>What did I think of it?
You probably watched some ecelebs on youtube that have an opinion on this movie because you didn't know what you watched and don't have an own opinion. They told you what to think of it and now you will replicate their words and we will call you out for not having an own opinion and basing your views on the opinion of some eceleb.
It's literally perfect in every sense. Acting, directing, soundtrack, cinematography, plot, photography, the ultimate cheekfu... The whole film is flawless and a beautiful work of art on themes such as friendship, love, crime and time.
Time was the one that got me. I'm getting older myself, something about this film reminds you that you really don't have a lot of time here on this earth
Maybe controversial but I'd say that it was a tad too long. It's not empty or meandering but it doesn't *need* to be over 4 hours and should've been condensed at the script stage.
I didn't lose interest. But it's not a film I frequently go back to rewatch because who has 4 hours to spend casually rewatching a film?
I barely find 2 hours as is and 3 hour films stay in my backlog for ages.
There's no such thing as objective quality outside of not fricking up the technical aspects, in my opinion. And while it might be the only criticism I have of it, it is a very relevant one, for me.
Does that stop it from being the best film ever made? I dunno. I just know that I've seen For A Few Dollars More several more times than it
2 years ago
Anonymous
Yeh ok but I've watched predator 2 countless times because I love it. Is it better than once upon a time in America? No.
It was not about being poor. It was about having to make a decision. He already knew the cake would be good and he already had the cake in his hands. The girl showing her stuff was something he only heared off and he didn't know if it was going to be good or disappointing.
Anon, the girl would frick you for the cake. I'm pretty sure sure fricking is better than eating cake. He couldn't not eat the cake because he was poor and didn't get it often. Why did it make you sad though?
2 years ago
Anonymous
I'm the one who said it makes me sad.
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That, and the kid is what, 10? The world he's surrounded by is literally robbing him of his childhood. Him choosing the cake was a bittersweet moment.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Ok why?
2 years ago
Anonymous
Holy shit lurk moar
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That, and the kid is what, 10? The world he's surrounded by is literally robbing him of his childhood. Him choosing the cake was a bittersweet moment.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Yeh that was a good post I just wanted a bit more on anon feelings as he watched that scene no need to be rude
2 years ago
Anonymous
Those are my feelings, newfriend. He's just a little boy chasing what he thinks is happiness, and even when the happiness of being a child was right in his hands, he couldn't recognize it.
2 years ago
Anonymous
It's late here anon apologies for the confusion. Thanks for the additional comments. Although this particular scene didn't strike me as sad whilst I as watching, the way you described it I can see the sadness in it. I did feel a stron streak of melancholy running through out the entire film.
2 years ago
Anonymous
yes, but it was about the time between him waiting for her to come out and the cake he already had in his hands. They do the same kind of tests nowadays with kids. They let them wait in an empty room with one piece of candy in front of them. They tell the kids that they would get 2 or 3 pieces of candy if they don't touch the candy in front of them for a certain amount of time.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Yeh ok you're not wrong, but I think the other anon was right when he said its about a loss of innocence. Bit more than kids can't into delayed gratification.
It was not about being poor. It was about having to make a decision. He already knew the cake would be good and he already had the cake in his hands. The girl showing her stuff was something he only heared off and he didn't know if it was going to be good or disappointing.
That, and the kid is what, 10? The world he's surrounded by is literally robbing him of his childhood. Him choosing the cake was a bittersweet moment.
I'm a boomer and it is the longest movie I've ever seen at 4 hours. Are you sure you've seen it coz you made yourself look a bit silly with that post anon not gonna lie.
The music makes it. It's good already. Yet the score just elevates it. That sense of time passing and friends going and betrayal. How it goes from hopeful poor youth, to pretty well off young men to old bitter broken people .
I still think the scene where he looks through that hole and it reminds him of seeing the girl dancing. I don't think there's an anon here who hasn't had something change from our childhood that you look back on.
I think the most fricked up part of this movie was that everyone recognized Noodles was mentally stunted from spending his formative years in prison except him. His entire life was like one long cruel joke that everyone was in on but him. Horrifying.
Pay attention next time. You can see it in how everyone treats him from the moment he's finally a free man. It also plays a part in why he rapes Deborah. You can especially see it in the scene after the rape, when everyone is uncomfortably trading glances with eachother but him. His fricked up experiences in life gave him a skewed view of reality. >Loses his virginity to a literal underage prostitute because Max blackmails a cop to pay for them >Gets arrested for violence >Max essentially "steals" his friends and lives his life >Immediately out of prison fricks another paid prostitute in a literal casket >Goes on a robbery and a woman basically begs him to rape her >Does everything superficial he thinks is right to make Deborah give up her future for him but she still doesn't >He defaults to the only thing he knows >It traumatizes her into Max's arms >Max has now stolen his friends, his money, his woman, and his future.
