Bad Moments in Great Films

[Bill Murphy]

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From The Godfather: The wedding scene where the women are sitting at a table, discussing the size of Sonny's dick. It's just tacky and out of place and goofy.



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But it's pretty much straight out of the novel; ongoing subplot from beginning to end.

Charlie Sheen came perilously close to making both Wall St & Platoon unwatchable, but on the other hand he was perfectly cast for what those characters were supposed to be, IMO.

Worst line in Wall Street: "Don't go against Gordon, Bud. He'll crush you." Also LOL at Bud lighting up in the hospital room. Riiiight, even back then.

Worst part of Platoon: The ridiculous overkill when Dafoe gets shot thirty bazillion times before he dies. Godfather & Training Day also have this problem.

But I've never hated anything like I hated the voiceover in Little Children.

Most confusing moment for me is in Goodfellas.

Tommy: "Yeah, you'll be late for your own [censored] funeral" then blows Slats brains all over the bed. Then to Carbone, "Make that coffee to go, huh?" and then "I was joking!" and then they leave, and THEN it cuts to a slo-mo of him shooting Slats 3-4 more times?? Am I remembering this right?

Always bugged me even though it's one of my top five films, and I was still reeling from "funny how?" when I first saw this scene. And I do think the Jewish rich kid Henry pistol-whipped in front of two witnesses might've called the cops, too.

And actually Elaine Bracco bugged me the whole way, as she always does. Terrible casting IMO. No chemistry w/Liotta, at least til the end when they're dependent/trapped together. Nothing to explain how they went from the first date to OMG soulmates. And this is a five-star HOF movie, too.

Haven't read the whole thread, but I'm sure someone mentioned "I'll see you at the club" fairly quickly. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[prohornblower]

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In Rounders, when Gretchen Mol's character checks Mike's money wad while he's in the shower, and sees he is STACKED with cash.

She is pissed.

Whatever. Why would she be mad he is succeeding at making money?

If my woman checked my wallet and found it EMPTY she would be pissed. Not full of green.

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It's pretty obvious from this post that you've never had a girlfriend.

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RickAstleyFan is a horrible poster. And I agree. 98% of women would be pissed if they "caught" you with a bunch of unaccounted cash. I read his post earlier and just laughed at his ignorance. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[guids]

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From The Godfather: The wedding scene where the women are sitting at a table, discussing the size of Sonny's dick. It's just tacky and out of place and goofy.



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But it's pretty much straight out of the novel; ongoing subplot from beginning to end.

Charlie Sheen came perilously close to making both Wall St & Platoon unwatchable, but on the other hand he was perfectly cast for what those characters were supposed to be, IMO.

Worst line in Wall Street: "Don't go against Gordon, Bud. He'll crush you." Also LOL at Bud lighting up in the hospital room. Riiiight, even back then.

Worst part of Platoon: The ridiculous overkill when Dafoe gets shot thirty bazillion times before he dies. Godfather & Training Day also have this problem.

But I've never hated anything like I hated the voiceover in Little Children.

Most confusing moment for me is in Goodfellas.

Tommy: "Yeah, you'll be late for your own [censored] funeral" then blows Slats brains all over the bed. Then to Carbone, "Make that coffee to go, huh?" and then "I was joking!" and then they leave, and THEN it cuts to a slo-mo of him shooting Slats 3-4 more times?? Am I remembering this right?

Always bugged me even though it's one of my top five films, and I was still reeling from "funny how?" when I first saw this scene. And I do think the Jewish rich kid Henry pistol-whipped in front of two witnesses might've called the cops, too.

And actually Elaine Bracco bugged me the whole way, as she always does. Terrible casting IMO. No chemistry w/Liotta, at least til the end when they're dependent/trapped together. Nothing to explain how they went from the first date to OMG soulmates. And this is a five-star HOF movie, too.

Haven't read the whole thread, but I'm sure someone mentioned "I'll see you at the club" fairly quickly. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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yes, the goodfellas part, was odd, it was out of order for some reason.


as far as the rich kid, they just didnt show the after effects, it just went on to the next scene. In the book, when the cops were called henry hid the gun underneath a bumper of a car nearby, and the cops never found it.

[PokerFink]

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Pulp Fiction is the best movie that has _two_ of these, anything with Tarantino and anything with Willis' girlfriend.

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Am I the only person that enjoys Tarantino in Pulp Fiction? I love that scene.

"Did you see a sign outside for dead [censored] storage?"

Edit: After reading the rest of the thread, apparently I'm not alone. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Tarantino.

[PokerFink]

From Rounders, when Mike picks up Worm from prison and they're driving back, and Mike says "I didn't want to tell you while you were in there man, I didn't want to dispirit you like that."

Dispirit you like that? WTF? Who says that?

Oh and basically any scene with Gretchen Mol. What a [censored]. Although her getting mad over the wad makes perfect sense.

[johnnylovescandy]

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In Rounders, when Gretchen Mol's character checks Mike's money wad while he's in the shower, and sees he is STACKED with cash.

She is pissed.

Whatever. Why would she be mad he is succeeding at making money?

If my woman checked my wallet and found it EMPTY she would be pissed. Not full of green.

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It's pretty obvious from this post that you've never had a girlfriend.

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RickAstleyFan is a horrible poster. And I agree. 98% of women would be pissed if they "caught" you with a bunch of unaccounted cash. I read his post earlier and just laughed at his ignorance. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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i don't have a problem w/astley's comment, but i think much has to do with whether the chick is your wife or just your girlfriend. it depends further on whether you have children...

[Yo Adrians!]

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Elaine Bracco

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Uh, who is that?

[mbillie1]

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Elaine Bracco

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Uh, who is that?

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the actress who plays Henry Hill's wife Karen in Goodfellas (and Tony's therapist in The Sopranos)

edit: nvm I see what you nittishly did there

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everyone knows he's talking about Lorraine Bracco, you nit.

her attraction to him is nebulous but it seems to be based on his gangster lifestyle

[Bill Murphy]

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Pulp Fiction is the best movie that has _two_ of these, anything with Tarantino and anything with Willis' girlfriend.

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Am I the only person that enjoys Tarantino in Pulp Fiction? I love that scene.

"Did you see a sign outside for dead [censored] storage?"

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That's a great line. He was obviously out of his depth with that cast, tho. But Tarantino the actor >infinity M. Night Shyamalan the actor.

For me, Pulp Fiction doesn't hold up well to subsequent viewings, though it's still a very important movie and was truly revelatory/shocking/ground-breaking at the time. I think True Romance is clearly better.

Considering Rounders was written, directed, & acted by people who had clearly never held a deck of cards before, it was pretty damn enjoyable. Coulda easily have been the Bagger Vance of poker. Does that make it great? Who knows, but it prolly deserves it's own special forum here. Best Counting Crows song ever in it, as well.

American Beauty is not a great movie, tho I thoroughly enjoyed it. Superb cast, preposterous script.

Eyes Wide Shut is utterly awful on every level of film-making.