I dont know if any movie or book will be descriptive as what the trial brought out of people. I mean I heard the black mass was very good. I mean if they wanted to make a movie that would be epic. I would first start by doing the whole movie in southie not just small clips because woburn and danvers is no fucking southie by a longshot. Second I would use the book and any other book to get a idea, perspective and take pieces from it. I wouldve paid, Martorano,weeks, shea, even whitey and flemmi, connoly themselves or any other character like winter or Pat Nee. That way the movie would be very authentic. My opinion but as a Bostonian, I was upset they didnt do majority of the movie in Southie.
You make some great points and have some good ideas. I wonder what the cost and logistics would be of the the things you recommend? Would definitely make for a more well rounded and accurate movie.
" No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep coming back and back, until one of you is dead! "
Re: New Whitey Bulger movie
[Re: Big_T]
#831898 03/07/1509:01 PM03/07/1509:01 PM
I feel like it can either be an absolute classic or a bust. I'm not Depp's biggest fan just because he plays some weird characters that I just can't get into. But when he plays more serious roles(donnie brasco, blow) then he is great. I haven't seen too much buzz around the movie though as opposed to let's say Star Wars or the Revenant with Leo DiCaprio. Then again nobody has seen a second of either 3 movies so that can change. If black mass really is good enough then it'll get some nominations and recognition for being great. The directer is scott Cooper I think. So hopefully he directed the movie of his life. I'm really anticipating it. I need to see a trailer already though.
The Whitey Bulger biopic shot in Boston last summer is officially called “Black Mass,” the studio announced Friday. It’s hardly a surprise considering the film, directed by Scott Cooper and starring Johnny Depp as the notorious South Boston mob boss, is based on the book “Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob,” written by former Globe staffers Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill. The movie, which also stars Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, Rory Cochrane, Dakota Johnson, and Julianne Nicholson, opens Sept 18
I watched this locally produced special about Whitey and his associates and victims the other day
Pretty sure that's been known for sometime. Isn't it based on a book of the same name about Bulger?
Gets is right, it was a working title it seemed for a while. It is "loosely" based on the book so there is no telling if it will try to be based on real life, or if there will be more Hollywood involved.
But as for the title I don't think it was for sure known until gets posted it above.
Re: New Whitey Bulger movie
[Re: dixiemafia]
#838377 04/20/1506:12 AM04/20/1506:12 AM
Pretty sure that's been known for sometime. Isn't it based on a book of the same name about Bulger?
Gets is right, it was a working title it seemed for a while. It is "loosely" based on the book so there is no telling if it will try to be based on real life, or if there will be more Hollywood involved.
But as for the title I don't think it was for sure known until gets posted it above.
Everytime I've seen it talked about it's been referred to as "Black Mass" so either way, people have referred to the film under that name for a while. Now it's official.
Everytime I've seen it talked about it's been referred to as "Black Mass" so either way, people have referred to the film under that name for a while. Now it's official.
Well duh, of course we would mention Black Mass as the title because it was based off the book. If the title hadn't come out yet we'd still be calling it that, but it still doesn't change the fact that they just now come out and said it like my man Gets said in the thread earlier.
But I'm done with this so if you want to bicker more about the title feel free but I've said my peace.
Hopefully this movie is worth watching.
Re: New Whitey Bulger movie
[Re: Big_T]
#838578 04/22/1501:05 PM04/22/1501:05 PM
I'll skip it rather see the new Jurassic park. Whitey should just publish his auto all ready but what I think and maybe all the other Irish think about him I think he dies in jail like a lot of other mobsters without a whimper. Look at the picks of him he's dressed just like all the Italian mobsters he joined winter hill threw Joe Russo he wanted in I think.
Re: New Whitey Bulger movie
[Re: Big_T]
#838742 04/23/1506:49 PM04/23/1506:49 PM
Pinky rings and caddy's nuff said. He could have wore a clater ring or how ever you say it like every other Irish. Wat about his leather cowboy boots some other mob guys did that.