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Rain Man (1988)
OK, but don't understand the hype
It's an ok 80s movie., nothing more. Hoffman does a decent job, Cruise is still learning his chops and chews a bit of scenery here and there. Each stage in the (frankly preposterous) story is predictable, but I didn't feel I'd wasted 2 hours of my life at the end.
Marshall (2017)
Meh
A decent enough film, watchable, well shot and acted, but not much of interest courtroom-wise. No captivating twists or backstory here, it's no A Time To Kill or To Kill A Mockingbird. Which you'd expect, given that it's a biopic,so that's not a complaint.
Green Book (2018)
An enjoyable watch, but don't expect much to happen
I enjoyed it. Not a great deal happens, but it's well filmed, well written, well acted and emotionally satisfying as the relationship develops between the two odd couple leads. And its sadly still poignant and relevant in our times.
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Badly dated, badly acted
I watched this because of its IMDB rating, a number of positive reviews and the fact that I've seen several good, contemporary-enough movies from the 70s and 80s in recent times.
Unfortunately this wasn't one of them.
Firstly it's horribly dated. It wastes no time in advertising the fact, via its painfully cheesy, 70s synth opening theme music. You know the type - some recording artist got a monophonic analogue synth for Christmas 1974 and thought they'd create something "futuristic" with it, except that it inevitably dates real quick. While you might expect that on low budget, cheesy sci-fi b-movie, why it's been done on a (supposedly) stylised urban gangster thriller is something of a mystery. And it unfortunately continues throughout the movie. On the plus side, it reminded me to revisit some Patrick Troughton era Dr Who.
And then there's the acting which, with is almost uniformly hammy. Surprisingly, Bob Hoskins was arguably (there are many contenders) the worst culprit. Handy hint for would-be *actual* gangsters: if you want to project menace, don't do it by simply widening your eyes and gawping - you'll just look a bit simple, and won't even scare my grandma.
I say *almost* uniformly hammy because, at least, Helen Mirren manages to resemble a proper actor.
The story is simple. Someone's causing trouble, who is it? It ends up being exactly who you thought it would be in the first place. And, unfortunately you don't even get that bit of non-information delivered in a satisfying ending.
If you're hankering for some 70s British gangster action, swerve this rubbish and watch the original Get Carter again.