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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated The Godfather (1972) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020 (Updated Sep 21, 2020)

The Godfather (1972)

1972 | Crime, Drama

9.3

(53 Ratings)

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"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘢ï𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥... 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥."

"𝘖𝘩 -- 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢ï𝘷𝘦, 𝘒𝘢𝘺?"

Well I guess it's confirmed that this movie predicted Jefferey Epstein.

Have absolutely nothing constructive left to add that hasn't already been rightfully said by everybody else at this point, it's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - yes it's still a masterpiece. Brando gives the second greatest performance cinema has ever seen in this emotionally rich, lived-in, unstoppable portrait of a vaguely incomprehensible mob boss who is both insatiably bound to and undone by tradition - acting of this caliber is topped only by, you guessed it... James Franco in 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴! This isn't really all that secretly deep or anything either - it's just really good at what it does. Does the seemingly unachievable task of making a bunch of mob guys sitting around discussing business so fucking riveting. Pacino sits firmly in one of the quintessential starmaking performances, not a single less than exemplary performance can even be found here. The front half of the last hour is rather sloppy, jumping around uncomfortably between times - but remains nonetheless mesmerizing and spotlessly written. And how about that location cinematography? A sprawling, hypnotic dirge - you could write a novel about how amazing this is, and I'm sure people already have.

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Ali A (82 KP) rated The Fountains of Silence in Books

Jun 1, 2020

The Fountains of Silence

Ruta Sepetys | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Young Adult (YA)

9.5

(2 Ratings)

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The Fountains of Silence is about Texan teen Daniel visiting Francisco Franco's Spain in the 1950's. Franco is a dictator who needs business men to invest in his country so he opens it to Americans. Daniel visits with his parents to see his mother's birthplace. Ana works at the hotel Daniel and his parents are staying in and is assigned to their rooms. Daniel and Ana quickly become friends but Ana is guarded with him. Her family were Republicans, those who were against Franco's rein, and now are either shunned to live as second class citizens or died horrific deaths. Daniel quickly learns that Spain isn't what the government likes to show and there are secrets everyone is hiding.

I was fascinated with this novel as it's something I have never really learned of this time in history in school. I knew of before, during World War II, but never afterward with Franco's dictation. I cared about the characters and wanted to know the outcome. I could tell when some things would happen and cried during some of them too.

It was a heartfelt novel set in a dark time that had family and love and exploration. A must read for historical fiction readers and lovers of Ruta Sepetys.

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Luncheon of the Boating Party

Susan Vreeland

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Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir...

Arctic Dogs (2019)

3.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Swifty the Arctic fox works in the mail room of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one...

RəX Regent (349 KP) rated 127 Hours (2010) in Movies

Feb 25, 2019

127 Hours (2010)

2010 | Drama

8.3

(8 Ratings)

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Probably the best that it could have been...

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Danny Boyle is a director with an eye for the modern. visceral styles, sharp editing and the belief that the combination of both will draw the audience into the action, emotion and mood of the situation at hand. There's no doubt that the stunning true story of adventurer Aron Ralston's accident resulting in his right arm becoming trapped under a rock in the middle of nowhere, required a special director and a style as described above.

Did he pull it off? It's a though sell, 90 minutes of a man and rock but I think it was done about as well as it could have been. The story is interesting and told with a sense of humour and a philosophical attitude appropriate for the subject matter, but it all boils down to the moment when he performs his DIY surgery, a plot point that may well sell the film to most people, as it sold news papers back in 2003.

Overall, well told, very well acted by James Franco as Ralston and along with Boyle's signature direction and jukebox soundtrack, whilst not blowing my skirt up, it made my wife cry, myself cringe and was as well conveyed as this story of a man trapped quite literally between as rock and hard place, ever could have been.

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Spassky: Move by Move

Zenon Franco

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Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in the history of the game. He was the World...

Outlaws

Anne McLean and Javier Cercas

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In the late 1970s, as Spain was adrift between the death of Franco and the rebirth of democracy,...

Tommy Wiseau recommended Sonny (2002) in Movies (curated)

Sonny (2002)

2002 | Crime, Drama

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"You’d be surprised but, again, I put in parentheses, I’m not here to praise James [Franco]. Okay? But the reason I support his role, because we didn’t have a choice at the time. We picked him because originally… I don’t know if you knew the story here that The Disaster Artist is based on the great storybook Disaster Artist, right? And he basically optioned the book, optioned to produce the movie. But people ask me who are supposed to… Who would I like? Who’s supposed to play me? I don’t know if you heard about it, but long story short, I say Johnny Depp. But we had a conversation with James, and with Greg [Sestero]. And Greg, long story short, he said, “What about James?” I said, “Yeah, he’s good, because I like his movie Sonny.” Sonny is the movie directed by Nicolas Cage. I don’t know if you’re familiar with it or not. It’s about gigolo in New Orleans, Louisiana, etc. So we had a conversation with James, and Greg says, “Sure, whatever. James playing you.” I said, “That’s good idea, because he did the movie Sonny, and which, I like it.” And for some reason, the critics think differently, or public, whatever. But this is relate to my life as well, The Room, basically. Because you have all the flavors. So that’s basically your little quirky backstory."

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