The Hustler Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Cool Hand Luke The Road to Perdition
Empire of the Sun Shaft(remake) American Psycho The Machinist
Scarface The Panic in Needle Park Frankie and Johnny Donnie Brasco The Devil's Advocate
The Shining The Border Batman Missouri Breaks Goin' South The Pledge The Departed The Crossing Guard Hoffa A Few Good Men The Postman Always Rings Twice Chinatown
Walker Glenngary Glenn Ross A History of Violence State of Grace Alamo Bay
All the 'Alien Movies' Predator 1 & 2
Terminator 1 & 2 Conan the Destroyer Conan the Barbarian
The Bourne Identity
Contact The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Five Corners Taxi Driver
Raging Bull To Live and Die in LA The Color of Money Do the Right Thing Men of Respect Miller's Crossing Jungle Fever Mac Quiz Show Summer of Sam
Mountains of the Moon Crooklyn
Mighty Aphrodite The Replacement Killers
The Ousiders Rumblefish The Flamingo Kid Kansas Drugstore Cowboy
Magic The Silence of the Lambs The Remains of the Day Titus The Bounty
> > After reading your list, I've determined you have a very generous > > definition of the word great.
> > Midnight Express, indeed.
> I like Midnight Express a lot. But more to the point, it's Citizen Kane > compared to Predator. Predator. Great film. Yeah. And I'm Marie of > Roumania.
> Jim Beaver
Not quite, though I liked that film, too. And not just because I've lived there. It's Citizen Kane to Midnight Express, not remotely Predator. Both former are respectively valid, founded constructs. Respective to you probably haven't lived there, or are confusing Predator to the most popular movie to date in South/Latin America. Midnight Express, as I recall, caused something of an international furor over the Turkish prison system;- Amenesty Internationale also may have gotten into it. In any event, Turkish reforms were forthcoming. Citizen Kane, I couldn't say so much: roughly, it's about Hearst, sensationalism, and bipartisan lacking. I've recently read that half Americans don't trust to believe spew coming from newspapers, with only the WSJ (by 1%) showing growth, in the last quart, over an ongoing industry-wide newspaper deterioration. Spew is strong, though, not the right word -- I'd more comfortable not with being one of that half, were the alternative one solely of watching corporate televised news -- without time given to drilling depths for a comfortable level of reading news from the internet for options and facets available.
> The Hustler > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > Cool Hand Luke > The Road to Perdition
> Empire of the Sun > Shaft(remake) > American Psycho > The Machinist
> Scarface > The Panic in Needle Park > Frankie and Johnny > Donnie Brasco > The Devil's Advocate
> The Shining > The Border > Batman > Missouri Breaks > Goin' South > The Pledge > The Departed > The Crossing Guard > Hoffa > A Few Good Men > The Postman Always Rings Twice > Chinatown
> Walker > Glenngary Glenn Ross > A History of Violence > State of Grace > Alamo Bay
> All the 'Alien Movies' > Predator 1 & 2
> Terminator 1 & 2 > Conan the Destroyer > Conan the Barbarian
> The Bourne Identity
> Contact > The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> Five Corners > Taxi Driver
> Raging Bull > To Live and Die in LA > The Color of Money > Do the Right Thing > Men of Respect > Miller's Crossing > Jungle Fever > Mac > Quiz Show > Summer of Sam
> Mountains of the Moon > Crooklyn
> Mighty Aphrodite > The Replacement Killers
> The Ousiders > Rumblefish > The Flamingo Kid > Kansas > Drugstore Cowboy
> Magic > The Silence of the Lambs > The Remains of the Day > Titus > The Bounty
> Midnight Express > The Hit > Nineteen Eighty Four
> Platoon > Apocalypse Now > Full Metal Jacket
> ...and many, many more
TAXI DRIVER is the only great film on your list. The others range from horrible to mediocre to adequate to, okay, pretty good.
Which begs the question...have you ever seen ANYTHING made before you were born?
> > After reading your list, I've determined you have a very generous > > definition of the word great.
> > Midnight Express, indeed.
> I like Midnight Express a lot. But more to the point, it's Citizen Kane > compared to Predator. Predator. Great film. Yeah. And I'm Marie of > Roumania.
You don't like seeing Carl Weathers and The Guvinator in homoerotic sweat-swap? Regardless, PREDATOR's f/x team logged a small milestone with their creative visuals. It's CITIZEN KANE compared to, say, the $150m TRANSFORMERS...
> > > After reading your list, I've determined you have a very generous > > > definition of the word great.
> > > Midnight Express, indeed.
> > I like Midnight Express a lot. But more to the point, it's Citizen Kane > > compared to Predator. Predator. Great film. Yeah. And I'm Marie of > > Roumania.
