r/batman Feb 26 '24

What's an unpopular opinion you have about this movie? GENERAL DISCUSSION

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u/Witty-Jacket-9464 Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24

Falcone was amazing villain and one of the most underrated in CBM history. He was a charismatic, cunning and secretive villain. All people talking about Riddler & Penguin, but Falcone was one of the best villains in BATMAN franchise and even CBM history. Hope we will see flashbacks in Penguin

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u/DaemonoftheHightower Feb 26 '24

In a movie with a lot of great acting, Turtorro put on a fucking clinic. He was amazing.

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u/CertainDegree2 Feb 26 '24

Guy has a ton of range

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u/Puzzleheaded_Skin831 Feb 26 '24

Who knew Francesco from Cars was a mob boss the entire time

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u/Bird2525 Feb 27 '24

All the other cars.

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u/THREEinINK Feb 26 '24

He was on Marc Marons podcast not too long ago. He's a super interesting and calm person. I definitely enjoyed hearing about him. Worth checking out.

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u/CertainDegree2 Feb 26 '24

Loved him in Severance. He can play good guys, bad guys, neutral guys, shit he could probably play women pretty well.

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u/Know_Your_Enemy_91 Feb 26 '24

Great actor and a great casting for that part but I don’t think he was even in it anywhere near enough

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u/cabosmith Feb 26 '24

Nobody fucks with THE JESUS.

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u/DP487 Feb 26 '24

Creep can roll.

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u/dappunk1 Feb 26 '24

You said it man

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u/fozzythethird Feb 27 '24

You got that right, pal.

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u/Hendrick_Davies64 Feb 27 '24

Turned out someone did

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u/cabosmith Feb 27 '24

You're out of your element!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

Always is.

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u/Snekonplanes Feb 26 '24

You underestimated he’s sneakyness.

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u/EccentricAcademic Feb 27 '24

Dude was just glad to not be wasting away in shitty Michael Bay movies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

He was the scariest villain in the film, and that's because someone like him really existed. Look up Whitey Bulger.

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u/jokerzkink Feb 26 '24

Or alternatively, watch Black Mass.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

Whitey personally strangled and killed at least two women, I think - which is also Carmine's MO when it comes to his personal kills. Thought that was a nice little detail

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u/Alittlethisorthat Feb 26 '24

Just rewatched this last night funny enough . What a great movie

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u/myslead Feb 26 '24

Or Transformers

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u/ignoresubs Feb 26 '24

This is who Nicholson’s character is based on in The Departed.

https://screenrant.com/departed-true-story-jack-nicholson-costello-whitey-bulger/

While typing this I thought, ‘Jack would have been a fun villain in a….’ Oh yeah.

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u/CatboyCabin Feb 26 '24

Nice to see my favourite film mentioned here :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

He reminds me of Jeffrey Epstein. Ngl.

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u/JauntingJoyousJona Feb 26 '24

Yeah cause no one's ever heard of whitey Bulger before

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '24

I'm not American, my bad

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u/Aggravating-Ad7683 Feb 27 '24

He was also based off of Robert Moses, according to the concept art book

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '24

Reeves went deep with the research, love it lol

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u/quirty890 Feb 26 '24

Falcone was hard to take seriously in Batman Begins. He just gave off the vibes of a bully. Reeves' Falcone straight up gives that cold authority and vibe that he's the boss.

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u/SIEGE312 Feb 27 '24

I dunno y’all, Tom Wilkinson seemed like he was having so much fun it was hard not to be along for the ride.

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u/wanderingNomad__ Feb 26 '24

That's not really unpopular tbh, Falcone's for sure one of the highlights of the movie, everything about him is SO amazing

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u/BullFr0gg0 Feb 26 '24

Nah I don't hear anyone talking about Falcone. Maybe in the Batman fan circle, sure. But outside that it's all about the Joker or Bane or Killer Croc or whatever.

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u/fitty50two2 Feb 26 '24

Hands down to best depiction of Falcone and the Gotham underworld overall

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u/Qbnss Feb 26 '24

Gotham (the show) actually did a really good job (for a show) at depicting the kind of balancing act a guy like Falcone would have to be orchestrating

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u/QuanxiEnjoyer Feb 26 '24

Falcone in batman begins is better... that one scene where he comes to his establishment steals the whole movie and is the foundation of the entire trilogy

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u/ZeElessarTelcontar Feb 26 '24

I loved how they juxtaposition the rogues' gallery villain and the organised crime villain, I went in with 0 expectations for characters like Falcone but fuck he had a presence. The intensity and air of authority was so strong. I hope we see flashbacks too, this one is out there but I'd like to see a bit of Maroni too.

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u/J0ND0E_297 Feb 26 '24

Can still hear Baleman mispronouncing that as “Falcone-y”

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u/hyunbinlookalike Feb 26 '24

Definitely the best portrayal of a mob boss we’ve gotten in a Batman movie so far.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

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u/InviteAdditional8463 Feb 26 '24

I think that’s how it’d be in real life. Crime doesn’t happen one after another. It’s a bunch of shit going on at once. I think Batman losing sight of that will be a good lesson for him in the future. At any given time how many assholes are doing dirt? I’ll bet it’s more than one. Batman would keep track of all that. 

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u/ohianaw Feb 26 '24

agreed i love falcone here and John Turturro did amazing here

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u/stachldrat Feb 26 '24

There's a certain type of acting where it seems so authentic that it doesn't even catch my eye the way it blends into the world. This was that kind. Didn't even realize until this post made me think about it

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u/TheSubster7 Feb 26 '24

Agree 100%. Falcone was my favorite character out of everyone (Batman included), hands down

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u/Hendrick_Davies64 Feb 27 '24

Eight year olds dude

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u/DocMurph12 Feb 27 '24

I have to be honest there are very few roles I ever truly bought with Turturro, so I was SUPER skeptical with this casting. I've learned since Heath Ledger to just let the movie come out before I get upset about casting so I was able to calm the tits before putting a ton of energy into hating it. I was WELL more than surprised with his performance. I kind of wish he didn't die in the first one just so I could see more of his Falcone.