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All-In [49057]
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Road to Perdition is an underrated mob classic...
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Jan 17, 2023, 1:08 PM
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It does not get the recognition it deserves.
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That was a good flick.
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Jan 17, 2023, 1:19 PM
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Another movie that came out a few years ago that never seems to get much mention that I thought was great was "Old henry"
Not a mob flick but a good sorta western.
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Not your typical leading man.***
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Jan 17, 2023, 1:40 PM
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It was.
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Jan 17, 2023, 3:48 PM
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I guess I'm dense but I was fooled throughout most of the movie
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I kind of liked the Ballad of Lefty Brown
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Jan 17, 2023, 3:51 PM
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The only thing that still bothers me about it, apart from the plot being a little convoluted, is that it's hard for me to see Bill Pullman in a serious role. It's like I look at him and expect Gabby Hayes.
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Re: That was a good flick.
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:47 PM
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Both were amazing. Especially Old Henry
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Sam Mendes and Thomas Newman are a great combo.
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Jan 17, 2023, 1:30 PM
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They're a big reason why Skyfall was so good.
Speaking of Bond, Road to Perdition was the first movie I saw Daniel Craig in. He was so good as an insufferable twat that it took me a while to warm up to him in other roles.
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CU Medallion [56105]
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Here's an interesting factoid.
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Jan 17, 2023, 1:36 PM
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Thomas Newman scored the climax of Return of the Jedi.
And just as Alfred Newman gave John Williams some of his first big breaks, Williams, in turn, gave Thomas Newman one of his first plum assignments as a Hollywood musician.
"He threw me a bone. I mean, he would not put it that way. But he let me orchestrate a cue from Return of the Jedi, when Darth Vader dies," Newman says, then laughs: "It was an amazing thing to do."
https://www.npr.org/2015/10/17/449417429/composer-thomas-newman-teams-with-spielberg-for-bridge-of-spies
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Camera guy was one of my favorites: Conrad Hall
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Jan 17, 2023, 2:07 PM
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He was a legend, everyone he worked with affectionately called him Connie, he made some of the most iconic images ever.
"I mentioned the rain. This is a water-soaked picture, with melting snow on the streets and dampness in every room. That gives Conrad Hall the opportunity to develop and extend one of his most famous shots. In "In Cold Blood" (1967), he has a closeup of Robert Blake, as a convicted killer on the night of his death. He puts Blake near a window, and lights his face through the windowpane, as raindrops slide down the glass. The effect is of tears on his face. In "Road to Perdition," the light shines through a rain-swept window onto a whole room that seems to weep."
- from the Roger Ebert review
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Re: Road to Perdition is an underrated mob classic...
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Jan 17, 2023, 2:57 PM
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I agree whole heartedly with this. I remembered it being good, but just watched Perdition again a few months ago and it is very, very good. Borderline classic, and terribly unrated or underappreciated I think.
Tons of lines: "Everybody in this room is a killer, Michael." Tons of good scenes overall, and one of the best "Wipe Out" scenes on film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFLyA3u_rw
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yep. Is it streaming somewheres?
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Jan 17, 2023, 3:44 PM
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Seen it at least twice, but not in a long time.
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Netflix***
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Jan 17, 2023, 3:49 PM
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Thanks, will put on my list.***
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:31 PM
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Agreed. I try to watch at least once a year.***
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Jan 17, 2023, 5:18 PM
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I came into this thread thinking Ford was a big fan of the
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Jan 17, 2023, 5:49 PM
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movie, and left thinking you might be the President of the "Road to Perdition Fanclub." Every year???
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It's a great movie.
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Jan 17, 2023, 5:59 PM
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You already knew Ford was a big fan of the movie before he started the thread?
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Lot o points [155948]
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I take it back
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:23 PM
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I came into the thread knowing you were president of the Pedantic Society of America.
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Legend [18026]
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lol, pretty sure you've got me beat there.
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:30 PM
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But it's all in good fun, right?
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At least 80, maybe 90% of the time, indeed.***
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:36 PM
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Legend [18026]
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This the other ~10%?***
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:44 PM
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Deadly serious and on the precipice of disaster.***
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:45 PM
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Legend [18026]
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Let us drink then...
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Jan 17, 2023, 6:58 PM
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and hope we get to heaven at least an hour before the devil finds out we're dead.
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