Green Book (Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali)

[James.B]

A working-class Italian-American bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist (Mahershala Ali) on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Green Book is directed by American filmmaker Peter Farrelly, one half of the Farrelly Brothers, now making his solo directorial debut after co-directing (with his brother Bobby) the films Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There's Something About Mary, Me Myself & Irene, Osmosis Jones, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid, Hall Pass, The Three Stooges, and Dumb and Dumber To. The screenplay is co-written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly. Universal will release Farrelly's Green Book in theaters everywhere starting November 21st this fall, for Thanksgiving week.

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[Kane52630]

Looks great. Shocking that this is by one of the Farrelly brothers.

 

[Kaleb]

It's like when Adam Sandler decided to star in The Meyerowitz Stories and every critic was praising him for his performance,and for a short time there was a little bit of Oscar buzz surrounding him.

 

[Chesterfield]

Viggo needs to be cast as Dr.Doom.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Looks really good and I love Mortensen and Ali as actors. I can already tell there dynamic in this movie is going to be something special.

 

[GreenKToo]

looks good. love me some Viggo.

 

[Lencho01]

Looks interesting... made me hungry for some chicken.

Also, Nick Vallelonga is the son of Tony Vallelonga, Mortensen's role.

 

[P Supreme]

caught the trailer and wow very intrigued

+1 on Viggo being Doom

 

[Da-Scribe]

"So if I'm not black enough and if I'm not white enough, then tell me Tony, what am I?"

Brought a damn tear to the my eye and the eye of my soul with that one.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Aragorn and Cottonmouth in one movie? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.

Looks amazing too. Viggo looks and acts so different from anything I’ve seen him in before. Phenomenal talent, along with Ali.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I enjoyed the trailer.

 

[Kaleb]

 

[harlequinade]

Saw the trailer for it yesterday and it looks lovely

Viggo as the italian guy blew my mind already

 

[Lencho01]

TCFF Review: GREEN BOOK Wants You To Feel Good About Not Being So Racist

 

[harlequinade]

oh good. "Thinkpiece".

 

[Kaleb]

Ah I see, so its this years 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,Missouri'.

 

[harlequinade]

Nah, I think the moronic outrage will spread over this (racism!), aSIB (oh no she is with alcoholic and he controls her!), First Man (where is the flag!) etc.

 

[Lencho01]

Mahershala Ali Calls Viggo Mortensen’s Use of the N-Word ‘Hurtful’

 

[Grootster]

That's the most ridiculous thing ever. I think that word is completely inappropriate for anyone to use as an insult, but no word is so bad that it can't be used as an example in an appropriate or educational context. If anyone feels 'hurt' by hearing that word used in-context, I have two words for them: grow up.

Ps: for the record, I choose not to use any words that could potentially be offensive, even in context. This includes all cuss words. I even prefer saying "Hades", just so there's absolutely no confusion. For me it's just a matter of not wanting people to misinterpret anything I say. That much being said, I think all words are fine to use as long as they're in an educational context.

 

[Schlosser85]

Oh please.

 

[Boom]

In the context of what he was saying, his use of the word may have been tactless but it was not malicious. He could have made his point just as well by using "n-word," but it's obvious enough he didn't intend to offend anybody. To liken his remark to those spoken with the intent to insult black people is gross false equivalency. Not surprised at all that even after Mortensen apologized, Twitter has dialed up from zero to sixty over it.

I hate social media.

 

[Schlosser85]

If people are on the attack after Mortensen now, that says more about them than it does about him.

I can’t even with the phony outrage every five seconds anymore.

 

[terry78]

That seems really weird coming from him, especially since I would think as his costar he'd get what the point of using it was in that context.

 

[harlequinade]

LOL at american audience having the audacity to be outraged over this as they put a movie directed by Bryan Singer on top of American box office. Laughable in a dark, dark way.

 

[Boom]

Ali accepted Mortensen's apology and acknowledged that he understood what Mortensen was trying to say, but he'd have preferred it if Mortensen found a way to get that point across without using the full word. Again, it's more a matter of tact than anything else.

But Mortensen apologized. Should be a non-issue, but knowing Twitter it won't be.