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'Black Mass': This year's Oscar magnet . . . .

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Billy Wonka

Blood's thicker than law enforcement, particularly in Southie. This inspired action-bio shows us a Whitey Bulger that is a clinical psychopath who doesn't let anything get in his way. If it does he either beats it to hamburger or kills it.

This film is terrific because the focus is on the story NOT the star power that was hired to portray it. Great balance between the two. All the characters were most excellent and Depp took his method acting to its pinnacle. He was Whitie Bulger: malevolent, menacing, murderous. Not a moment when those wheels weren't spinning behind those glassy eyes. I believe Depp was wearing special contacts to give him a somewhat cloudy and glassy appearance which enhances his "cold dead killer" persona.

This film is a bit shorter than one would expect especially with the star power on hand. But it is action packed with excellent editing and story telling.

One thing, don't run out as the epilogue shows us how all the main characters ended up and the credits play over shots of the real guys and Southie itself.

Shouldn't miss it.

Follow Ups:

this was a really great movie...semi spoilers - Mark Man 21:25:36 10/07/15 (0)
"I do believe this is Depp's role of a lifetime. Method or not, he is so intensely someone else not Depp. Every actor was great, no slouching, no phoning it.

I picked up some valuable wisdom: If nobody saw it, it never happened.

Words to live by."

(The best part of this phrase he was telling it to his 7 or 8 year old son...WTH)

This is Depp's best role EVER...end of story...

Well written, great pace, shot well...Liked allot of the extreme facial close-ups...

The scene when he goes upstairs to talk to the FBI Agents wife is just truly menacing...touching her face to see if she is sick and putting his hand around her throat to "feel" her lymph glands...keeping his calm tone, but totally terrified her and for good reason...

Then earlier that scene at dinner completely undressing the FBI Agent for giving up the "secret" family recipe for the steak marinade...so easily...reminded of Pesci in Goodfellas..."What do mean I make you laugh?" Except this laughter had teeth with intent...

Great movie...4.75 stars out of 5...

We will see how Fassbender's Jobs is as good as Depp's Whitey...

Nailed this one BW...
thanks
Mark
Redux . . . - Billy Wonka 12:36:04 09/22/15 (0)
I do believe this is Depp's role of a lifetime. Method or not, he is so intensely someone else not Depp. Every actor was great, no slouching, no phoning it it.

I picked up some valuable wisdom: If nobody saw it, it never happened.

Words to live by.
My buddy and I sure enjoyed it. IMO this... - jeffreybehr 22:42:18 09/19/15 (3)
...was a horror movie about a gangster, and Depp was excellent.

Highly recommended.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- If a Korean had directed it, it would have been real horror. * - Billy Wonka 15:49:13 09/20/15 (2)
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  - Thnx for the review, caught it today. Man, was that dark or what! Fortunately, I love dark^ - Road Warrior 13:56:21 09/21/15 (0)
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  - ...and I would not have seen it. (NT) - jeffreybehr 00:07:29 09/21/15 (0)
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    Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
    William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
a big sprawling old fashioned crime drama about a true creep which was engaging nt - PhilJ 16:16:41 09/19/15 (0)
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