The Untouchables....

[Shell Beau]

I saw this movie for the first time last night. I liked it. We are trying to add to our movie collection and of course, my hubby wants every mob movie ever made. I enjoyed the movie.

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. One of the few movies Costner is in that's watchable.

But that's mostly because of Connery and DeNiro.

[Shell Beau]

2. I loved Connery in the movie.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Yeah, it's up there with "The Name of the Rose" as one of his better roles

at least, in my opinion...

[Shell Beau]

7. I also like the young looking Andy Garcia!

DeNiro is always good as a mobster. He just has it when it comes to that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. It's the intensity and edge of menace he's able to convey.

Pacino does that well, too.

Edit: and DeNiro gained fifty pounds for that role, too...that's dedication...

[Shell Beau]

14. Yeah, plus they just have that look.

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. Well, they ARE Italian-American. :-)

It's not like some blond and blue-eyed Anglo-Saxon-looking guy is gonna convincingly pull off playing a Mafioso, y'know...

[Shell Beau]

24. Yeah that is true. I kept

being reminded of Tony Soprano while I was looking at Robert DeNiro in that movie. I guess b/c he had a receding hair line while playing Al Capone.

[Texasgal]

3. Do you guys have the

"Newton Boys"? That's a good one too!!

[Shell Beau]

5. No, but I saw that a good while back.

Isn't that the one with Matthew McConaughey? We have the classic ones like The Godfather set, Goodfellas, Scarface, Casino, Donnie Brasco, something called Knockaround Guys, and now The Untouchables.

[Texasgal]

17. Oh yeah...

I guess that "newton boys" isn't to mob-like....

Still like to see Matthew M. in that movie...damn he is sexy!

[Shell Beau]

25. That is reason enough to get that movie for me!!

[Taverner]

6. What about the 80's era Ska band?

They rocked too!

[dhinojosa]

8. "Isn't that just like a wop, bringing a knife to a gunfight!"

hahaha. then he gets his ass smoked. This one of my absolute favorite movies. I constantly recite the bad lines played by Al Capone's henchmen when he is at Elliot Ness' house. "Nice house I said nice house". I don't even bother putting a comma there because he didn't pause it. hehehe. The other thing to watch out for is when Ness is trying to talk the Irish officer (Connery) into joining. When they are at his apartment, look at Connery's shirt collar. Hilarity ensues!

[Shell Beau]

11. Yeah, it hurt my feelings when he died.

But he made sure to tell Costner (Ness) about the guy at the train station.

[dhinojosa]

15. Won the academy award for that little piece right there

1986 Best Supporting Actor for the "Untouchables"

[Shell Beau]

16. Connery? I didn't know that.

[dhinojosa]

23. Ooops, movie came out 1986, so he won in 1987

but yeah, great acting.

[Greyhound]

9. A film Costner didn't completely ruin.

Though, like every film he's made, with the possible exception of Field of Dreams, It would have been better without him.

[Shell Beau]

12. Who would you like to have seen play Ness?

[Greyhound]

44. So many to choose from, but someone with the talent to create and hold...

a character. Here's a thought, and mind you, it's just a thought, what would Bob Hoskins have done with it, playing opposite Sean Connery? :shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

13. "DID HE SOUND ANYTHING LIKE THAT?!"

I was so sad when Connery's character died and I liked how Costner's got revenge. Ain't fiction grand? I liked the movie too.

[Shell Beau]

20. Yeah that was great. At first I though Costner was

going to let him live b/c he took it so hard having to kill. But when the guy got all smartass on him, he took care of it perfectly!

[dhinojosa]

18. Oh and the gunfight at the train station!!!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!

"You got him?"
"Yeah I got him"

[Spider Jerusalem]

22. Part of that was cribbed...

from "The Battleship Potemkin", directed by Sergei Eisenstein...very famous scene, known as the "Odessa Steps" sequence... (which you can see at http://waynesweb.ualr.edu/Expressionism/Eisenstein.htm in Quicktime, RealVideo and Windows Media)

[Shell Beau]

28. So how much of the movie was actually true?

[dhinojosa]

30. I believe the answer is very very little.

On History's History on the History Channel they said that Elliot Ness never met Capone. He was just a 'big fish' talker among his friends.

[Shell Beau]

32. Did Capone try to take out Ness?

[dhinojosa]

35. I think you are right...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Ness

This doesn't match up with what the History Channel had but interesting. He worked for Diebold which is interesting too.

[Shell Beau]

37. That was interesting.

[Spider Jerusalem]

33. Not much...

hell of a story anyway, though...

And I was referring to the scene on the stairs with the pram...that's straight out of Eisenstein...

[Shell Beau]

34. What are some good mob movies that

aren't really known? I said earlier that we have Donnie Brasco, Scarface, Casino, Goodfellas, The Godfather set, Knockaround Guys, The Untouchables. (I think that is it)My hubby loves mobster movies.

[Spider Jerusalem]

36. Carlito's Way was quite good...

Pacino again...

Miller's Crossing (Coen bros. flick, if that means anything)

Road to Perdition was decent, I thought (Paul Newman & Tom Hanks...Irish gangsters, this time)

Once Upon a Time in America - DeNiro again, this time it's Jewish gangsters in NY...

A Bronx Tale - another DeNiro film, which should be a recommendation...

Mean Streets - Scorsese & DeNiro's first together, also quite good...

and not strictly a "mob" movie, but a great crime movie anyway...Reservoir Dogs...

[Shell Beau]

38. I have seen a Bronx Tale. I forgot about

that one. I've never seen Carlito's Way, but I have heard about it. Thanks. I will make sure to at least check on those. I've been buying movies at Best Buy like crazy lately!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

39. Miller's Crossing is my fave

Essentially a reworking of Hammett's The Glass Key. It's very good.

(I'm a big Coen Bros. fan, though, so I may be biased.)

[Greyhound]

45. I liked Mobsters, got lost behind Goodfellas n/t

[jmowreader]

46. The Cotton Club!

Cab Calloway says "The Cotton Club" is "an excellent gangster movie."

[Shell Beau]

47. I'll have to look into that one!

[Shell Beau]

26. Yeah and Garcia saved that poor baby. But what an aim!

[mac56]

21. "Okay, gentlemen, let's do some good!"

And then everybody mocking him for saying that.

[dhinojosa]

27. Those damn canadian umbrellas! nt

[Wapsie B]

29. I liked the TV show much better.

The movie was ok, but nowhere close to being a favortie mob flick for me.

[Shell Beau]

31. Not a favorite of mine, but I liked it.

And I liked it a lot. But there are so many more out there that are better.

[grace0418]

40. My brother played Eliot Ness in the t.v. show.

They filmed on my block a few times, it was pretty fun to get to be on set.

[Wapsie B]

41. Wow!

That's cool.

[grace0418]

42. The t.v. show in the 90s.

I should clarify.

[Shell Beau]

43. Still cool!