Sabotage....An early 1930's British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I give it a -1 out of plus 1-10. The plot was confusing choppy and sound quality abysmal. It was so bad you could use the DVD for a cheese platter.
Hitchcock said that that film made a major mistake that he never repeated. It was... Spoiler ...killing the little boy carrying the package. You're used to building up tension with somebody carrying a bomb - cut to clock, cut to bus getting caught in traffic, cut to clock again, etc. - but every other time the person escapes. Not this time. And when the kid dies any interest you had in the movie kind of drains away because there's not really anyone left worth saving. Not to be confused with early American Hitchock movie Saboteur (which has a scene of hanging off the Statue of Liberty which prefigures the Mount Rushmore scene in North By Northwest, but is otherwise not great). Best early Hitchcocks (IMHO): 39 Steps (maybe my fave of all Hitchcocks, although nothing like the book) Young and Innocent The Lady Vanishes (All British) The first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much is good too, but tends to be really poor quality. Has Peter Lorre in it. Lesser-known but great early American ones: Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock called it his fave of his own films) Foreign Correspondent Stinkers: I Confess The Wrong Man Not much of a fan of The Trouble With Harry either.
I gotta be a dissenter on this one. I think it's a bunch of stories, each of which is pretty threadbare in itself, strung together in a flashy way (messing with time in a way that had been done already) so that you overlook that it doesn't really add up to much. And some of the stories are just bad. That whole Bruce Willis stuff? Meh. I personally prefer both Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown (which is the only Tarantino movie with actually fleshed-out characters, rather than walking speeches, because it was written by Elmore Leonard). Realize I'm in the minority here... But I did love Reservoir Dogs when it came out, even if it did ruin Stuck In The Middle With You forever after.
I picture Peter Griffin saying he didn't like Godfather. Pulp Fiction will never be beaten by Tarantino.
Just watched Fences. It was fabulous. Just the latest Oscar loser that is vastly superior to Moonlight in every way.
When you think of the civil war anyone could be a doctor, even serial killers. The rank and file kill them all format was destroyed after these horrible battles. Generals were placed in rank because of their family or if lucky, prior war experience. General Ambrose Burnside/re incarnated as Donald Trump.
Did you know there are two sequels? All three based on the excellent Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle. The Commitments The Snapper The Van
Just saw The Master. By far one of the best films about the unconscious mind and the lives we choose to lead. Amazing performances by both Joaquin Phoenix and the late Seymour Hoffman too. Paul Thomas Anderson is by far the best American film maker going. He likes Quentin Tarantino's younger brother if he was more literate and had a classic education. I don't think I've ever seen him make a bad feature film.
My favorite PT Anderson movie is Boogie Nights, followed closely by Magnolia. Tried to like There Will Be Blood but didn't.
Oh God I love "There Will Be Blood"! I have the blu-ray and it gets lots of love. I. DRINK. YOUR...MILKSHAKE!!
I saw T2 Trainspotting twice this weekend. My one sentence review: Nostalgia is a drug best served bold.
Well worth seeing if you're a fan of the cult classic original. Deep and introspective sequel, but still very entertaining. Choose Life!
