Match Cut Director Consensus - Robert Aldrich

[Ezee E]

From film noir to war films to Burt Reynolds, rank the films of Robert Aldrich.

http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/images/185/robert-aldrich.jpg

[dreamdead]

For a minute there I thought that I hadn't seen any of the man's work.

Kiss Me Deadly - 7.5

Strange and esoteric, yet captivating in that Aldrich throws everything at the viewer, and the tonal shifts throughout all feel a part of this Cold War tale...

[Russ]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 7.5
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - 6
The Flight of the Phoenix - 8
The Dirty Dozen - 7.5
The Longest Yard - 7
...All the Marbles - 6.5

[Boner M]

Kiss Me Deadly - 8
Attack! - 7
The Dirty Dozen - 7
Ulzana's Raid - 8.5

[Yxklyx]

Kiss Me Deadly - 10
Attack! - 8
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 9
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte - 3
The Flight of the Phoenix - 8
The Dirty Dozen - 5

The last one could have been much better - needed some major editing, IMHO.

[Spinal]

The Longest Yard - 7

I have Baby Jane checked out, so I might get to that later.

[Qrazy]

Kiss Me Deadly - 5
The Dirty Dozen - 7.5
Emperor of the North Pole - 7

[Raiders]

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 9.0
The Big Knife (1955) 8.0
Autumn Leaves (1956) 8.5
Attack (1956) 9.5
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 8.0
Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964) 4.5
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) 7.0
The Dirty Dozen (1967) 5.5
The Killing of Sister George (1968) 8.0
The Longest Yard (1974) 6.0

Really want to see Ulzana's Raid.

[The Mike]

Kiss Me Deadly - 7
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane - 10
The Flight of the Phoenix - 8.5
The Dirty Dozen - 9.5
Emperor of the North Pole - 9
The Longest Yard - 9.5

Always wanted to see more by him. And I have a feeling my score of Emperor of the North Pole would be higher if I saw it again.

[soitgoes...]

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) - 9.0
The Big Knife (1955) - 6.5
Attack (1956) - 8.5
The Dirty Dozen (1967) - 5.0
Ulzana's Raid (1972) - 8.0
The Longest Yard (1974) - 4.0

[Grouchy]

Awesome! One of my favorites.

Vera Cruz - 10
Kiss Me Deadly - 8
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - 9
The Dirty Dozen - 10
Ulzana's Raid - 8

I haven't seen a bad movie by his, and Dirty Dozen is the best war film I've ever seen. Incidentally, when someone rates Vera Cruz, I'll be curious about their figures - I haven't found anyone so far who loves that one as much as I do.

[Mysterious Dude]

Kiss Me Deadly - 7
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 6
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte - 8
The Dirty Dozen - 6

I haven't seen any of these movies in a long time. It's probably not fair for me to rate them... but I'm not going to let a little thing like that stop me.

[MadMan]

The Dirty Dozen(1967)-9.0

[Melville]

Kiss Me Deadly - 9
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane - 5
The Dirty Dozen - 6

[jesse]

I haven't seen any of these movies in a long time. It's probably not fair for me to rate them... but I'm not going to let a little thing like that stop me. Ditto.

Kiss Me Deadly - 9.0
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - 7.0

And why exactly have I have not seen Sister George by now?

[Raiders]

And why exactly have I have not seen Sister George by now?

Dunno. Pretty terrific.

I also wonder why nobody else here has seen Autumn Leaves. Melodrama at its absolute best.

[soitgoes...]

I would have thought that Aldrich would be more popular than this.

[Ezee E]

The Dirty Dozen - 7

Mostly because of its masterful final forty minutes. The first two hours were pretty tough.

[SirNewt]

Flight of the Phoenix - 8
The Dirty Dozen - 7

^^^ movie with the most Match-Cut solidarity ever?

[Kurosawa Fan]

The Dirty Dozen - 7.5

[Ezee E]

RESULTS:
1. Attack! - 8.25 (4)
2. Kiss Me Deadly - 8.05 (11)
3. The Flight of the Phoenix - 7.9 (5)
4. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - 7.69 (8)
5. The Dirty Dozen - 7.07 (14)
6. The Longest Yard - 6.7 (5)
7. Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - 5.38 (4)

-Vera Cruz - 10 (1)
-The Big Knife - 7.25(2)
-Autumn Leaves - 8.5 (1)
-Killing of Sister George - 8 (1)
-Emperor of the North Pole - 9 (1)
- ...All the Marbels - 6.5 (1)
-Ulzana's Raid - 8.16 (3)

BIGGEST FAN: Raiders with Russ close behind
The Three That Haven't Watched The Dirty Dozen: Spinal, dreamdead, and Jesse

= 7.38

[balmakboor]

I keep looking at this thread and wondering why I haven't seen The Dirty Dozen or The Longest Yard yet. Pretty classic stuff. At least I've seen Kiss Me Deadly.

[Qrazy]

Updated with Emperor of the North Pole. Something tells me a lot of you fans would really like it. Keith Carradine is a real twat in that movie.

[The Mike]

Keith Carradine is a real twat in that movie.

Quoted for truth.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Kiss Me Deadly - 8
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - 7