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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 16, 2017 3:13:33 GMT
I love Eastern Promises - everything about it! The scriptwriter also wrote Pretty, Dirty Things with Chiwetel Ojiafor, Sophie Okonedo and Audrey Tatou. All of the actors in Eastern Promises are amazing - Naomi Watts, Vincent Tassel, Armen Mueller-Stahl. I think it has Vigo's best role.
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Post by sorcerersupreme on Mar 16, 2017 12:29:56 GMT
Guess I'm the only one here who watched Logan ? Can't remember the last time I cried at a movie. But this one got me good. I actually like it more than The Dark Knight. Such a beautiful character piece with mature themes that really hits you. And I LOVE Hugh Jackman both as a person and performer.The little girl was tremendous too. As was Sir Patrick.
After Logan I wanted to watch another similar setup so watched The Road with Viggo. I'm a masochist in a way that I prefer realistic, dark themes over sugar coated ones so if you don't like dark, depressing films this one I would seriously avoid. It's one of the most depressing films I've seen.
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Post by roverpup on Mar 16, 2017 23:01:17 GMT
We saw Eastern Promises this afternoon and it was excellent +++! Loved everything about this movie. Viggo was out of this world great! All the cast was perfect. It was more than a bit graphic but I have never been put off by that sort of thing as long as it fits into the story (and this did). David C was pitch perfect as the director with depth and care put into the characters. Can't recommend this one enough! Even with 10 years age on it, it was fresh and exciting and full of social commentary. Read an excellent review on it by Roger Ebert after viewing - it doesn't give away the plot but does give an overview of why this is a great film. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eastern-promises-2007:-))
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 16, 2017 23:39:31 GMT
I'm so glad you loved Eastern Promises as much as I did!
Aside from Vigo, I'm a big fan of Armen Mueller-Stahl (he plays the owner of the restaurant) and will watch almost anything he's in.
The scriptwriter can be very good, but seems to be hit and miss. He wrote Dirty, Pretty Things, which I love. Have you seen it? He also wrote that film starring Tom Hardy where he spends the entire movie in his car talking on the phone. Many people love it. I found the premise silly, but to each his own. I think the writer is British and I keep hoping that Benedictory will work with him at some point.
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Post by roverpup on Mar 17, 2017 0:17:39 GMT
While I agree that the premise was silly for that T Hardy one in the car (Locke), I loved the tension in it so much that I forgave the silly premise.
I see the writer for Eastern Promises, Steven Knight, did work on a film that BC was in at least (although he wasn't the star) - Amazing Grace. I also see the same writer did the screenplay for Pawn Sacrifice which I really liked. I think we will watch Dirty Pretty Things if we can find it tonight. Thanks again for the recommend! I am anxious to see Sophie Okonedo in something besides THC (which I loved her in BTW) - we are going to see her and Damien Lewis on stage together this May when we are in London. Very excited about that!
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Post by coolclearwaters on Mar 17, 2017 0:24:18 GMT
Sophie Okonedo was also in The Hotel Rwanda. She played Don Cheadle's wife.
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Post by roverpup on Mar 17, 2017 4:30:22 GMT
Thanks for reminding me - I totally forgot that I had seen that movie and SO was excellent in it.
Tonight we couldn't get Dirty, Pretty Things so we watched Remembrance (2011) instead. Very interesting movie by a German female director Anna Justice and writer Pamela Katz. Based on a factual story about a couple of survivors of Auschwitz who escaped and then were separated and later reunited it is also a story of passion and love and "what if".
Not a perfect movie by any means but very, very interesting and pretty well done.
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Post by mllemass on Mar 17, 2017 5:43:27 GMT
I liked Locke a lot. I'm not sure why the premise would be considered silly because I found it fascinating. I originally watched it because Andrew Scott was in it (well, his voice was). I couldn't believe how different Tom Hardy could be after seeing him before only in Stuart a Life Backwards. He truly does transform himself for roles!
I'm all for movies that try to do something different, and Locke was different!
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Post by igs on Mar 17, 2017 8:25:14 GMT
I couldn't believe how different Tom Hardy could be after seeing him before only in Stuart a Life Backwards. He truly does transform himself for roles! I'm not generally a fan of Hardy but I too thought he was really excellent in Stuart: A Life Backwards and Locke. Actually those are my favorite performances of his. Stuart is a great film, and Locke was way more suspenseful than it had any right to be considering the simple concept.
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Post by roverpup on Mar 17, 2017 14:55:36 GMT
I liked Locke a lot. I'm not sure why the premise would be considered silly because I found it fascinating. I originally watched it because Andrew Scott was in it (well, his voice was). I couldn't believe how different Tom Hardy could be after seeing him before only in Stuart a Life Backwards. He truly does transform himself for roles! I'm all for movies that try to do something different, and Locke was different! That it was Mllemass, that it was! And perhaps I shouldn't have used the term silly - maybe contrived would be more accurate in that the sense of drama came from the writer's imagination more from anything that seemed like it could have happened in real life. But I really liked the movie too and T.H. was fantastic in the film. And while the premise may have been a bit contrived the execution of it was so well done that it just sucked me in and never let up the whole movie - I actually had to remind myself to take a breath now and again. It really was something different - full appreciation from me for doing that! :-))
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