The Movie House - Part 11

So Luca Guadagnino is going to direct a new Scarface film written by the Coen brothers.

Extremely much my shit

Wow. That will be one to look out for.

Call me by your name was one beautiful, effortlessly excellent film

Hapless_Hans wrote:Wow. That will be one to look out for.

Call me by your name was one beautiful, effortlessly excellent film

Could see him going Italian tbh. Wouldn't mind seeing Riccardo Scamarcio get a role like that. Think he's a wonderful actor.

Michael B. Jordan apparently is going to play Tony Montana

RealGunner wrote:Michael B. Jordan apparently is going to play Tony Montana

Really doubt there's going to be a character called Tony Montana.

Also I've seen noone aside from a random twitter account post this

Scarface isn't really a great film (but rather great acting). If anyone other than Al Pacino played the part it wouldn't have been nearly as good.

This can easily be better.

This is arguably one of the greatest scene of all time. Incredible performance.

Diego Luna was attached to star a few years ago. Has that changed?

RealGunner wrote:Scarface isn't really a great film (but rather great acting). If anyone other than Al Pacino played the part it wouldn't have been nearly as good.

This can easily be better.

It’s a great movie because the acting, and everything else is so over the top.

I love how rappers and hip hop culture in general has not understood the point of the movie at all

@M99 yeah Luna was attached. Think it was when Ayer was supposed to direct it? Makes sense considering the dude loves making movies about criminal Mexicans.

Think Bale can pull this off really well

Next on my list: The Hunt starring Mads. Will watch it either today or tomorrow.

Agreed about Scarface being overrated

Can't think of a movie character i find more annoying than Tony Montana. I'm surprised to read praise for the acting, i kinda remember it as mediocre it's been a while tbh

Scarface is a classic

As is the groundbreaking original 30s version

I like the idea of revisiting this movie every 50 years, should prob wait another decade to redo it

Yeah wait another ten years

In 2020 they'll have to make Manny a queer or something like that, it ruins the scenario a little bit

Yeah mainstream studio movies are just riddled with queer lead characters

Stop being homophobic

I can actually recommend the 1930 original.

I realize people basically don't watch classical Hollywood anymore which is a shame, because it just takes a little getting into the groove and you can enjoy them massively.

And the great thing about the old Scarface is, it isn't even classical Hollywood, it got made before the Code got installed so it's very violent and morally ambiguous.
It got a great car chase action scene at the end, too.

These old films are well worth watching.

I love watching Howard Hawks films along with the production value of Howard Hughes himself.

Its difficult to get into the 1932 version but picks up well and worth it.

Movie recs by Wes Anderson, for Wes Anderson fans

https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/wes-anderson-favorite-movies-films/taking-of-power-louis-xiv/

Just finished watching The Hunt (Jagten), a Danish true-story-based movie, recommended by Freeza.

What can I say? An absolute scorcher of a movie, and I loved and hated every second of it.

Mads' performance was nothing short of a masterpiece, and it was really heartbreaking and extremely difficult to watch his character go through all that pain for something he didn't do (this is why I said I hated every second of it).

But to expand on the part we discussed the other day Freeza: by recommending The Hunt to me and after watching it, I'm here to tell you that all you did was prove to me (although there was no proof needed) that Mads is one of the best actors working today, be it in English or Danish.

I loved his performance in The Hunt, but I disagree with the idea that his very best can only emerge when he's playing a fragile, innocent person. I have now watched him take on so many different roles throughout his career and nailing all of them to a tee (as a badass, as a villain, as a hero and now thanks to you as an innocent fragile man as well). And this is testimony to his versatility as an actor.

Yea great film. Really underrated. Still unsure what to think about the ending.

Spoiler:

Both Batmanglij and Mike Cahill makes interesting films.

Can't wait for Bliss. Don't know when it will be released or if pushed back to 2021.

Think James is a big fan. BC too i think.

heard it's controversial. Some hate it some love it. Need to watch it myself but it got cancelled lol.