Green Book (2018) D: P. Farrelly, S: Ali, Mortenson
03-02-19, 03:00 PM
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Re: Green Book (2018) D: P. Farrelly, S: Ali, Mortenson
I didn't hate Roma at all. I thought it was probably the best-made film of 2018. I just didn't connect with it emotionally and disliked the main character. No way I would give it lower than 
and probably rank it a half-star higher than that. I just don't want to watch it again.
and probably rank it a half-star higher than that. I just don't want to watch it again.
03-02-19, 06:32 PM
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Re: Green Book (2018) D: P. Farrelly, S: Ali, Mortenson
Sorry to disappoint, with all the talk and awards I thought this movie would bring something to the table, but it did not. Like I said before, Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen do their best at making this semi-tolerable, but the script has issues when it comes to such a serious topic as racism. I know it's supposed to be a feel good entertaining buddy road pic, but the title of this film is about a book that was used by African-Americans in order to make their road trips more "enjoyable" when Jim Crow laws were in effect. I'd be just as disappointed if a feel good entertaining buddy road pic called The Nuremberg Laws was made. Just my two pennies.
? I mean I agree it was old fashioned and clichéd but it was a fun entertaining movie. I would only give that sort of rating to a barely watchable POS.
03-06-19, 02:56 PM
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^Nice 
It's like they can't tell the story of People of Color without making themselves the Main Focus. I'm reminded of the "12 Years a Slave" film that hinges on Brad Pitt strolling in last minute to save the Slave from Slavery with a letter.
It's like they can't tell the story of People of Color without making themselves the Main Focus. I'm reminded of the "12 Years a Slave" film that hinges on Brad Pitt strolling in last minute to save the Slave from Slavery with a letter.
03-06-19, 03:22 PM
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Not the best of examples, Steve McQueen don't play that bullshit. That incident with Samuel Bass (a Canadian carpenter who was against slavery), it was taken from Solomon Northup's memoir and actually happened.
03-06-19, 05:47 PM
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I get that. But this was Northup's story and even some of the oversees posters managed to make it a Brad Pitt film.
03-06-19, 09:06 PM
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03-07-19, 04:08 PM
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History vs. Hollywood on "Green Book"
Video:
Related Article: ( LINK )
And a follow-up video on the controversy regarding "Green Book" from some of Don Shirley's relatives (in short, Don Shirley's audio interviews disprove those claims):
Related Article for this video: ( LINK )
And hopefully this works, but a related link to Wayback Machine version of the same article with original audio files: ( LINK )
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Video:
Related Article: ( LINK )
And a follow-up video on the controversy regarding "Green Book" from some of Don Shirley's relatives (in short, Don Shirley's audio interviews disprove those claims):
Related Article for this video: ( LINK )
And hopefully this works, but a related link to Wayback Machine version of the same article with original audio files: ( LINK )
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03-15-19, 04:07 PM
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I redboxed this and watched it today and the film is fine - it was entertaining and all. Best picture? Fuck no. Hell, that scene
Other than that, it was a cool little film.
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Other than that, it was a cool little film.
03-18-19, 09:22 AM
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This doc just became available on Smithsonian:
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation's safe havens and notorious "sundown towns" and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph.
https://watch.smithsonianchannel.com...-freedom/65552
03-25-19, 07:29 AM
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So, here's a weird bit of trivia I just discovered last night - Tony Vallelonga, aka 'Tony Lip' (Viggo Mortenson's role) went on to play Carmine Lupertazzi, the Brooklyn NY boss/Tony Sack's boss, in The Sopranos.
03-25-19, 07:33 AM
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05-02-19, 01:35 PM
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You don't say.
‘Green Book’ Producer Says Film Was Aimed at Older White Audiences
“Occasionally you need to make a movie that is directed at older white people,” Participant Media’s Jonathan King says
https://www.thewrap.com/green-book-p...ite-audiences/
‘Green Book’ Producer Says Film Was Aimed at Older White Audiences
“Occasionally you need to make a movie that is directed at older white people,” Participant Media’s Jonathan King says
https://www.thewrap.com/green-book-p...ite-audiences/
05-02-19, 02:50 PM
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Yea, he was in multiple movies, including Goodfellas: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513401/
05-03-19, 10:32 AM
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Re: Green Book (2018) D: P. Farrelly, S: Ali, Mortenson
You don't say.
‘Green Book’ Producer Says Film Was Aimed at Older White Audiences
“Occasionally you need to make a movie that is directed at older white people,” Participant Media’s Jonathan King says
https://www.thewrap.com/green-book-p...ite-audiences/
‘Green Book’ Producer Says Film Was Aimed at Older White Audiences
“Occasionally you need to make a movie that is directed at older white people,” Participant Media’s Jonathan King says
https://www.thewrap.com/green-book-p...ite-audiences/
Yeah, that sounds about White....
05-16-19, 12:35 AM
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The wife and I watched this tonight and felt it was a very good movie.
The actors did a fine job, real chemistry between Ali and Viggo.
A little bit of history told well.
The actors did a fine job, real chemistry between Ali and Viggo.
A little bit of history told well.
08-02-19, 07:12 PM
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Saw this last night and only kind of liked it. I know it’s not fair to criticize a movie for not being what you wanted it to be, and I know it’s based on a true story, but I really didn’t like how completely unaware the main character was. He’d never even heard of Aretha Franklin. He had no idea that going into an all white bar would create a stir. The character was like Forest Gump level naive. I guess the guy really was that cloistered and unaware, but it made for an unlikeable character.
08-03-19, 01:32 PM
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Saw this last night and only kind of liked it. I know it’s not fair to criticize a movie for not being what you wanted it to be, and I know it’s based on a true story, but I really didn’t like how completely unaware the main character was. He’d never even heard of Aretha Franklin. He had no idea that going into an all white bar would create a stir. The character was like Forest Gump level naive. I guess the guy really was that cloistered and unaware, but it made for an unlikeable character.
09-11-19, 02:37 PM
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I was so let down by the movie that it led me to a better movie than Green Book.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox...mentary-oscars
This doc tells the history of the Green Book guide itself. It’s a compelling and heart breaking story, well told, about a very interesting, and little known item of American history. It’s only 55 minutes long and you can buy it on amazon for $2.99.
The real lie of the Farrelly movie is that blacks needed to watch their backs when on the road in the South. The truth is they had to watch their backs on the road EVERYWHERE. As the doc points out Route 66 traveled through over 80 counties, and about half of them had sundown laws. That is still really chilling. A terrible dark side to the “Mother Road” that we mostly celebrate with a giggle and a nod to its kitsch.
