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I know a lot of people probably find Allen's writing on the nose and his characters pretentious. I think when he is writing what he knows he is incredible. Interiors fits that bill. I believe I have seen 15 Allen films now and this sits up in the top few.

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I take it you can't see the image even though I can?

Changed the pic.

The Raid 2 -

For the time being, I'll give it the edge over the original, though it does have its fair share of plot holes, weak developments and - perhaps worst of all - repetitive (albeit skillfully done) action sequences. May drop this to a at some point but for now I'll be generous.

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Well that explanation seems to make more sense. Really well analyzed. I can see why the end scene is so iconic now. You can almost see them after they are done smiling saying "oh ****". It's just hard for me to relate to the 2nd act of just jumping into love like that. I am very calculated and not very spontaneous person. That's probably all my hang up is. But I can appreciate that point of view.

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that's a great post, mark. i also watched the graduate for the time a few days ago and i adored it. i related to it a lot.

I probably would rate this higher if I saw it as a kid. But still a great flick.

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The tone of your post would indicate that the inclusion of the smiley is supposed to be ironic.

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A Fistful of Dollars - 8/10 (very nearly an 8,5)

Now, I'm not generally a Western fan, but this was one incredible movie: intelligent, tense and moving. I've always felt Eastwood was a great actor, and it was surprisig to see him so young (I just assumed that he was born old and stayed that way forever). My only gripe about the film is how disconnected the two halves of the film seem to be: the first a con-man playing two rival gangs off one another to collect a fortune from both, the second a revenge-and-rescue where the protagonist goes on the run and resurfaces to save his tortured friend. I would have loved to see either half fleshed out into a solo narrative of its own, although it works as-is just fine.

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Pygmalion-- I thought I'd like it more, but it was still worth watching I guess. Just seems pre-Brando the acting is pretty staged. Even the American actors try to portray the proper English perfect behavior.

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A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)


Most reviews of the movie were unfavorable. The way I saw it was a series of hits and misses. The hits were signature Seth MacFarlane hilarious (the couple including a prostitute waiting for marriage to have sex, a flower planted in Liam Neeson's buttocks...etc). The misses were stretchy boring scenes of nonsense which results in a running time of almost 2 hours for a movie that should have been no more than 90 minutes.


If you have time to burn and you're in the mood for a few good laughs, it's worth a watch.

The Woman (2011)



So you got this cannibalistic wild woman, and she's captured by this seemingly normal guy, and he brings her home and ties her up out in the barn. The fact that the guy's family appears like any normal family is where this movie excels. The father and his young son turn out to be sadistic deviants, while the mother and daughter are completely appalled. I thought it was the family dynamics which made most of this movie brilliant. It has some terrific dark humor, while being fairly disturbing. The negative for me was the last 10 minutes when the time came for crap to really go down. The intensity was there, and I was ready for sweet violent retribution. Sure enough, it came, and I'm cool with what happened, but the execution just didn't sit well with me. Overall, it's a movie that I would definitely recommend for fans of sick horror.*

I don't know how many people here have seen the movie Deadgirl, but the similarities are striking. The differences are in that movie, the girl is more or less a zombie, and she's tied up as a pawn for teenage boys. But both girls looks similar, act similar, are physically and sexually tortured, and have their time for revenge. The Woman could've easily been called Deadgirl 2: Welcome to the Family, and nobody would've questioned it. I posted photos below from both movies; the top is from The Woman, and the bottom is from Deadgirl.

The ending of "the woman" caught me of guard, it's a pretty decent movie.

For a Few Dollars More - 9/10

Now, I really liked A Fistful of Dollars, but For a Few Dollars More is vastly superior to it in every single way. The non-Eastwood cast is far better, the direction is more focussed, the narrative tighter and the overal production far more polished. The chiming tune of the musical pocketwatch is easily one of the most haunting and memorable bits of music I've ever heard in a film, on par with even the score to Suspiria and the harmonica tune from The Killer.


Butch Cassidey and the Sundance Kid - 8/10

This is one that I haven't seen since I was a kid. I enjoyed it then, but I've grown to appreciate Westerns as more than just an "old person's genre." As a result, it's shot up immensely in my estimation. The performances are great and the dialog is equal parts intelligent and memorable. The film staggers a bit when it hits the travel montage to Bolivia, and again when it hits the Bolivian bank robbing montage, the second of which it doesn't really recover from. It's still a fantastic movie, and Butch's character in particular is a delight to watch.

Last Holiday (1950) - I went to "LIKE" this on Facebook (to keep track) and saw a remake that is probably garbage with over 100,000 likes, while the original film had 364 likes. Next time you ask "What's the world coming to" look back...

Excellent film... Great script, great story, just wished it was longer.