Is "A Most Violent Year" the next great gangster flick?

[KravenMorehead™]

A most violent pile of shyt

 

[Art Barr]

This movie was the biggest pussiest bait and switch movie ever made.

fukk this movie.


Art Barr

 

[Ol’Otis]

Great lighting great acting

Horrible ass storyline

 

[Big Dick]

Dope movie. Oscar Isaac is one of the overlooked goats of his generation.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Trash ass movie

 

[Nero Christ]

very good movie and lowkey started A24's rise

 

[Lootpack]

very good movie and lowkey started A24's rise

Slow, but smart film. One of the first A24 films to subvert the expectations of casual audiences before it was cool and now the norm. I remember a lot of folks thinking this was going to be something akin to a Scorsese crime film.

A Most Violent Year said:

 

[Nero Christ]

Slow, but smart film. One of the first A24 films to subvert the expectations of casual audiences before it was cool and now the norm. I remember a lot of folks thinking this was going to be something akin to a Scorsese crime film.

A Most Violent Year said:

yea...context is very important with this film and the tactics within the industry are what the title is referring too. The theme being discussed here is big business becoming the same as criminals/mobsters if not worse...engaging in ruthless tactics to gain power/influence/profits. Even the most moral actor amongst them at the end had to adjust and play the game in front of him, and ultimately the system that's supposed to check him could be bought too.

This film is a very interesting look into how big business along with the government, legal system, and the 80's boom lead to where we are today.

I'm not gonna tell anyone what to like or how they should feel about a film but I for one was never mad because of the title and what the film actually was...that's pretty silly

I actually think this is something that could work great as a show

 

[ML29]

This movie bored the hell out of me, I wanted to like it but it did nothing for me.

 

[Big Dick]

yea...context is very important with this film and the tactics within the industry are what the title is referring too. The theme being discussed here is big business becoming the same as criminals/mobsters if not worse...engaging in ruthless tactics to gain power/influence/profits. Even the most moral actor amongst them at the end had to adjust and play the game in front of him, and ultimately the system that's supposed to check him could be bought too.

This film is a very interesting look into how big business along with the government, legal system, and the 80's boom lead to where we are today.

I'm not gonna tell anyone what to like or how they should feel about a film but I for one was never mad because of the title and what the film actually was...that's pretty silly

I actually think this is something that could work great as a show

did Morales ever really have to change his style though? He came close when he went to the one dude for that loan but ultimately took the money his wife had skimmed.

but yeah I can see some people getting bored but I found it pretty interesting the whole way through plus the acting was top notch

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

One of my favorite films of the 2010s easily.

 

[Nero Christ]

did Morales ever really have to change his style though? He came close when he went to the one dude for that loan but ultimately took the money his wife had skimmed.

but yeah I can see some people getting bored but I found it pretty interesting the whole way through plus the acting was top notch

Abel most certainly became colder as the film goes on...he coddles his bother at the start of the film and sees him as a nuisance that takes care of itself toward end. He is more concerned about his oil/gas that his own brother at the end.

Even beating the driver was something he wouldn't have done at the beginning