One of the best put together documentaries I've seen in recent memory. Certainly the most visually striking since Waltz With Bashir. The way it blends archival footage and rotoscope animation is unique and effective.
It won't be like any documentary you see so check it out!
It's not a great documentary for its presentation, it's a great documentary because of its subject. This movie shows just how stupid, broken and useless the MPAA is. If you ever cared about the expression of art, particularly film, you need to see this movie.
I thought this was a really entertaining period piece. The scenery is well crafted and De Palma's direction well establishes the gritty and unpleasant world of Prohibition. The violence further proves that point. They're bloody and intense but it never goes too far. It sticks to a sort of old school but bloodier Howard Hawks aesthetic and I think it fits pretty well.
De Niro is a bit hammy but nevertheless his usual brand of committed professionalism. Connery is a wonderfully fun Badass Grandpa and his presence makes you overlook the fact this clearly Scottish man is supposed to be Irish.
The only major problem I have with the movie is Kevin Costner. Oh my sweet jesus, he is so BORING! I was amazed at how any person could care less about anything.
And it's a shame because I can tell Elliot Ness is a good character on paper. When Capone one ups him time after time I can see where a different actor could bring the anger and frustration. Costner just doesn't. He is so emotionless and uncharasmatic that I couldn't care about his plight.
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I don't feel good right nowMovie comment on West Side Story
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Steven Spielberg out here doing the impossible.Movie comment on The Mitchells vs the Machines
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I believe in Katie Mitchell supremacy!Movie comment on Stop Making Sense
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David Byrne has some Big Suit EnergyMovie comment on Skin
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This was the worst thing with the funniest ending I have ever seen.Movie comment on Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
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I liked it. I look forward to how I will feel about it in a year.Movie comment on Paths of Glory
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I apologize for not telling you sooner that you're a degenerate sadistic old man. And you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!Movie comment on Death Note
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Death Note was one of those animes I never got around to. So from what I knew about it I could tell this movie was doing its own thing.And its own thing is so bad I wanted to write my own name in the Death Note.
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Casey Affleck deserves every amount of praise for this amazing performance. Everything else is at best, just okay.Movie comment on Baby Driver
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That's my Baby.Movie comment on Tower
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One of the best put together documentaries I've seen in recent memory. Certainly the most visually striking since Waltz With Bashir. The way it blends archival footage and rotoscope animation is unique and effective.It won't be like any documentary you see so check it out!
Movie comment on An All Dogs Christmas Carol
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OH MY GOD! WHAT IS THIS?!Movie comment on This Film Is Not Yet Rated
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It's not a great documentary for its presentation, it's a great documentary because of its subject. This movie shows just how stupid, broken and useless the MPAA is. If you ever cared about the expression of art, particularly film, you need to see this movie.Movie comment on Jesus Camp
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What the fuck is wrong with these people?Movie comment on The Untouchables
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I thought this was a really entertaining period piece. The scenery is well crafted and De Palma's direction well establishes the gritty and unpleasant world of Prohibition. The violence further proves that point. They're bloody and intense but it never goes too far. It sticks to a sort of old school but bloodier Howard Hawks aesthetic and I think it fits pretty well.De Niro is a bit hammy but nevertheless his usual brand of committed professionalism. Connery is a wonderfully fun Badass Grandpa and his presence makes you overlook the fact this clearly Scottish man is supposed to be Irish.
The only major problem I have with the movie is Kevin Costner. Oh my sweet jesus, he is so BORING! I was amazed at how any person could care less about anything.
And it's a shame because I can tell Elliot Ness is a good character on paper. When Capone one ups him time after time I can see where a different actor could bring the anger and frustration. Costner just doesn't. He is so emotionless and uncharasmatic that I couldn't care about his plight.
Even still, it is entertaining.