I don’t think I’ve seen it in at least four years, probably five or six. It’s insane how much of the DNA of the following 70+ years of cinema springs forth from here fully formed. I’m never going this long between viewings again.
Alright, that’s it – I’m requesting Citizen Kane from my local library a minute ago. People keep going on about how great it is; it’s about time I finally watched it.
Alright, that’s it – I’m requesting Citizen Kane from my local library a minute ago. People keep going on about how great it is; it’s about time I finally watched it.
$5 says you dislike it.
Don’t do drugs, unless you’re with me.
Were I a betting man, I’d say you’re on.
Hey, this brought back memories, thanks! 😃
My pleasure! They had it on NETFLIX for a while but it looks like its gone now. Thankfully it’s out on DVD.
Hey, this brought back memories, thanks! 😃
My pleasure! They had it on NETFLIX for a while but it looks like its gone now. Thankfully it’s out on DVD.
It’s also out on Blu-Ray in certain regions! Unfortunately cropped to 16.9 but in amazing quality.
The Sting (1973) = C-
Really? Have you seen many TV productions from the 1970s? Also the cutting perfectly captured the feel of a 1930s movie and the dialog has a real punch to it. Maybe it wasn’t your cup of tea but The Sting is a long way from being badly made or cheap. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago and it is one of my all time favorite films now. To each their own and I guess if you compare it to something made today it looks like it was made for Tv, but it is a period piece that takes place in doors so I do have to wonder what you were expecting from a 43 year old film of this type. Did you expect them to spend money where it wasn’t needed and ad car chases and explosions just to make the movie look like it cost more?
I am not trying to be insulting, I am just wondering what you expected from a movie of this type and age. At the time it was made Hollywood was still recovering from the problems of the late 60s, so things were having to be kept on budget but I have to say if you have seen any photos of the 30s, this film does look like the 30s, only in colour and if you watch a lot of films from the period it has the same style of editing.
At least I think that explains why people love this film so much.
Sorry I just reread what I wrote and I noticed that it may come off as too combative, that was not my intent. I was simply trying to explain why this movie is so loved and understand what you mean by saying that it looked cheap. I know people who don’t like The Sting but I have never heard anyone accuse it of looking cheap before so I was trying to understand that.
Sorry if I gave the impression this was personal or I was rude in any way.
It must be a style thing for me on this one. For some reason, Paper Moon worked as a period piece, The Sting did not. I understand what they were going for, I just am not a huge fan of that style. The make up scar pealing off Redford in one scene got under my skin.
“Live and Let Die” B-
I like this one. The scene where Bond meets Rosie is one of Moore’s best scenes of his entries in the series. His face expressions are priceless, and his double entendre delivery is top notch. Never boring.
“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison
Hey, this brought back memories, thanks! 😃
My pleasure! They had it on NETFLIX for a while but it looks like its gone now. Thankfully it’s out on DVD.
Oh good, I have no idea what you are talking about since I can’t watch highspeed from home but that means I can get a hold of a DvD copy of whatever it is and watch it.
I assume it will come up if I do a search for Tin Tin on Amazon or in my library system? Thanks.
My ratings for the Star Wars movies. EP1 4.5/10. Ep2 4.0/10. EP3 2.0/10. EP4 9.5/10. EP5 10/10 EP6 8.5/10 EP7 8.3/10.
The Sting (1973) = C-
Really? Have you seen many TV productions from the 1970s? Also the cutting perfectly captured the feel of a 1930s movie and the dialog has a real punch to it. Maybe it wasn’t your cup of tea but The Sting is a long way from being badly made or cheap. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago and it is one of my all time favorite films now. To each their own and I guess if you compare it to something made today it looks like it was made for Tv, but it is a period piece that takes place in doors so I do have to wonder what you were expecting from a 43 year old film of this type. Did you expect them to spend money where it wasn’t needed and ad car chases and explosions just to make the movie look like it cost more?
I am not trying to be insulting, I am just wondering what you expected from a movie of this type and age. At the time it was made Hollywood was still recovering from the problems of the late 60s, so things were having to be kept on budget but I have to say if you have seen any photos of the 30s, this film does look like the 30s, only in colour and if you watch a lot of films from the period it has the same style of editing.
At least I think that explains why people love this film so much.
