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JP Liz V1 · 13-09-2014 1:17am #1

James Gandolfini's final film but Tom Hardy is the star, also in this is Matthias Schoenaerts and Noomi Rapace

Hardy is without doubt one of the best working actors of this generation imo so looking forward to see how he fairs with Lehane's work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lCiDIcqMe0

holystungun9 · 02-10-2014 6:45pm

I saw this today and really enjoyed it. Hardy did great with that Brooklyn accent. And this is a week after I saw him in Locke doing a great Welsh accent. I'm very impressed.

duckysauce · 03-10-2014 7:51pm

holystungun9 wrote: »

I saw this today and really enjoyed it. Hardy did great with that Brooklyn accent. And this is a week after I saw him in Locke doing a great Welsh accent. I'm very impressed.

yep Locke was great

Looper007 · 03-10-2014 9:54pm

holystungun9 wrote: »

I saw this today and really enjoyed it. Hardy did great with that Brooklyn accent. And this is a week after I saw him in Locke doing a great Welsh accent. I'm very impressed.

Along with Michael Fassbender and Joaquin Phoenix, the best actor around today that you go watch him in any film cause he's elevates any film he's in.

Buona Fortuna · 03-10-2014 10:05pm

I'm looking forward to this too.

I think Gandolfini could have been "Great" - I always feel that he never quite got there, since Sopranos (just my opinion of course) - I hope this is the big one for him

Looper007 · 05-10-2014 5:15am

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

I'm looking forward to this too.

I think Gandolfini could have been "Great" - I always feel that he never quite got there, since Sopranos (just my opinion of course) - I hope this is the big one for him

Very hard to get a roles as brilliantly written as Tony Soprano although I thought he was great in In The Loop, Enough Said and Killing Them Softly (which is one of the most underrated films of the last 20 years for me).

From the reviews so far, Tom Hardy seems to be getting the most acting praise.

s8n · 05-10-2014 9:42am

Looper007 wrote: »

Very hard to get a roles as brilliantly written as Tony Soprano although I thought he was great in In The Loop, Enough Said and Killing Them Softly (which is one of the most underrated films of the last 20 years for me).

From the reviews so far, Tom Hardy seems to be getting the most acting praise.

I cant agree, watched killing me softly last night and its a mess. Great premise which just descends into Meh !!

holystungun9 · 10-10-2014 7:18am

Just stumbled upon this on Tom Hardy today. I'm not a huge film person but I will have a look at some of these more so because I'm a bit taken by Hardy's talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWypcfajBkw

JP Liz V1 · 15-11-2014 1:19am

Seems to be on general release here from this weekend, not a lot of talk about this so far which is surprising given the cast and writer

cloud493 · 15-11-2014 11:18am

Cineworld have showed the trailer of it for every movie I've seen for the past 2 months

Will I Amnt · 15-11-2014 11:25am

cloud493 wrote: »

Cineworld have showed the trailer of it for every movie I've seen for the past 2 months

Same with Movies@, possibly longer.

Trailer has me convinced anyway so I'll see it tonight or tomorrow, the song choice for the international trailer is perfect, I'm hoping that's not all that sold me.

Johngoose · 15-11-2014 11:43am

Amazing actor

weemcd · 15-11-2014 12:58pm

Been looking forward to this one for a long time.

Tom Hardy is at the top of his game right now

Looper007 · 16-11-2014 2:33am

It was a very good solid gangster film, nothing more nothing less. Made very good by a great central performance from the awesome Tom Hardy and his puppy Rocco, the chemistry between both of them is amazing. Hardy can play calm but hinting at explosive anger underneath better then anyone

Especially the showdown in the bar between him and Matthias Schoenaerts, where he shows his most brutal side and his reaction after is perection

James Gandolfini plays the gruff Cousin Marv brilliantly and

His death at the end is somewhat tragic although he was his own worst enemy but Gandolfini makes you care

. Noomi Rapace is fine as Nadia, although I do think she hasn't reached the heights I was expecting from her after her breakthrough with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, far too many underwritten roles and below average films. Matthias Schoenaerts does the role that Tom Hardy might have done a few years back and is really good. It does drag in sections but Hardy does make it better then it has any right to be, along with this years brilliant Locke. Hardy can rightly say he's one of the best actors of his generation. Now Bring on Mad Max Fury Road.

