Larry Gude
Strung Out
Angela's Ashes
Favorite inspirational movie
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donbarzini
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I agree with all except Sofia. Garcia, Shire, Wallach, Pacino. All phenomenal. But I wanted to drive a railroad spike through my temple whenever she opened her mouth.
somdfunguy
not impressed
The Neverending Story
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Try and think of the movie as 100% real and she just happens to be one of those people you meet and know in real life who are just...really odd. Then, back that into the movie and see if you can accept her performance in that context. That's honestly how she comes off to me; just odd. I find that far easier to accept and not be bothered by rather than someone who is over acting by leaps and bounds.
I find that if you assume Mary is mentally retarded, Sofia's performance becomes brilliant. Right up there with Leonardo DiCaprio in Gilbert Grape.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I was trying to avoid being so blunt about it but, that was my point. I just view her as the spoiled, insulated, isolated child of the biggest mafia Don in the world. To me, it follows, perfectly, with how comically base Vito and Sonny and Fedo could be and, frankly, how dumb Fredo could be.
I get the criticisms but, every time I watch it, she's just easy to accept based on the other two movies. "Don't mind her. She's just a little slow." I think it's perfect for the movie.
Misfit
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I always wonder why Francis Ford Coppola is so widely revered as a director. He can't get a performance out of his actors to save his life. His movies are typically great - Patton, The Godfather I/II, Apocalypse Now...and let's not forget the masterpiece that is The Outsiders. But even in The Great Gatsby, he took a classic novel, employed stellar actors, and made it absurd. The dialog delivery in his movies is the worst EVER. EVER!!!!
donbarzini
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That's IT!! That sound you hear is a nail being hit squarely on the head. I felt so sorry for Andy Garcia in that movie. He was acting his ASS off, and here comes the director's daughter. The chemistry between them was like watching Ben Stein as the science teacher in "The Wonder Years".
Larry Gude
Strung Out
See, I just get it different. Andy, to me, evoked that he was falling in love with his cousin and new, as a modern guy, those days were gone and it was wrong but, damn was he attracted! So, what I get from it is him struggling with it, thus the awkwardness, and, ultimately, he chose power over 'true' love and the whole time she's being the naive, dumb, mildly retarded kid who has the body and desires of a woman.
Maybe I'm seeing what I want to see but, again, referencing back to the other two movies, slow Fredo, neanderthal moments by Vito and Sonny, that thing the Soprano's so well captured, the faux intellectualism of brutes, even Micheal and his presumptions towards Kay and the miscarriage, hitting her when the truth assaults his base assumptions of right and wrong from the reactions of the man at the head of a criminal, murderous enterprise.
:shrug:
slotpuppy
Ass-hole
Misfit
Lawful neutral
It was curb stomp.
Goodbye teeth.......................
Romper Stomper was an inspirational movie.
slotpuppy
Ass-hole
warneckutz
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Pain & Gain
Terminator
Terminator 2
Running Man
Twins
True Lies
Predator
Kindergarten Cop
Commando
Die Hard movies
Scorpion King
The Fifth Element
Terminator
Terminator 2
Running Man
Twins
True Lies
Predator
Kindergarten Cop
Commando
Die Hard movies
Scorpion King
The Fifth Element
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