Sorry I just reread what I wrote and I noticed that it may come off as too combative, that was not my intent. I was simply trying to explain why this movie is so loved and understand what you mean by saying that it looked cheap. I know people who don’t like The Sting but I have never heard anyone accuse it of looking cheap before so I was trying to understand that.
Sorry if I gave the impression this was personal or I was rude in any way.
It must be a style thing for me on this one. For some reason, Paper Moon worked as a period piece, The Sting did not. I understand what they were going for, I just am not a huge fan of that style. The make up scar pealing off Redford in one scene got under my skin.
“Live and Let Die” B-
I like this one. The scene where Bond meets Rosie is one of Moore’s best scenes of his entries in the series. His face expressions are priceless, and his double entendre delivery is top notch. Never boring.
Yeah and it has the best theme tune of any Bond film.
I’ll have to keep an eye out for the scare coming off, I have never noticed that before, that is a fun blooper to look for next time. That’s up there with the Storm Trooper banging his head on that door in Star Wars when it comes to 70s film bloopers where they should have done a second take.
Still maybe I am a little soft on the movie just because seeing Uncle Martin be part of a plan to rip off Quint from Jaws is worth the price of admission on it’s own in my book.
My ratings for the Star Wars movies. EP1 4.5/10. Ep2 4.0/10. EP3 2.0/10. EP4 9.5/10. EP5 10/10 EP6 8.5/10 EP7 8.3/10.
The Sting (1973) = C-
This film seems overrated to me. The sets and make up are horrendous, and it looks like a cheap television production. The style of the opening credits, where they used quick clip shots of the actors from later in the film, reminded me of the opening credits for Love Boat and Fantasy Island. The characters are not very likable and the plot is dragged out with average screen writing. The only thing it really has going for it is the cast. Not as good as I was expecting.
The video transfers, especially the scrubbed “restored” Blu do not do it justice. Only 35mm does. This is a film built entirely around the magic inherent in Newman’s wink at Redford, at their character interplay from Butch Cassidy amidst a time backdrop so far gone and viewed in such nostalgia that perhaps it never existed. You have to take that going in , that the audience is a part of the con, that all life depends on the telling and retelling, in order to really appreciate what they were trying to get at. This is one of those films that always leaves me feeling unsatisfied because it should keep going at the end, and not simply stop.
For me, it wipes the floor with the overrated BCaTSK. And 99% of people today have no idea what it is. Sad. This is one of those movies that reminds you of why we spend our lives plotting false realities.
“Live and Let Die” B-
I like this one. The scene where Bond meets Rosie is one of Moore’s best scenes of his entries in the series. His face expressions are priceless, and his double entendre delivery is top notch. Never boring.
Moore’s confrontation with Rosie in the woods is also one of his best moments, and in fact a small scene that should be used to test any potential 007. Bringing the Walther to bear with the lines “And I’ll kill you if you don’t” --“But you wouldn’t, you couldn’t, not after what we’ve just done.” --“I certainly wouldn’t have killed you before…” is as priceless as Connery glancing at his watch in Miss Taro’s apartment, and further proof again that the masses really should not speak about Bond since they don’t take the time to properly read the character or any actor in the part.
Haven’t posted in a while I think so here’s some catching up.
TFA-two viewings, and extreme disenchantment. Not for me at all, too much like pitiful fanfiction with no detail or any risk taking. Worse than any of the worst EU.
1 ball out of 4 at best. I just didn’t care…just an excuse for the Mouse to print money.
It’s a Wonderful Life-the 35mm prints look exactly like the Criterion CAV. The IP source is a bit contrastier than the DVD/BD which should be recalled as it is terrible. One of the great fables of our time, and a parable for the ages. Further proof that Jimmy Stewart is likely the finest screen actor we will ever see. no one had a greater career range than JS from 1946-1965.
Puggo Grande and Puggo Strikes Back-Pure magic. Waiting fervently for ROTP!!
Die Hard-essential around this time.
Smart Money-fun but slightly stale teaming of Robinson and Cagney right after Little Caesar and Public Enemy. 3 balls out of 4.
Picture Snatcher-Pure fun with Cagney. 3.5 balls out of 4.
Currently watching through Batman the TV series which is stunning on BD via the xbr960, and the Italian set is a steal at around $50-60.
