i love steve mcqueen and karl malden but its just too silly to have the climactic hand be completely and totally improbable. the lock stock card game winning with hidden cameras and a couple 7s, thats how its done
ill have to dig into the symbolism here another day but the supporting actors i thought really shined here, kerry conlon is just amazing and barry keoghan fully immersed in his twitchy sad little village idiot. i see some people say theres nothing visually interesting in this but im fine with beautiful photography of ireland thank ye.
edit: i think people saying this an allegory are off the mark. its symbolic but its not like these characters are intended to…
if this was made today, butch would say WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED at least once and it would look like shit
i have to see the theatrical cut bc i need to know if the parts at the end of the 3nd act with the penny theater were cur bc thats the only reason i took a star off bc i thought they went on a little long with the magic flute performance.
otherwise this film absolutely deserves the praise and love it gets. one of the funniest movies there is. tom hulce takes a rather mothballed historical figure long put…
