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The Irish R.M. (1983)
Colonial crap
Drunk Irish dim wits lives guided by the hand of the distinguished English gentlemen. A carcass depiction of the time with zero accuracy. Hated this as a kid and it it's even worse now when you can see all the negative undertones.
Suits (2011)
Repetitive and predictable
I watched episode 1 of series 8 and then the final one. Missed nothing. Same formula and weak story arch's. This show has gone on for 2 seasons more than it needed to. Stale
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Standard set
For me this sent movies into a completely new direction and intelligence. To be so bold in 1968 to make one the greatest sci-fi movies ever. I just love this movie for the way it makes me feel and think. It belongs in the Louvre . Masterpiece
Robin and Marian (1976)
Disappointment established early
A one eyed old man throws a arrow from over 80 feet away and it's embeds in Lionhearts clavicle. Ridiculous
Away (2020)
Crying in space
Space is irrelevant in this. Emotional garbage with no character worthy of empathy. No realistic elements. Could have been allot more involved if it was not anchored to the earth storylines and the past.
6 Underground (2019)
Epically bad from start to finish
This movie is the reason Hollywood gets a bad name. All the plaudits need to go to the stunt crews. Everyone else should take no positives for their movies. Ryan Reynolds playing the same trying to hard be smart, funny and sarcastic role. Major fail. This movie can be watched at double speed and still annoy you.
The Irishman (2019)
Slow burn
This movie had the potential to be epic. Spanning a large period of time and over lots of interesting events in history but moved around with no thread tot eh overall narrative. It never got going and the pace in places was glacial. De Niro looked a old man through the whole thing. It was like he just walked off the set of Polar Express. They should have just got a young actor to play the younger Frank. Would have brought way more menace to the role and made the shifts from past present easier to see. He physically moved like a old man, especially the scene beating up the storekeeper. I would have liked Franks character to be developed properly. He had zero depth and edge about him for such a cold killer. Seeing him in the war would have been good.
Felt it 1 hour too long. Pesci was the best in it. Played his character wonderfully. Pacino also excellent.Stephen Graham brought the only reminder of Scorsese's usual gangster threat and menace. It's a solid movie and again edited excellently by Thelma Shoemacker. The movie slowly burns but never ignites. Scorsese went back to familiar territory here and seemed to have forgotten is way. Cant see myself watching this for long time.
Black '47 (2018)
More cinematic feast than famine
This movie was always going to have the question of how it would deal with the backdrop of Ireland's bleakest period in history and yet deliver a movie with character progression and story narrative. In my opinion it respectfully acknowledged the historical darkness without getting shackled down by its inertia. And I appreciated this. It could have well have been consumed by this but manged to put the characters and vengeance plot line front and centre.
The pacing of the movie gave a good sense of the period. The cast very much delivered and made it very engaging. The story stayed within a narrow enough spectrum but built on this very well.
It's great to see Irish cinema not afraid to delve into the murky and down trodden past of Irelands history and deliver a very well crafted and polished movie.
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