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
“George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”-Harrison Ford
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Odd Thomas (2013) – B+
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe (1970) – A
The Majestic (2001) – A
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) – B-
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) – A
RoboCop (1987) – B
Pulp Fiction (1994) – B+
Jurassic Park (1993) – A+
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
I really need to see the restored version of this movie. Whatever beauty the film naturally has was just completely lost in the beat-up, murky public domain copy I had to watch.
C+
Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1961) – C-
Worse than any of the worst EU.
That’s just silly.
Also “no risk taking.”
Attack the Block. Nice little indie film with John Boyega. Very good all around. Extremely underrated IMO, seriously, only 6.6 IMDb? I think that apart from developing Moses’s backstory a bit more, it was pretty awesome. Some people say that the characters are unrelatable because they mug people, but I think that their characters become pretty sympathetic after that scene. Extremely good. 9/10.
Not enough people read the EU.
I liked it so much that I changed my avatar.
Not enough people read the EU.
Duracell did you like Citizen Kane?I’ve always liked it just curious
Haven’t watched it yet, actually. I plan on getting to it sometime this week, though.
The Last Starfighter. Decent flick. Effects haven’t aged well, the story wasn’t really anything special, but the characters make it work (especially Centauri, who I thought was absolutely fantastic).
I rate it B- out of 7 Good Star Balls.
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The Hateful Eight
I really loved the shoots of landscape. Other than that, it is the usual Tarantino “good but nothing special” film.
真実
“Highlander: The Source” -10/10
I… I… I’m still shaking!
Why oh why? What the fuck?
“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison
Best of Enemies - nice, tight doc about the Gore Vidal/William F. Buckley, Jr. debates that ABC aired during the 1968 Republican National Convention. I didn’t know much about either of them going into the movie (apart from the very funny Gore Vidal episode of the Dead Authors Podcast), and I found them both really fascinating. I ordered one of Vidal’s novels as soon as I finished the film and I can’t wait to start reading it.
Hot Fuzz (2007) - The funniest movie I’ve ever seen. Directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, written by Wright and Pegg. Surprisingly, people consider this to be the weak link in the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy. I really like it. 9.2/10
The X-Men movies. All of them.
X-Men was very good, but the out of nowhere Wolverine/Cyclops rivalry comes out of nowhere and isn’t interesting. Halle Berry was terrible. Famke Janssen and James Marsden did well with what they had, but that wasn’t much. Hugh Jackman did a great job, as did Patrick Stuart and Ian McKellan. Overall, 7.5/10.
X2 was much better. I liked that the younger characters were developed and not annoying. Pyro’s transformation was pretty good. I liked the Wolverine had no qualms with leaving Stryker for dead, and Famke Janssen had more to work with. Really enjoyed it, one of the best Marvel films, 8.5/10.
X-Men: The Last Stand was pretty bad. The deaths of Cyclops and Charles felt like cop outs, and most of the side characters are barely realised at all. Jean was extremely boring, and felt really generic. The final battle was boring, for instance 6 good guys fighting 100 bad guys is really stupid. Also, why do these people who barely know Erik die for him? In fact, who are these people? I did like the opening scene, and the acting was alright, so I’ll give it a 4.5/10.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine was absolute crap. Nothing good, except the opening montage. 1.5/10.
X-Men First Class was good. Not great. The script was very cheesy, and the acting was, for the most part, subpar. Had some good scenes, and James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender were both fantastic. 7/10.
The Wolverine is criminally underrated, in my opinion. I liked the development of Wolverine, and the interactions he has with the other characters. Action scenes were fantastic. The villain was cliche though. 8.5/10.
Days of Future Past was good. Had no real standout scenes, except for the “Time in a Bottle” scene. Good acting. Mystique was annoying, and I am really sick of Jennifer Lawrences performance of her. The ending undermined X-Men Apocalypse. 7/10.
Overall the movies are pretty good. Much better than the MCU, for sure.
Not enough people read the EU.
I’ve never seen more than 10 minutes of an X-Men movie. I think just the first one, even. I just can’t get interested in it. I’m no fan of MCU either but I enjoyed the first Iron Man and Avengers movies, so just on interest alone I rate MCU much higher than X-Men.
I watched American Pie for the first time after deliberately avoiding it for the past fifteen or so years. I hated it before I had seen it, and then I found myself laughing from start to finish, and I hated myself for laughing at it for the first few minutes or so. Then I just said, “screw it” and watched the rest with glee. I felt like I was in high school again. I have no plans for seeing any of the sequels, or any of the direct to video films either.
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