Best Gangster movies? - Page 2

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2007, 10:43 AM

I thought the departed was BORING.
I mean, BORING

!@#$%! · 11.02.2007, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I thought the departed was BORING.
I mean, BORING

yeah no shit. mediocre & forgettable.

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 10:48 AM

good with Mitchum
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
(low-budget '70s gold (also features Peter Boyle))

disappointing with Mitchum
The Yakuza (1975)
(written by Paul Schrader just before Taxi Driver, (he did Raging Bull too))

nicfit · 11.02.2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

coen powers activate

no country for old men

is it really as good as imdb rating suggests?
I know imdb is kinda meh for ratings , but still 9.1 is really impressive ha ha.
I wish I lived in a country were all movies in theathers had the "original language" option to choose. Dubbing sucks. Seeing great movies on dvd with original language is cool, but I wanna see them with the big screeeeeeen argh.

!@#$%! · 11.02.2007, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

is it really as good as imdb rating suggests?
I know imdb is kinda meh for ratings , but still 9.1 is really impressive ha ha.
I wish I lived in a country were all movies in theathers had the "original language" option to choose. Dubbing sucks. Seeing great movies on dvd with original language is cool, but I wanna see them with the big screeeeeeen argh.

ha ha. thats easy man

nicfit · 11.02.2007, 11:12 AM

HEH!

she's a nice nose.
You lucky hollywoddiancountry inhabitants!

fugazifan · 11.02.2007, 11:13 AM

i voted godfather with the public enemy coming in second.

i think Mickey and Nickey should have been on that list.
it is one of the more powerful and different gangster movies that i have seen...

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 11:23 AM

The Public Enemy with Cagney was on AMC or TCM or somesuch the other night and I watched a few minutes. Saw it years ago (White Heat too) on VHS loan from the library; they were pretty good.

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

is that yr wife??

krastian · 11.02.2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I thought the departed was BORING.
I mean, BORING

Seriously.....I mean how many fucking times do we really need a movie about the "undercover rat." The acting was pretty good though.

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2007, 11:45 AM

tha acting was good, but the movie was so slow paced, so tiringly structured.

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

Scarface. I don't want to watch the departed until i've seen the original.

...pure as the driven snow that way, eh?

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 11:51 AM

(in response to deleted post)

Nic's complimentary comments are what made me wonder.

who knows though. can't really judge a person's age based on photos alone.

*shrug*

nicfit · 11.02.2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

Nic's complimentary comments are what made me wonder.

Sorry, mines were just generic omniderectional thoughts.

krastian · 11.02.2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

tha acting was good, but the movie was so slow paced, so tiringly structured.

....and predictable

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

Sorry, mines were just generic omniderectional thoughts.

haha no need to be sorry, I just figured you would be more in the know.

I've never seen a pic of his wife, I've only seen one of him, and he has so far managed to deftly avoid OKC.

*shrugs*

*throws hands up*

*goes back to pushing money-flavored buttons*

!@#$%! · 11.02.2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

is that yr wife??

ha ha no!

i just googled "close to the tv", and bam

--

ps- keep my wife out of this cesspool

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 12:26 PM

well, she did look a little young, but then, I was told today that my facial hair now makes it seem as if I'm "not 12".

related/unrelated: I have a headache and I feel like I'm going to explode. times like these make me want to either disappear like Hoffa or wack somebody.

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ps- keep my wife out of this cesspool

mine seems to handle it better than I do.

*more e-shrugs*

!@#$%! · 11.02.2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

well, she did look a little young, but then, I was told today that my facial hair now makes it seem as if I'm "not 12".

related/unrelated: I have a headache and I feel like I'm going to explode. times like these make me want to either disappear like Hoffa or wack somebody.

mine seems to handle it better than I do.

*more e-shrugs*

ha ha. well...

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Originally Posted by girlgun

i wear the pants in this house!

whatever works for her

i'm old school...

o o o · 11.02.2007, 04:52 PM

What came first to my mind: Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets (if that counts), Scarface (De Palma, I haven't seen the original), The Godfather, Once Upon A Time In America... and also Melville's Le Samouraï and Le Cercle Rouge, both which I have just seen recently and absolutely loved...

Oh and I really liked Ghost Dog too (which has to many references to Le Samouraï, by the way)...

I am not able to choose one at the moment, though.

View Poll Results: Best?
Scarface	7	25.93%
Goodfellas	12	44.44%
Donnie Brasco	0	0%
Blood In, Blood Out	0	0%
The Godfather	11	40.74%
The Public Enemy	1	3.70%
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	1	3.70%
The Departed	2	7.41%
Sexy Beast	1	3.70%
The Usual Suspects	1	3.70%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I thought the departed was BORING. I mean, BORING __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	good with Mitchum The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) (low-budget '70s gold (also features Peter Boyle)) disappointing with Mitchum The Yakuza (1975) (written by Paul Schrader just before Taxi Driver, (he did Raging Bull too))
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11.02.2007, 11:13 AM	#27
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	i voted godfather with the public enemy coming in second. i think Mickey and Nickey should have been on that list. it is one of the more powerful and different gangster movies that i have seen... __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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11.02.2007, 11:23 AM	#28
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	The Public Enemy with Cagney was on AMC or TCM or somesuch the other night and I watched a few minutes. Saw it years ago (White Heat too) on VHS loan from the library; they were pretty good.
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11.02.2007, 11:45 AM	#31
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	tha acting was good, but the movie was so slow paced, so tiringly structured. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.02.2007, 11:51 AM	#33
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	(in response to deleted post) Nic's complimentary comments are what made me wonder. who knows though. can't really judge a person's age based on photos alone. shrug
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11.02.2007, 04:52 PM	#40
o o o the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 613	What came first to my mind: Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets (if that counts), Scarface (De Palma, I haven't seen the original), The Godfather, Once Upon A Time In America... and also Melville's Le Samouraï and Le Cercle Rouge, both which I have just seen recently and absolutely loved... Oh and I really liked Ghost Dog too (which has to many references to Le Samouraï, by the way)... I am not able to choose one at the moment, though.
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