar 15, 2021 22:41:39 GMT
My favorite movie of the 1980s.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 15, 2021 22:49:46 GMT
Seriously marred by Ness's virtuousness and devotion to family. Connery and De Niro were quite good though. The homage to Battleship Potemkin came across as forced and pretentious. De Palma was trying to tell us how educated he is.
5/10
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Post by Isapop on Mar 15, 2021 23:53:21 GMT
Seriously marred by Ness's virtuousness and devotion to family. Connery and De Niro were quite good though. The homage to Battleship Potemkin came across as forced and pretentious. De Palma was trying to tell us how educated he is. 5/10 I think those qualities in Ness help us buy into his bone-deep commitment to eradicate Capone. Otherwise, why is he willing to take on this near impossible task?
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Post by hi224 on Mar 16, 2021 0:03:46 GMT
The film that revived Sean Connery's career. What was he doing before this? Wearing a red speedo outfit and playing an aging James Bond. so you haven't seen Name of the Rose?
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Post by lowtacks86 on Mar 16, 2021 0:10:07 GMT
The film that revived Sean Connery's career. What was he doing before this? Wearing a red speedo outfit and playing an aging James Bond. so you haven't seen Name of the Rose? No
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Post by hi224 on Mar 16, 2021 0:12:39 GMT
so you haven't seen Name of the Rose? No probably should.
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Post by Isapop on Mar 16, 2021 0:13:08 GMT
The film that revived Sean Connery's career. What was he doing before this? Wearing a red speedo outfit and playing an aging James Bond. so you haven't seen Name of the Rose? For which he won the BAFTA award for Best Actor. But lowtacks has a point. The mid 80s were a sputtering time for him, and The Untouchables reminded American audiences of Connery's great abilities.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 16, 2021 0:14:11 GMT
so you haven't seen Name of the Rose? For which he won the BAFTA award for Best Actor. But lowtacks has a point. The mid 80s were a sputtering time for him, and The Untouchables reminded American audiences of Connery's great abilities.
interestingly he intially was going to work with De Palma with Dressed To Kill but actually turned the role down.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 16, 2021 1:01:34 GMT
8/10 My favorite De Palma film.
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Post by Isapop on Mar 16, 2021 1:19:03 GMT
For which he won the BAFTA award for Best Actor. But lowtacks has a point. The mid 80s were a sputtering time for him, and The Untouchables reminded American audiences of Connery's great abilities.
interestingly he intially was going to work with De Palma with Dressed To Kill but actually turned the role down. Sean Connery in THAT part? Gee, I don't know...
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Post by Geddy on Mar 16, 2021 1:24:14 GMT
Marvelous film. Probably the best film adaptation of a TV show there is.
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Post by Isapop on Mar 16, 2021 1:37:56 GMT
Marvelous film. Probably the best film adaptation of a TV show there is. The movie is really an adaptation of books by Ness and Oscar Fraley, just as the TV show was.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 16, 2021 2:11:36 GMT
Marvelous film. Probably the best film adaptation of a TV show there is. The movie is really an adaptation of books by Ness and Oscar Fraley, just as the TV show was. I wish Torso would happen?
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 16, 2021 3:20:04 GMT
Seriously marred by Ness's virtuousness and devotion to family. Connery and De Niro were quite good though. The homage to Battleship Potemkin came across as forced and pretentious. De Palma was trying to tell us how educated he is. 5/10 I think those qualities in Ness help us buy into his bone-deep commitment to eradicate Capone. Otherwise, why is he willing to take on this near impossible task? One can be dedicated to a good cause without being cloyingly saintly. Look at Fonda as Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine. Pursuit of justice intermingles with thirst for revenge. In fact, Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery) is as dedicated as Ness is and uses the Chicago Way. So does Ness - but only for a moment. So the film has him change completely but revert to (stereo)type in a moment. TV and Hollywood offer so many ends for Frank Nitti. But apparently he killed himself along a railroad track. A photo of his corpse is used in a montage in The Godfather.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 16, 2021 3:21:08 GMT
Marvelous film. Probably the best film adaptation of a TV show there is. The movie is really an adaptation of books by Ness and Oscar Fraley, just as the TV show was. As I understand it, Ness had nothing to do with nailing Capone for tax evasion.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 16, 2021 3:58:21 GMT
The movie is really an adaptation of books by Ness and Oscar Fraley, just as the TV show was. As I understand it, Ness had nothing to do with nailing Capone for tax evasion. And Frank Nitti wasn’t tossed off a roof. |
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