Posts by frozengull82

Richard Wilson4 said:total revisionist and neoliberal 🙂

Hahahh, if you say so. 🤣

Richard Wilson4 said:just some propaganda movie

Wait, what propaganda are we even talking about here? 🙂

@ gentlefalcon - I totally get where you're coming from 🙂

The constant ignoring, that whole phlegmatic attitude, the blatant lying... all of that just works perfectly for 🙏
Honestly, I find myself constantly lying to my own mother about believing in God and stuff like that just to keep the peace.
There is really no point in trying to explain things rationally to someone who has an irrational mind ☕

slyotter28 said:I was on the verge of tears myself. I’ve seen the 1957 True Story of Jesse James and even the 1939 version of Jesse James, but this one? This hits way harder than all of them.

Casey Affleck 🙏🙏🙏

I honestly feel like I have to say it, even if it ruffles some feathers, but Casey Affleck is hands down a much more powerful actor than his brother Ben.

goldenhound32 said:Even though I realize it wasn't exactly a massive marketing push, it still feels strange to me that so few people actually sat down to watch it. I suppose the reality is that being a slow-burn Western—one where you barely see a gun being drawn—with a three-hour runtime was enough to drive 🤷
away.
It is an excellent piece of filmmaking, featuring a bizarre and (if history is to be believed) genuinely surprising epilogue along with a rather haunting message.

Casey Affleck is incredibly powerful... though, this might sound a bit odd, but looking at him, I feel like he’s much better suited for playing slippery, morally grey characters. I watched Gone Baby Gone previously and he was decent there, but in this Western, he absolutely crushed it. We'll just have to see what kind of roles he gravitates toward next.

I mean, honestly, I’m actually kind of relieved. It’s just typical how these "mainstream" categories work anyway—they end up dragging mediocre movies up to eye level while simultaneously stripping away the actual value of the masterpieces. If this happens, it just lets this particular piece of cinema continue to shine with its own dignity at the high level it deserves, mostly because only a tiny minority of people actually have the taste to appreciate it properly. 🙂

Just finished watching it. I was honestly pretty choked up (okay, maybe I didn't actually cry, but close enough...), and it really just left me lost in thought for a while... Such a beautiful film. Honestly, a solid 10/10, and I have to say, Brad Pitt completely blew me away with his performance here. 😁

By the way, that soundtrack is absolutely brilliant! (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)

Steven Allen9 said:Is there actually a genetic blueprint that makes someone a born criminal, or is it all just shaped by their early years?

Isn't it obvious when you look at these people? You can practically see the criminality written all over their faces, or am I just falling for the media hype?

The way I see it, criminals come from three main roots:
-revenge
-genetics
-childhood trauma

Yeah, it's definitely both.