Frankie5Angels · 16-11-2014 2:57am

Saw this on Friday and was impressed. Thought it was a good, solid flick but Tom Hardy was brilliant, what an actor. Nails the accent, and the

half-wit act

he puts on is class. Summed up by the quote at the end

"nobody ever sees you coming, do they Bob?"

.

Hardy fast becoming my favourite actor.

Sad Professor · 16-11-2014 8:55am

cloud493 wrote: »

Cineworld have showed the trailer of it for every movie I've seen for the past 2 months

Vue have been showing the trailer twice in front of some films.

Zombienosh · 17-11-2014 2:51pm

Solid film. Hardy delivers another great performance.

Will I Amnt · 17-11-2014 3:31pm

I liked it, I was expecting it to be better if I'm honest but it's definitely worthwhile watching.
There are parts where there just isn't much going on, you could probably cut 20 minutes plus off the runtime without really affecting the movie as a whole.

DerekDGoldfish · 17-11-2014 10:34pm

I liked it altough the mention of "The Killer Twist" in all the promos really annoyed me, you don't want to know that going in.

I kept thinking it was going to be all the dogs dream or something.

Mr E · 19-11-2014 11:16pm

I thought it was slow but engaging. I was waiting for this 'killer twist'

that never really materialised. I assume it was the flip by Bob in the bar climax (and "They never see you coming, do they, Bob?", but it was a bit of an anti-climax

. I thought I remember reading something about a

chilling final scene, but that was a non-event too.

Good performances though, particularly Hardy.

Fysh · 19-11-2014 11:54pm

I'm kind of glad I missed most of the trailers for this, I enjoyed the film a great deal (Hardy was great in it, and Gandolfini had real presence too) but this notion of trying to sell "the twist" is idiotic and works against the film.

In a way this felt like there was a layer of metacommentary about crime/mob films going on, with Gandolfini's character representing the idealised "good old boys" version of organised crime where it's all about having respect and being feared, whereas Bob and the Russians represent the grim reality of modern organised crime where it's about brutal unflinching violence as a banal, day-to-day part of doing business.

Telecaster58 · 20-11-2014 11:57am

I had seen the trailer for this a number of times. Whoever was responsible for the trailer deserves a pat on the back. Generally, I find that trailers act as one big spoiler but this one did not which is a rare thing indeed. In fact the trailer gave no clue as to how the film would develop. The only other film trailer I can say that of was Prisoners where I was convinced beforehand that I knew the start, middle and end of the film but was pleasantly surprised to discover I had been wrongfooted

mal1 · 20-11-2014 11:23pm

Telecaster58 wrote: »

I had seen the trailer for this a number of times. Whoever was responsible for the trailer deserves a pat on the back. Generally, I find that trailers act as one big spoiler but this one did not which is a rare thing indeed. In fact the trailer gave no clue as to how the film would develop. The only other film trailer I can say that of was Prisoners where I was convinced beforehand that I knew the start, middle and end of the film but was pleasantly surprised to discover I had been wrongfooted

Totally agree. At the price of not selling the movie well, the trailer saves us all from the story.

shalalala · 23-11-2014 12:10am

Just saw this. A big echo for Tom being amazing. I was disappointed by James' role but I think I was expecting more not realising that he was more of a support role.

