QuoteReplyTopic: Reviews/Comments on OLDER MOVIES Posted: June 28 2012 at 9:21pm
Today I watched The Big Heat (really awesome, A+) and two Luis Bunuel films, his Salvador Dali collaboration Un Chien Andalou and Bellee De Jour (both get A-). Un Chien Andalou is only 16 minutes long and is on YouTube.
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Over the past few days I've seen Blowup (A), The Big Red One (B+), and The Dirty Dozen (A+, The Expendables should have been like this.)
I've gotten Pandroa's Box, Decalogue, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, Enter The Dragon, and, because my niece is going to be in town, a collection of vintage Mickey Mouse shorts (including Steamboat Willie) from the Le Moyne library.
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Cabiria: Really good! It moves at a brisk pace for the first hour, but kinda slows down towards the end. Has good action scenes that still hold up. Grade: A+
Enter The Dragon: Insanely awesome. Great action scenes with an explosive finale, but the script is kinda light. Grade: A-
Pandora's Box: Started really good, but slowed down immensly towards the end. Grade: B+
Movies I picked up today: Bob Le Flambeur (Criterion release), A Cry In The Dark ("A dingo ate my baby"), A Face In The Crowd, A Fish Called Wanda, The Formula (one of the first Worst Picture nominees), and a collection of Frankenstein films including the Boris Karloff original, Bride, Son, Ghost, and House.
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Bob Le Flambeur: Really good. The score is amazing, the acting is good, and the camera work is deft. Grade: A+
A Fish Called Wanda: Kinda overrated. It's a good movie, but not as good as most people say it is. Grade: B+
The Formula: Boring! A good performance from George C. Scott can't save this movie. Grade: C-
Frankenstein: Really good and creepy in many places. Grade: A-
Bride Of Frankenstein: A masterpiece. The first movie to enter my top 100 in a few monthes. Grade: A+
Son Of Frankenstein: Not as good as the last two, but still good. Bela Lugosi stole the show as Ygor, but Boris Karloff didn't get enough screentime. Grade: B
Gertie The Dinosaur: One of the most revolutionary animated films ever. It can be found on YouTube. Grade: A+
Movies I picked up: The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse and The Leopard.
I was wondering about something: should I let short films on my best ever list? When I say short films, I don't mean super old movies that are short by today's standards, but regular length back then like A Trip To The Moon or Gertie. Like, should I add Duck Amuck to my best ever list?
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I would add either Gertie, Duck Amuck, Steamboat Willie (or even What's Opera Doc?) to my list of best cartoon shorts.
Originally posted by SchumacherH8ter
I was wondering about something: should I let short films on my best ever list? When I say short films, I don't mean super old movies that are short by today's standards, but regular length back then like A Trip To The Moon or Gertie. Like, should I add Duck Amuck to my best ever list?
A Face In The Crowd: A f*cking masterpiece! Andy Griffith is great and the fact that this got zero Oscar nods is a f*cking shame! Grade: A+
The Ghost Of Frankenstein: Kinda dissapointing. It's not bad and Bela Lugosi still steals the show, but Boris Karloff's exit from the franchise is an albatross around the movie's neck. Grade: B-
House Of Frankenstein: An utter letdown. Dracula barely gets any screentime and the final fight with The Wolfman and Frankenstein's monster is anti-climatic. The acting is decent though. Grade: C+
New movies: Drugstore Cowboy, Fury, Gojira, and Grave Of Fireflies.
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A Cry In The Dark: OK. Not as good as some of Streep's other performances, but it's not bad. Grade: B-
Drugstore Cowboy: Really good. Future Razzie winner Gus Van Sant does good at directing and look for future Boogie Nights/Hangover star Heather Graham as a junkie with a sad fate. Grade: B+
Evil Dead: A horror classic. Good as it is, I still prefer the sequel. Grade: B+
The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse: Really good. The special effects are really good for their time and the story is great. Grade: A+
New movies: Grand Illusion (Criterion release), Gun Crazy, Harold And Maude, and The Freshman.
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I've been neglecting my Razzie duties so here's some of the classic movies I've been watching lately. Including one of the best movies ever.
Harold And Maude: A good offbeat comedy with a great Cats Stevens score. Grade: A+
Grave Of The Fireflies: I'm not a fan of anime, but this is still as great movie. Grade: A+
Heart Of Glass: Has great directing, music, and cinematography. Grade: A+
Gojira: Great action scenes and special effects, but the story is kinda thin. Grade: A-
The Freshman: A funny Harold And Lloyd comedy that's not quite as good as Safety Last! Grade: A
Grand Illusion: One of the first prison escape movies and a great one. Grade: A+
The Decalogue: One of the crowning achievement sin world cinema. The best movies were I, V, and X. Grade: A+
Hondo: A good John Wayne movie that turns into a great one thanks to a kick ass battle scene towards the end. Grade: B+
Paths Of Glory: A great war movie that set the standards for most war movies and one of Stanley Kubrick's best movies, which is saying a lot. The Omaha Beach scene from Saving Private Ryan was an homage to a scene from this movie. Grade: A+
Hoosiers: A nice easy-going movie that entertaining to watch. Grade: B+
High Anxiety: Not as good as some of Mel Brooks' other movies but still funny. Best scenes: a mental patient who thinks he's a dog humps Harvey Korman's leg, Brooks getting attacked by Jaws parody in a phonebooth, and the Psycho parody with a young Barry Levinson. Grade: B
City Lights: I could go into details about how great this movie, but instead I'll say this: much like how Rotten Asshole is for really, really bad movies, I have a grade called Perfection for really, really good ones. Grade: Perfection
If any of my Twitter followers are reading this and wondering why I City Lights an A+ on Twitter instead of Perfection, I won't use Perfection or Rotten Asshole on Twitter because regular Twitter users who don't know about my special grades will be confused. It's like a comic book that uses something in the comic as an important plot point without explaining it.
Joel Schumacher is history's greatest monster!-Robot Chicken https://twitter.com/SchumacherH8r Next-up: The Oogieloves
High Anxiety: Not as good as some of Mel Brooks' other movies but still funny. Best scenes: a mental patient who thinks he's a dog humps Harvey Korman's leg, Brooks getting attacked by Jaws parody in a phonebooth, and the Psycho parody with a young Barry Levinson. Grade: B
City Lights: I could go into details about how great this movie, but instead I'll say this: much like how Rotten Asshole is for really, really bad movies, I have a grade called Perfection for really, really good ones. Grade: Perfection
[Raising hand] I know those ones! I know those ones! I have to re-watch CITY LIGHTS (I saw it years ago). As for HIGH ANXIETY, I gave it a 7/10.
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