TV's Frink said:
captainsolo said:
Balls cannot describe.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!
Ok, maybe something more like:
4 unquestionable grand large balls of infinity out of 4. ;)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
This is a quirky film, allegorical and comedic, which is about the last thing you'd ever expect from Sam. It works for what it is and is a kind of film that can never be made today. Recommended.
3.5 balls out of 4.
Straw Dogs
I've now seen this movie something like 15 times. Each time it gets better. Darker. Faster. More intense. It took me years to find uncut and uncensored and a quiet place to be able to watch it alone. A misinterpreted masterpiece-one of those really out there films from that glorious 1971-73 period of British filmmaking. Broodingly dark, possibly Dustin Hoffman's best performance, brutal, probably NSFW, and in the end a simultaneous vindication and damnation of the human condition. Oh, and some bagpipes... ;)
I showed this movie to people in film school as a part of the society I ran during a Peckinpah tribute. There were walkouts. No one got it. (Same with: Pat Garrett, Alfredo Garcia...heck they really didn't get any of them. Idiots mostly.) Then the guy who was about to premiere his bastard remake came to speak to the department, and it was all I could do to restrain myself from strangling him. Complete buffoon.
Remember when a movie could be worth a damn? This will quickly refresh your memory. Be ready though. It's rough.
4 balls out of 4 balls. Forgotten, unfairly maligned masterpiece. One of Peckinpah's finest achievements.