And pay attention to when Noodles finally confronts Deborah again as an adult. She doesn't freak out about how he raped her. She looks at him with pity because his life is a sick joke.
Liked
Opium den scenes
Old Williamsburg Brooklyn kino shot after kino shot
Baby swap scene
Cake scene
Balloons on the river scene
I slipped scene
The stabbing
The shoot outs
The rapes
End scene and it was all just Noodles opium dream and he really was a rat who got his friends killed and brutally the only woman he ever loved (and no she didn’t forgive him and love him, she never loved him)
>disliked
Elizabeth McGovern (Aside from the rape scene she was a wooden cross eyed stuck up b***h)
Treat Williams (the vaguely Jimmy Hoffa like union leader) compared to other guys who played the role he was a wooden lightweight
Just some sloppily written scenes where we’re getting lectures on the history of organized crime corruption of US labor unions from a bunch of pretentious Italians.
That scene where Joe Pesci looks significantly at Woods and DeNiro as they’re leaving and is never seen or heard from again.
Yesterday (it fricks with the opium dream interpretation)
Watched half of it before I got bored. Was expecting it to be quite good, was let down. I jerked off to the rape scene so I got something out of watching it, I guess.
>What did I think of it?
You probably watched some ecelebs on youtube that have an opinion on this movie because you didn't know what you watched and don't have an own opinion. They told you what to think of it and now you will replicate their words and we will call you out for not having an own opinion and basing your views on the opinion of some eceleb.
No. I just watched coz I felt like it. My opinions are my own. I thought it was great. Melancholy is the only word I can think of right now.
but what did you think of the soundtrack
Brilliant. I knew it was gonna be good when morricone came up at the start. I hate to use this word but epic is the only way to sum it up.
>What did I think of it?
are you asking us to guess?
Nah it's a meme on here new fren. I'm trying to start a convo about the film and I'm interested to hear Cinemaphile's opinions.
It's literally perfect in every sense. Acting, directing, soundtrack, cinematography, plot, photography, the ultimate cheekfu... The whole film is flawless and a beautiful work of art on themes such as friendship, love, crime and time.
Time was the one that got me. I'm getting older myself, something about this film reminds you that you really don't have a lot of time here on this earth
Maybe controversial but I'd say that it was a tad too long. It's not empty or meandering but it doesn't *need* to be over 4 hours and should've been condensed at the script stage.
Disagree. I didn't once lose interest and I felt every scene was interesting and worthwhile.
I didn't lose interest. But it's not a film I frequently go back to rewatch because who has 4 hours to spend casually rewatching a film?
I barely find 2 hours as is and 3 hour films stay in my backlog for ages.
Does re watching a film have anything to do with how objectively good it is? I'd say no it doesn't.
There's no such thing as objective quality outside of not fricking up the technical aspects, in my opinion. And while it might be the only criticism I have of it, it is a very relevant one, for me.
Does that stop it from being the best film ever made? I dunno. I just know that I've seen For A Few Dollars More several more times than it
Yeh ok but I've watched predator 2 countless times because I love it. Is it better than once upon a time in America? No.
I love Sergio Leone and I agree.
for me, its the cake scene
this shit is so sad. brings me to tears
reminded me of when I was that age.
We're you sad because he couldn't resist the cake because he was poor and didn't get treats often? Or that he didn't get pussy?
It was not about being poor. It was about having to make a decision. He already knew the cake would be good and he already had the cake in his hands. The girl showing her stuff was something he only heared off and he didn't know if it was going to be good or disappointing.
Anon, the girl would frick you for the cake. I'm pretty sure sure fricking is better than eating cake. He couldn't not eat the cake because he was poor and didn't get it often. Why did it make you sad though?
I'm the one who said it makes me sad.
Ok why?
Holy shit lurk moar
Yeh that was a good post I just wanted a bit more on anon feelings as he watched that scene no need to be rude
Those are my feelings, newfriend. He's just a little boy chasing what he thinks is happiness, and even when the happiness of being a child was right in his hands, he couldn't recognize it.
