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i am not especially find of those early kubrick films. "paths of glory" and "the killing" feel really obvious somehow. they just don't work for me. i recognize the fact that they are better than much of the standard hollywood fare from the period though. for me, kubrick didn't really hit his stride until "dr strangelove..." and followed it up with three more genre defining films. yes, i really like "barry lyndon".Bob Magaw said:
she's just really specific in terms of her look. she looks "english". i have been a fan of her work since "orlando". that's such a fantastic film.
when it comes to caper films from the period, i think of a different sterling hayden film. mine is vastly superior.
Yours?
oh yeah. you didn't know that? where have you been?
You've aged exceedingly gracefully.
from your lips to god's ear, blondie...
Exactly. This movie clearly took a lot of queues from Lock, Stock. So why the director and the writer chose to veer it into high drama is beyond me.Mr. Mojo said:Didn't it seem like they could have made it hilarious like Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels?The ending with the crying was just lame.jdoggydogg said:I said the same thing. The comedic stuff worked. The drama? Ehhhhhhhhhh...not so much.Mr. Mojo said:Just saw Smokin' Aces. Meh. They should have made it funnier as itwas the perfect set up for humor.But the highlight was Alicia Keys who I know think is smoking hot.
She seems smart. That, plus the red hair equals hot.
i don't like his earlier work as much his more mature work, either (willie mays no doubt got better, but he was still a great player when he was young)... but i still like just about any kubrick movie over 99% of the dreck that is out there...didn't look at the noir link... HAS to be asphalt jungle... definitely a great noir (& movie, period)... sterling hayden was an underrated actor... he had almost a facial resemblence & similar stoic countenance to another noir actor, robert ryan... hayden was in another sort of neo-noir... altman's post-noir take on raymond chandler's the long goodnight (or goodbye?), with elliot gould...
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One time, my parents came to visit, and my dad was looking through my mountain of movies. "Look dear, he has Barry Lyndon." Then, I got to hear all about how they went to see it in the theater when it was out, and how they left early, and it was the worst movie they had ever seen. I think I was adopted.
I really liked it too - would probably be in my top 5 movies of last year. My feeling from the boards was the FFA was pretty lukewarm on the film. I think a lot of people really couldn't relate to the main character and thought he came off as a whiny rich kid that pissed away everything. I saw him more as somebody that just wanted to find himself and see what else there is in the world - albeit in an extreme way, and wish I had the balls to do something like that when I was his age (not that my parents where rich, etc.. just to take off on a self-discovery tour). I still found the lack of communication with his parents sad, as he could've as least sent a postcard/letter or 2 to tell them he was alive at least. Overally still loved the movie though, and liked it better than other movies that were showing up in critic's top 5 movies like M.Clayton, TWBB, and Juno.
I loved the cinematography. It was a beautifully shot movie. But, I had read the book first, and I had no sympathy for the main character. He was either mentally ill or just stupid. I think in the book it mentioned that there were fully stocked Ranger cabins within 2 or 3 miles, and if he'd taken the effort to find those he would have been fine. That said, I'm kind of biased against Krakauer, the writer, because I read Into Thin Air first. That's a novel about an Everest climb that went really bad. Krakauer was a participant. He blamed the tour guides. However, he freely admits that he went back to his tent to sleep and basically never did anything to help anyone, even when there were people dying about 50 yards from him. He printed some of the angry letters from the relatives of the tour guides he trashed, and I found them to be more compelling than his narrative.
i became a fan of his after watching "the set-up" as a kid. doing "the wild bunch" only helped cement my affection for him. speaking of peckinpah, i watched "straw dogs" the other night. dustin hoffman and his pretty wife move to her hometown in rural scotland. he's an academic in retreat from the culture of violence in the united states, especially during the war protest and civil rights flare ups of the time. his wife becomes the object of desire to some of the local men. when he and his wife are threatened, he discovers something within himself.i don't like his earlier work as much his more mature work, either (willie mays no doubt got better, but he was still a great player when he was young)... but i still like just about any kubrick movie over 99% of the dreck that is out there...didn't look at the noir link... HAS to be asphalt jungle... definitely a great noir (& movie, period)... sterling hayden was an underrated actor... he had almost a facial resemblence & similar stoic countenance to another noir actor, robert ryan... hayden was in another sort of neo-noir... altman's post-noir take on raymond chandler's the long goodnight (or goodbye?), with elliot gould...
not a caper movie, but imo the quintessential noir is out of the past (robert mitchum & kirk douglas... leading back to paths of glory)...
I didn't see him as whiny at all. "Pissed away everything" pretty much misses the point. What did he piss away? Money? Success? These material goals are ultimately empty and mean nothing. Materialism is destructive to the psyche, and will never lead to happiness. We are born into this world to lose everything we have. And the only way to happiness is to seek out goodness in people, art, and nature.That kid and Thorough had it right: we are wasting our lives in a technology-tainted world with no connection to natural world.
The world is too much with us late and soonGetting and spending we lay waste our powers
Lesson #1 : If you're going to run off and find yourself, do it someplace warm.
With lots of restaurants or grocery stores.
Great, great movie.
Just caught this on Showtime this past weekend (yeah, I'm way behind) I agree with the opening scene being one of the best evah. The rest seemed to be missing something for me though. I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it just didn't blow me away. It was just OK for me.7/10 for me
And maybe a sports bar if there's a good game on TV.Andy Dufresne said:
Wrigley said:
She is smokin' hot. Good flick.Wrigley said:Watched Before the Devil knows your dead:
Two words:
Marisa Tomei
My Castanza moved.
I WANT MY 2 DOLLARS !!!
I'm sorry I blew up your mom....
Fixed. Sorry. But I love that movie.Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.I'm sorry I blew up your mom Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky......
Charles Emerson Winchester III was underrated in this flick.I'm sorry I blew up your mom....
nah, woody's been coasting for the last 10-15 years. kind of like de niro in that regard, i think. his middle period films - say from "annie hall" through "bullets over broadway" - are filled with his best work.Cassandra's Dream --I'm sure I'll take #### for this but Woody Allen is COMPLETELY overrated.
movie just tried too hard with the snarky dialogueand there was no nudity or explosions
The dude could have just as easily grown a beard in San Diego
