Ooh yeah I really wanna see that 
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Iām all up for this one, great to hear itās a winner
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I donāt like the crap adverts with the hideous voice over man.
They donāt sell it.
Tonight will be this. Going for the Frame Ensembleās live improvised accompaniment and general curiosity about the film.
Just sat through all four episodes.
Brilliantly acted and deeply disturbing in equal measure.
Coogan deserves every accolade he gets. It couldnāt have been easy playing a complete monster but (for what we know of the story) his characterisation was spot on.
I am now going for a shower 
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He did a superb job. I did think the interposition of the archive footage spoiled the flow a bit, but overall the picture of the horrific monster he was was well portrayed.
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Agreed, but I think the archive stuff just solidified the fact that this is real and not fiction for the hard of thinking.
Just got back from seeing this.
Itās good , but while I think itās probably worth seeing it on the big screen , I think the length is solely down to the fact most will stream it.
It could easily be cut by an hour and it wouldnāt have harmed it.
I was left feeling that if it was 6 hours long and cut into hour long chunks Iād have enjoyed it a lot more at home.
I guess thatās just how my viewing habits have changed.
Didnāt help that watching it in the local Vue was like watching it in a bus station. People up and down all film. Checking phones , even the lights in the cinema didnāt seem to go down so you could still see everyone.
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Iām lucky enough to be able to go to that Vue for lunch time screenings. Never too busy then.
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Interesting, yeah, I suspect a lot of folks will break it up when it comes to to the small screen. I can see how it chould be a docuseries as thereās so much ground covered.
I thought the way it was structured was interesting, some was linear and some wasnāt. I did sort of wonder whether it could have been edited down but I decided that it was fine as a piece and actually rather well edited.
I watched it on an IMAX screen, the day before official release - itās not an IMAX film, but that was the only option and there were only maybe 20 people there, so maybe that helped - fewer distractions.
What did you think of the ending? (Use blur spolier if need be)
I also thought the acting was outstanding - everything DiCaprio has done since Titantic has been superb, although arguably he gurns a bit too much, and Lily Gladstone was just perfect.
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Iād have preferred an ending involving the main characters. Felt it was a little indulgent, ( even without the cameo by Scorsese )
What was funny was that a couple that were behind us who had already got up a couple times and left together to go who knows where actually got up and left just as that scene started.
Who sits there for over three hours and then leaves before the end.
Dicaprio was superb , one of my favourite actors.
The whole film was very polished with some lovely little touches.
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Agree, it kind of jarred, and was a surprise, but I have come to the conclusion itās a creative way to show the end of the story - I think we all wanted to know how it ended, but that would have made it even longer! And ultimately it is based on true events
I had to get up for a piss part way through and was wondering if Iād miss a critical piece if the story! (The biggest problem being that I couldnāt really identify any conversation that wasnāt relevant so was difficult to judge when to duck out - most movies itās pretty obvious whatās filler)
Also, Jason Isbell is in it! I was wondering if that was actually him until I check the cast. 
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That was more entertaining than I had expected. Music (improvised, the film unseen by the musicians beforehand) excellent as always from this trio, and the film (USSR 1921) interesting for social scenes just a few years after the revolution . Plenty of large valves in the radio station set 
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I saw Flower Moon this afternoon & loved it. A sprawling epic touching on many aspects of American history in the first half of the 20th Century. Some great performances too, Iām sure DeNiro was deliberately channelling Donald Trumpās gaslighting & weaselly manner at times.
Was pleased to note that the music was created by the recently departed Robbie Robertson & had some great moments.
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There was a mention of killing an Indian on Fifth Avenue and no-one caring, I think?
The music was very good, I thought.
I hadnāt heard of this story or that Osage people had been allowed to settle that part of Oklahoma. But I had heard of the Tulsa massacre (successful black community razed to the ground) and the rise of the KKK in the 20s. When you think of what was also going on in Chicago (Capone etc) it was an interesting time over there. 
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@coco @murrayjohnson heard a few grumbles about the length and that the film needs an editor. Anything to that?
I thought it was well paced, really. Yes, itās long, but none of it grates or stand out as being superfluous, it just kind of spreads out to fill the space, but in a good way.
It certainly could be an hour shorter but luxuriate and make an afternoon or an evening of it. Thereās plenty to admire.