It's late here anon apologies for the confusion. Thanks for the additional comments. Although this particular scene didn't strike me as sad whilst I as watching, the way you described it I can see the sadness in it. I did feel a stron streak of melancholy running through out the entire film.
yes, but it was about the time between him waiting for her to come out and the cake he already had in his hands. They do the same kind of tests nowadays with kids. They let them wait in an empty room with one piece of candy in front of them. They tell the kids that they would get 2 or 3 pieces of candy if they don't touch the candy in front of them for a certain amount of time.
Yeh ok you're not wrong, but I think the other anon was right when he said its about a loss of innocence. Bit more than kids can't into delayed gratification.
That, and the kid is what, 10? The world he's surrounded by is literally robbing him of his childhood. Him choosing the cake was a bittersweet moment.
>calling one movie a marathon
do zoomers really
I'm a boomer and it is the longest movie I've ever seen at 4 hours. Are you sure you've seen it coz you made yourself look a bit silly with that post anon not gonna lie.
4 hours is not a marathon
It was a slightly tongue in cheek reference to these type of threads. No need to activate your autismo.
NTA and you need to have your eyes gouged out you stupid c**t
boring shit
Hard filtered
The 3 hour cut is a 10/10.
Near 4 hour* even.
It makes the Godfather look like childs play.
Agree. I've never seen a movie quite like this.
The music makes it. It's good already. Yet the score just elevates it. That sense of time passing and friends going and betrayal. How it goes from hopeful poor youth, to pretty well off young men to old bitter broken people .
I still think the scene where he looks through that hole and it reminds him of seeing the girl dancing. I don't think there's an anon here who hasn't had something change from our childhood that you look back on.
Complete garbage. James woods in old man make up and the whole twist is insanely cringey.
Suspension of disbelief?
You could make that argument but it worked for me. The whole movie has that dreamlike quality.
I hard watched this one day and cage buckets at the sheer magnitude of kino.
Then I watched The untouchables after and it was like looking at a child draw with crayons while shitting themselves.
>the untouchables is shit
Haha untouchables is alright, especially Connery. I wouldn't want to follow Once upon a time in America though lol
My respect for Connery couldn't overwrite how objectively bad it was.
It's not great but I think if you'd have watched it in isolation you might be more lenient. The knife to a gunfight line is objective kino anon.
I think the most fricked up part of this movie was that everyone recognized Noodles was mentally stunted from spending his formative years in prison except him. His entire life was like one long cruel joke that everyone was in on but him. Horrifying.
Didn't get that from it myself
Pay attention next time. You can see it in how everyone treats him from the moment he's finally a free man. It also plays a part in why he rapes Deborah. You can especially see it in the scene after the rape, when everyone is uncomfortably trading glances with eachother but him. His fricked up experiences in life gave him a skewed view of reality.
>Loses his virginity to a literal underage prostitute because Max blackmails a cop to pay for them
>Gets arrested for violence
>Max essentially "steals" his friends and lives his life
>Immediately out of prison fricks another paid prostitute in a literal casket
>Goes on a robbery and a woman basically begs him to rape her
>Does everything superficial he thinks is right to make Deborah give up her future for him but she still doesn't
>He defaults to the only thing he knows
>It traumatizes her into Max's arms
>Max has now stolen his friends, his money, his woman, and his future.
And pay attention to when Noodles finally confronts Deborah again as an adult. She doesn't freak out about how he raped her. She looks at him with pity because his life is a sick joke.
i thought it was pretty good, that theme that plays in the movie haunts my head every now and then. very long movie but worth it
too long
Liked
Opium den scenes
Old Williamsburg Brooklyn kino shot after kino shot
Baby swap scene
Cake scene
Balloons on the river scene
I slipped scene
The stabbing
The shoot outs
The rapes
End scene and it was all just Noodles opium dream and he really was a rat who got his friends killed and brutally the only woman he ever loved (and no she didn’t forgive him and love him, she never loved him)
>disliked
Elizabeth McGovern (Aside from the rape scene she was a wooden cross eyed stuck up b***h)
Treat Williams (the vaguely Jimmy Hoffa like union leader) compared to other guys who played the role he was a wooden lightweight
Just some sloppily written scenes where we’re getting lectures on the history of organized crime corruption of US labor unions from a bunch of pretentious Italians.
That scene where Joe Pesci looks significantly at Woods and DeNiro as they’re leaving and is never seen or heard from again.
Yesterday (it fricks with the opium dream interpretation)
The fact they were a bunch of israelites ruined it for me.
Watched half of it before I got bored. Was expecting it to be quite good, was let down. I jerked off to the rape scene so I got something out of watching it, I guess.
This movie is genuinely too good for this shit shill board.