It's in a Warner "Cult Classics" Box set. Should be on Netflix too.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
It's in a Warner "Cult Classics" Box set. Should be on Netflix too.
The Mike
It's very very horrible, sir. It's one of those things we wish we could disinvent.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 8.5
Once Upon a Time in the West - 8.5
Split the difference. I quite liked it but didn't love it. The flashback structure was well done, especially in conjunction with the opium den scenes, creating the sense that Noodles is forever lost in his memories, that they are the "real" world to him, enveloped as he is in perpetual feelings of loss and regret.
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This feeling was aided by the wonderful tactility of the art direction in the childhood scenes (though Proust it ain't).
My main problems were the music and all the plot twists. The music seemed like it was trying way too hard to make every little moment seem momentous (especially the cupcake scene, which would have been great if it weren't for the music). All the plot twists just gave me a feeling of "so what"? Because Noodles was the only well developed character, the twists didn't seem to make much sense or provide any illumination of anything. I guess you could argue that the point is that Noodles is never really aware of others' subjectivity, and the twists accentuate that obliviousness, but I think that could have been accomplished in a more nuanced, less cheap-feeling way.
Edit: also, Elizabeth McGovern is no Jeniffer Connelly.
I was more tolerant of it here (though I definitely felt the bloat in the second half) because it seemed grounded by the subjectivity of the protagonist.
Second edit: I added my rating to my first post.
A Fistful of Dollars - 7
For a Few Dollars More - 8
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 10
Once Upon a Time in the West - 10
Once Upon a Time in America - 10
Karagarga
Um.....sure......
:Shifty eyes: Maybe....Isn't your lifetime average about 9.579?
And I thought that Colossus of Rhodes wasn't considered one of his films, mainly because he only co-directed or stepped in to direct. I guess we're counting it though, so eventually I'll try and view it regardless.
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Yeah... I haven't heard anything good about Colossus but I'll probably eventually get to it as well... damn completist gene.
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
He was the only director.
RESULTS:
1. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - 9.17 (36)
2. Once Upon a Time in the West - 8.99 (37)
3. For a Few Dollars More - 8.06 (25)
4. Once Upon a Time in America - 7.79 (26)
5. A Fistful of Dollars - 7.05 (29)
6. A Fistful of Dyanamie (Duck, You Sucker!) - 6.68 (11)
= 8.20
Five people gave him three 10's - E, Wats, Meg, Ledfloyd, and Grouchy
Killed the chance of two hall of fame films - Melville's 3 on West
Can we ban people on here?
Bah! Who else are you going to get to give out all these low scores in consensus threads? Nobody, that's who.
I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?
lists and reviews
Ha.
Outside of that, looking over the 30-some movies that are on our 9.0+ list, and we've done pretty damn good I think.
Too late, but what the hell...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) [5]
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) [6]
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
A Fistful of Dollars - 7
For a Few Dollars More - 8.5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 10
Once Upon a Time in the West - 10
Duck, You Sucker! - 5.5
Once Upon a Time in America - 8.5
I disliked FAFDM and OUATIA the last time I saw them, glad I could prove myself wrong now.
OUATIA would get a 10 from me. Duck You Sucker is really all I have left. I even saw My Name is Nobody and Leone didn't quite direct that one, either. Good flick.
Last edited by MadMan; 02-08-2019 at 09:08 AM.
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And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?
These scores all remain the same, except For A Few Dollars More is a 7 to me now.
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