Tom must be heading towards oscar material at this point!

duckysauce · 23-11-2014 5:56pm

Tom Hardy was class . Himself and Sam Rockwell are the two best actors around at the moment

Warper · 24-11-2014 12:07am

Really liked this, it seems like a retro movie from the 80's or something. Great performances all round. One of the best films i have seen this year.

lukin · 29-11-2014 11:38am

Saw this last night, great movie but one part I thought was rather silly;

in the showdown at the end when the guy demanded Bob give him the drop-off money from behind the bar; he had a gun under his shirt so why didn't he use it to threaten Bob? Just saying "give me the money" doesn't have quite the same effect as saying "give me the money" while pointing a gun at the person. It made it easy for Bob to blow him away.

That aside I thought it was superb and as others have said Tom Hardy was magnificent. His joke "you don't call people from Ireland Irelandians" was class I thought.

cloud493 · 04-12-2014 8:17pm

It was very good I thought. Only spoiled by the loud group of travellers throwing sweets everywhere and playing music throughout it.

charlie_says · 08-12-2014 1:33am

Reiterate what was said about Tom Hardy, he played a blinder here and held together a reasonable crime thriller. Galdofini is very watchable too as ever, he has such an excellent presence and body language.

Worth a watch, but not amazing. Reminded me about how much Brooklyn (well some bits) is a bit, crap.

MisterAnarchy · 26-12-2014 3:41pm

I found the film extremely disappointing .

It was just too slow and drawn out with nothing really happening .
You could see where it had been expanded from a short story as the plot is threadbare and stretched out for 106 minutes when it could easily be 20 minutes shorter.

The audio mix was way off ,far too low with muffled dialogue and that awful New York accent which made the dialogue hard to hear .

MagicMarker · 26-12-2014 3:50pm

I have mixed feelings on Tom Hardy. Obviously he's a great actor but he annoys me at the same time. I think talks of an Oscar are incredibly premature, I don't think any of his performances that I've seen so far are worthy of an Oscar. Personally I think his best movie is Warrior, and his best performance was probably as Bronson.

But then he annoys me in movies like Locke and Lawless.

Dempsey · 27-12-2014 5:25am

Not an Oscar performance but still a top rate performance. His range has no limits

Rubber_Soul · 27-12-2014 3:13pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

I have mixed feelings on Tom Hardy. Obviously he's a great actor but he annoys me at the same time. I think talks of an Oscar are incredibly premature, I don't think any of his performances that I've seen so far are worthy of an Oscar. Personally I think his best movie is Warrior, and his best performance was probably as Bronson.

But then he annoys me in movies like Locke and Lawless.

He's fantastic in Locke, Warrior, Bronson and Stuart: A Life Backwards, but he does have a bit of a grating shtick he tends to fall back into. The accents he attempts are getting stranger too, seems to be attempting to mimic Gary Oldman's m.o. of a different accent in every film.

AboutaWeekAgo · 31-12-2014 2:43am

Enjoyed this, a good send off for Gandolfini. Tom Hardy stole the show again but I'm starting to feel like he's almost playing the same character in a lot of his roles, quiet subdued guy who is hiding something underneath it all. He's a great actor no doubt but I think he'll need something seriously out of his comfort zone if he's going to pick up an Oscar.

rob316 · 26-01-2015 1:32pm

Saw this a few nights ago.

Been a huge Sopranos fan I worship pretty much any performance from Gandolfini, but this was all about Tom Hardy. He is just fantastic, his range knows no limits, that accent was just spot on and a tough one to get right.

Decent enough movie otherwise. Not a very memorable parting piece from the late Jimmy though.

jezzer · 27-04-2015 8:53am

watched this last night, very much enjoyed it, hardy played the part so well, the chemistry between him and rocco was so real, i am struggling to find out if Bob was a little bit innocent or only portrayed that so he could lure people into a false sense of security around him or if he was in fact innocent in a way but also very clever....
there are a couple of things i think need to be cleared up though, like who left the arm in the bag outside the bar? and who was marv lining the boot for, was it for deeds?

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