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The Leopard is brilliant, and Lancaster is brilliant in it...though as the least of evils, I usually watch that movie in Italian (with subtitles I understand) which means that Lancaster is dubbed. Just like Alain Delon and possibly even Claudia Cardinale, since she is of Italian ancestry but grew up in France.
Cheers, my friend!
'Mon Oncle' is enjoyable, but 'Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot' is a good place to start!
Great to hear the praise for Burt Lancaster, he did several movies for John Frankenheimar, 'Seven Days in May' is a great one. And he gave a wonderful performance in later years Louis Malles 'Atlantic City'
I agree, even a lot of Lucas' colleagues (in particular Coppola and Spielberg) have said that he should have directed more outside of Star Wars. He really is a talented person.
As for Gene Siskel, I always thought he was a poor critic. He tried to have a psychological twist on a lot of reviews. It didn't work most of the time. That's why Ebert was more fun with his sarcasm in his reviews.
Agreed, @mattjoes. But perhaps I generally don't like critics all that much. Pauline Kael is another such case.
@mattjoes? Well, it seems like I have the ability to cloud people's minds. I chose my avatar wisely.
One of my all-time favourites, together with another historical drama by Luchino Visconti, L' innocente, which stars Mr Mathis himself, Giancarlo Giannini.
Described on IMDb as follows:
A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyck painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery. Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passengers, including adulterous lovers, a very annoying golf fanatic, a French police chief and an American silent film star any one of whom could have the painting he desperately seeks. (credit:—wxjuh)
All the action takes part on the eponymous train, literally none of it outside. It is quite an intriguing drama consisting of a number of intimate-play scenes making up a very satisfying whole. Great performances, and quite a lot of steam-era nostalgia for those who love FRWL and Murder on the Orient Express for the train scenes.
I am sorry. I meant @MaxCasino of course. 😄 I apologize.
No need to apologize, Creasy ;)
What makes you so sure I'm not @Creasy47? ;-) Perhaps we're all one and the same in the Mod Team.
Not @Benny, though. He's special. ;-)
Good one, @Venutius!
Thank you!
They Live 4K brilliant film one of Carpenters best, way ahead of its time.
Geoffrey Richter-Douglas, a Lieutenant in the British Army (Scottish of German ancestry), is sent on a mission back to Germany, where he still has relatives. The Germans have developed a new model airship, the LZ36, and the Brits want to know what its capabilities are. Richter-Douglas is welcomed back to Germany with open arms, and is even allowed on the LZ36's test flight. The test flight turns out to be the cover for a surprise attack on Britain. It's fairly slow moving (not surprising), but it does pick up at the end when the attack it launched.
Doctor Who fans might get a kick out of seeing Jamie McCrimmon himself, Frazier Hines, in a small role as the radio operator onboard the LZ36.
I have never heard of this movie (should have caught a glimpse of it when I was about fifteen), but even after reading the reviews on IMDb it sounds like some fun. Trouble is, the only Blu-rays that Amazon spits out when searching for "zeppelin blu-ray" are those of LED Zeppelin...
Then again, Amazon's AI isn't even smart enough to suggest "The Hindenburg" with George C. Scott when you search for "zeppelin".
PS: Elke Sommer is 82 now and still looking great for her age.
I have it on the Warner Archive DVD, not easy to get a hold of in the UK.
It's been a long time since I watched it. I remember it has a great premise and start. But I also recall a ridiculously long and stupid fight sequence, and I think I lost interest after that!
Here's one of those movies that "everybody" seems to hate, and I, for some mysterious reason, really like. I know it makes zero sense to like this film, by the way. It's nonsense, but it's very good-looking nonsense, and I guess I'm completely sold in that department.
Before this one, Zack Snyder had made three live-action films that I simply adore: Dawn Of The Dead, 300, and Watchmen. Yet these, too, have their fair share of detractors. Snyder's films simply aren't for everyone, it seems. I myself love his aesthetics, his musical choices, and his attention to detail when faithfully adapting an existing comic book.
So when Sucker Punch was released, I wasn't going to break my personal tradition of watching every Snyder film in the theatre. So I went, having zero idea what this film was about. Well, Snyder didn't disappoint. I was sucked in right away. What I was drawn to was the music, the visuals, and the strange question of whether the film objectifies women, or rather empowers them. And I'd lie if I said that the main cast left me cold.
I've seen Sucker Punch several times since. And the extended cut adds 18 minutes to the film! I have stopped feeling embarrassed about really loving this film. It makes no sense, I know. But there's something about it, something elusive, that keeps me revisiting it.
Also, Jena Malone. Just sayin'.
A few lessons: When Bonds heart stops, on a cinema screen you can see his neck veins still pulsing from the actor's heart beat. Also, Daniel's eyes are incredible, and he kisses Vesper with his eyes open. Arnold should come back.
Those books upstairs are usually for sale, as you can see it was less a Bond book and more a general icons of cinema series of books they had. Connery was the first person featured in the one with his cover.
I don't buy of Amazon, I bought it off Ebay, I don't remember for how much though, I bought it a few years back.
I love Sucker Punch, but I'll watch anything with Jena Malone (I managed to sit through Bastard Out Of Carolina, and that film was brutal - not a film I want to revisit anytime soon). Sucker Punch is one of my favourites of her films, but I wasn't aware that there was an extended cut.
Big fan of the film, I often listen to the soundtrack whilst training. There is some genuinely great action scenes in this film from Zach, I remember watching it and thinking Man of steel is going to be awesome.
The fight scene does last a long time, on this watch I did not mind it, in 4K the film looks so good I found that scene amusing.
I certainly do, swordfights on old boats in a gorgeously shot Caribbean landscape with nonsens humour spread throughout. Love it.
Having said that, when they want to go serious and start using pirates as a metaphor for freedom, I do roll my eyes as well.
My ranking:
1. The Curse of the Back Pearl
2. Dead Man's Chest
3. At World's End
4. Dead Man Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)
5. On Stranger Tides
The first two are excellent I'd say, the third is fine if that's what you like, and I do, the fourth misses a bit too much of the sea and the fifth, although better than the fourth, could have done with more swashbuckling.
Then, the sequels happened. I’ll be clear, though: I very much like Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. They’re messy and flawed, but I find tons to enjoy in them and see those first three as a collectively good trilogy. But On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales? No thank you—everything had worn its welcome to me at that point. Depp especially in the last one really just felt off-putting. I would probably rank the movies as 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5, with 1 being the only truly exceptional one, 2 and 3 being decent sequels, and 4 and 5 being very subpar.