Match Cut Directors Consensus - Sydney Pollack

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A new week brings us a new director. Please rate the films of Mr. Pollack. Rules can be found here. (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1598)

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[Watashi]

They Shoot Horses Don't They? - 9.5

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Three Days of the Condor (1975) - 6.5
Absence of Malice (1981) - 5.5
Tootsie (1982) - 8.0
Out of Africa (1985) - 7.0
The Firm (1993) - 5.0
The Interpreter (2005) - 5.5

[trotchky]

Absence of Malice - 5
The Interpreter - 4

[Boner M]

Nothing.

[Ezee E]

Three Days of the Condor - 6.5
Tootsie - 7.5
The Interpreter - 4

Will probably see Jeremiah Johnson and/or The Yakuza.

[Weeping_Guitar]

They Shoot Horses Don't They? - 8.5
Three Days of the Condor - 8
Tootsie - 7
The Interpreter - 7

[Melville]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 9.5
Tootsie - 6.5
The Firm - 4.5

[Pop Trash]

Tootsie -7.5
The Firm -6.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry -7

He's serviceable but not sure why he latched himself to a rather bland actor like Robert Redford for his entire career. Good actor though.

[Spinal]

Tootsie - 7.5
The Firm - 5

[Stay Puft]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 7
The Interpreter - 4.5

[Sycophant]

The Interpreter - 5.0

I owe it to him and probably myself to check out some of his more respected films. I saw Sabrina when I was like 13 and won't allow myself to grade it here. 3 months after I saw The Interpreter, it came out on DVD and I'd completely forgotten that I'd seen it until a friend jogged my memory.

[Yxklyx]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 9
Three Days of the Condor - 7
Tootsie - 7
Out of Africa - 5

[Thirdmango]

They Shoot Horses Don't They? -- 8
The Electric Horseman -- 9
Sabrina -- 5
Sketches of Frank Gehry -- 8

I owe my viewing of The Electric Horseman the best film review class I've ever had at Utah Valley University. I was blown away by the movie and I highly recommend everyone checking that one out.

[eternity]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They - 7
Jeremiah Johnson - 4
Three Days of the Condor - 8
Tootsie - 8
Out of Africa - 4
The Firm - 5
The Interpreter - 4

[Grouchy]

Tootsie - 7
Sabrina - 3
The Interpreter - 4

I don't think he's a bad director, but he does nothing for me so far. A few of his movies that I haven't seen sound really good, though, like The Yakuza and Three Days of the Condor.

[Raiders]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) 8.5
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) 6.5
The Yakuza (1974) 7.0
Three Days of the Condor (1975) 7.0
Tootsie (1983) 7.0
Out of Africa (1985) 4.5
The Firm (1993) 5.0
Random Hearts (1999) 3.0
The Interpreter (2005) 5.5

[Mysterious Dude]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 5.5
Jeremiah Johnson - 3.5
Three Days of the Condor - 7.5
Tootsie - 7.5

[MadMan]

Jeremiah Johnson(1972)-9.0
Three Days of the Condor(1975)-9.0
Absence of Malice(1981)-8.0

I really haven't seen much of his more critically acclaimed movies. So far, I like him as a director, however. "Johnson" has the potential to be a new favorite.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Jeremiah Johnson - 7.5
Three Days of the Condor - 8.0
Absence of Malice - 6.5
The Firm - 4.5
Random Hearts - 3.5

It's been far too long since I've seen Tootsie.

[Thirdmango]

I never would have thought there was a movie I had seen that the majority of Match Cut hadn't...

[Kurosawa Fan]

I never would have thought there was a movie I had seen that the majority of Match Cut hadn't...

Are you referring to The Electric Horseman? I'm sorry if I just burst your bubble, but I have seen that. Not sure how I missed it the first time. You aren't going to like my rating either.


The Electric Horseman - 4.0

[Thirdmango]

I'm just happy someone saw it.

[Sycophant]

That's actually one of my mother's and my extend family's favorite movies, but I've never seen it.

[StanleyK]

Three Days of the Condor - 7.5

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Results:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 8.056 (9)
Three Days of the Condor - 7.5 (10)
Tootsie - 7.318 (11)
Absence of Malice - 6.25 (4)
Jeremiah Johnson - 6.1 (5)
Out of Africa - 5.125 (4)
The Firm - 5.071 (7)
The Interpreter - 4.833 (9)
Average - 6.281

The Rest
Sketches of Frank Gehry - 7.5 (2)
The Yakuza - 7.0 (1)
The Electric Horseman - 6.5 (2)
Sabrina - 4.0 (2)
Random Hearts - 3.25 (2)

Raiders is the king of all things Pollack.

[Spinal]

The Firm is the epitome of a '5' film. So merely competent. So adequately engaging.

[Qrazy]

Not sure where I was for this...

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) 9
The Yakuza (1974) 7
Three Days of the Condor (1975) 6.5
Tootsie (1983) 6

[Amnesiac]

The Firm is the epitome of a '5' film. So merely competent. So adequately engaging.

As I mentioned in The Film Discussion Thread, I recently watched it a few days ago. I agree... 'adequately engaging' is an apt description. It kind of gets a little unnecessarily complicated near the end and the resolution between Cruise's character and his wife seemed a little strange and too easy.

I would have liked a little more conspiracy, a little more mystery, a little more ingenuity on Cruise's character's behalf. The cat and mouse games here were fun and interesting, but the plan Cruise's character worked out near the end seemed to lack intensity and interest, somehow.

The chase near the end was great, though.