This film is so cool. The cinematography and directing is so damn stylish, and EVERY actor is just gives it 150%, especially Ben Kingsley as Psycho Gandhi 😂
I have a villa in Spain and the first time I watched this brilliant film was whilst in Spain. That searing heat, combined with the silence only broken by the Cicadas is on the money! Never had a boulder miss me by inches though!
Interesting choice, and another good one that’s seldom featured these days. Kingsley is a great classical actor. His reputation was made with his lead role in Gandhi (1982). You guys should react to it, as it’s been largely ignored in recent years. The movie won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. It’s a real epic production. And these days it offers great contrast to what world leaders have generally become. Then there’s Ian McShane. Here he’s limited to a supporting role, but he absolutely ruled the screen in HBO’s Deadwood series, which has been mentioned here previously. Looking forward to whatever you guys offer next.
'What did they even need Gal for?' They probably didn't need Gal, but Don was picking the team and he picked Gal so he could see Jackie. After they killed him, Gal had to go through with it.
Ben Kingsley is brilliant in this. I love him him in 'stonehearst asylum" too. Ray Winstone is one of ny favorite's. Y'all should check him out in '"the proposition" an Australian western with Guy Pearce & Danny Huston .
This is funny cause I been binging your sopranos playlist, and watched the ep with Kingsley the other day. When you made the comment about him not cursing I almost commented down below about this movie
Finally! A movie reaction on one of my favorite movies of the 2000s, other favorite masterpieces that nobody reacts on RU-vid (at least the ones I'm following) are ''Get Carter'' (1971), ''Across 110th Street'' (1972), ''The Last Detail'' (1973), ''Scum'' (1979) with a young Ray Winstone, '''Quest For Fire'' (1981), ''Bad Boys'' (1983), ''In the Name of the Father'' (1993), 'La Haine'' (1996) & ''Un Prophète'' (2009). P.E.ace from overseas, The Netherlands!
I've been looking for more films in this genre so thank you for your suggestions. If you have not watched the series Sexy Beast, I highly recommend it. It's a prequel to the movie
"Once upon a time, the gods looked down at a man who thought he was happy. And so they sent to him the unhappiest man in the world." -- Ben Kingsley's summary of the film on his Charlie Rose interview. ("I won't let you be happy Gal, why should I?".)
I imagine you're going to get a lot of people recommending Guy Richie movies off the back of this, so I thought I'd recommend a couple of other British gangster films in case anyone wants to check out other ones: A classic which holds up: The Long, Good Friday (with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren) Something slick and relatively contemporary: Layer Cake (with Daniel Craig - it's roundly accepted that he was hired as Bond off the back of this performance) Something dark and stylistic: Gangster No. 1 (with Paul Bettany, Malcom McDowell, David Thewlis and Saffron Burrows)
I’ll just give you the name thing. His name will we Gary or possibly Gareth but it’s usually used for Gary. In England and rest of UK that might be shortened to Ga or Gaz but down south in and around the London area depending on accent type its shortened to Gal and the accent makes it sound more like Gaww….hard type the exact pronunciation with letters but the way it’s pronounced in the film is basically London/ cockney accent and it’s short for Gary. Just for anyone outside the country and curious of why it is. Cockney accent sometimes has a sort of soft ‘w’ sound for an ‘L’ when used in the middle or end of a word/ not at start of word or a word that requires an L to be enunciated clearly.
Btw, the first time I'd experienced this movie, it felt like a gangster movie with horror elements, and besides Ben Kingsley incredible performance of the truly terrifying ''Don Logan, Ian McShane as ''Tedddy Bass a.k.a. Mr Black Magic'' was imo even more scarier. Y'all should watch his performance as ''Al Swearengen'' in the HBO tv series ''Deadwood''.
A good actor is someone who doesn't just play a character extremely well, but has the ability to play diverse characters extremely well. SIR BEN KINGSLEY Shows this with the absolute psychopath don logan and his polar opposite portrayal of Ghandi !
Damn I’m shocked. I’ve never heard of this. Pretty sure the lead actor is also in the departed. But yeah, directing style is crazy. Cinematography is so off putting in an effective way without being ugly or over washed 🎉
wow I this is a fantastic film. Well done. Get " The Wrestler" next. It's not the new pro wrestling movie...it's the OG. great director. leads mickey Rourke was nominated for Best Actor and barely missed it.
Did you recognise Ted the boss from Game of Thrones? Acted that nice guy who rehabilitated The Hound in his peaceful little community chopping wood, who all got k!lled.
Downloading subtitles is hard. Listen, I'm 12 minutes in and not looking forward to another 40+ minutes of you vaguely grasping at what's going on. One of you wears glasses. One of you rocks a beard without a moustache. Aren't these the stereotypes of intelligence? Is reading that much of a chore?
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Your lack of understanding accents makes you come off a bit ignorant cos us in England can understand everything you say regardless of where abouts in America you come from, just saying.