> You don't like seeing Carl Weathers and The Guvinator in homoerotic > sweat-swap? Regardless, PREDATOR's f/x team logged a small milestone > with their creative visuals. It's CITIZEN KANE compared to, say, the > $150m TRANSFORMERS...
> > After reading your list, I've determined you have a very generous > > definition of the word great.
> > Midnight Express, indeed.
> I like Midnight Express a lot. But more to the point, it's Citizen Kane > compared to Predator. Predator. Great film. Yeah. And I'm Marie of > Roumania.
You don't like seeing Carl Weathers and The Guvinator in homoerotic sweat-swap? Regardless, PREDATOR's f/x team logged a small milestone with their creative visuals. It's CITIZEN KANE compared to, say, the $150m TRANSFORMERS...
Yes, I think that the Predator's production team might well be surprised to have found the title on a "Great" list, but I have to agree on the f/x as you call it. I still get a kick from seeing the first image of the alien as a slight ripple in the leaves. Man-sweat bothering? That closes off most action movies. Stone me.
> > > After reading your list, I've determined you have a very generous > > > definition of the word great.
> > > Midnight Express, indeed.
> > I like Midnight Express a lot. But more to the point, it's Citizen Kane > > compared to Predator. Predator. Great film. Yeah. And I'm Marie of > > Roumania.
> You don't like seeing Carl Weathers and The Guvinator in homoerotic > sweat-swap? Regardless, PREDATOR's f/x team logged a small milestone > with their creative visuals. It's CITIZEN KANE compared to, say, the > $150m TRANSFORMERS...
> Yes, I think that the Predator's production team might well be surprised to > have found the title on a "Great" list, but I have to agree on the f/x as > you > call it. > I still get a kick from seeing the first image of the alien as a slight > ripple in > the leaves. > Man-sweat bothering? That closes off most action movies.
(No, no... no semi-subtle subtext here. PREDATOR's cringe-worthy opening "greeting" scene probably curled even Barney's Frank...)
That 'ripple in the leaves' is imo the biggest obstacle to a creditable PREDATOR "re-imagining". E.g., just look how Gort fared in the recent DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake...
> On Nov 5, 6:15 am, "Bent Attorney Esq." <parkstreetboo...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > The Hustler > > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > > Cool Hand Luke > > The Road to Perdition
> > Empire of the Sun > > Shaft(remake) > > American Psycho > > The Machinist
> > Scarface > > The Panic in Needle Park > > Frankie and Johnny > > Donnie Brasco > > The Devil's Advocate
> > The Shining > > The Border > > Batman > > Missouri Breaks > > Goin' South > > The Pledge > > The Departed > > The Crossing Guard > > Hoffa > > A Few Good Men > > The Postman Always Rings Twice > > Chinatown
> > Walker > > Glenngary Glenn Ross > > A History of Violence > > State of Grace > > Alamo Bay
> > All the 'Alien Movies' > > Predator 1 & 2
> > Terminator 1 & 2 > > Conan the Destroyer > > Conan the Barbarian
> > The Bourne Identity
> > Contact > > The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> > Five Corners > > Taxi Driver
> > Raging Bull > > To Live and Die in LA > > The Color of Money > > Do the Right Thing > > Men of Respect > > Miller's Crossing > > Jungle Fever > > Mac > > Quiz Show > > Summer of Sam
> > Mountains of the Moon > > Crooklyn
> > Mighty Aphrodite > > The Replacement Killers
> > The Ousiders > > Rumblefish > > The Flamingo Kid > > Kansas > > Drugstore Cowboy
> > Magic > > The Silence of the Lambs > > The Remains of the Day > > Titus > > The Bounty
> > Midnight Express > > The Hit > > Nineteen Eighty Four
> > Platoon > > Apocalypse Now > > Full Metal Jacket
> > ...and many, many more
> TAXI DRIVER is the only great film on your list. > The others range from horrible to mediocre to adequate to, okay, > pretty good.
They are all great films and deserve a 10. All of these films have/ had great entertainment value.
> The Hustler > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > Cool Hand Luke > The Road to Perdition
> Empire of the Sun > Shaft(remake) > American Psycho > The Machinist
> Scarface > The Panic in Needle Park > Frankie and Johnny > Donnie Brasco > The Devil's Advocate
> The Shining > The Border > Batman > Missouri Breaks > Goin' South > The Pledge > The Departed > The Crossing Guard > Hoffa > A Few Good Men > The Postman Always Rings Twice > Chinatown
> Walker > Glenngary Glenn Ross > A History of Violence > State of Grace > Alamo Bay
> All the 'Alien Movies' > Predator 1 & 2
> Terminator 1 & 2 > Conan the Destroyer > Conan the Barbarian
> The Bourne Identity
> Contact > The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> Five Corners > Taxi Driver
> Raging Bull > To Live and Die in LA > The Color of Money > Do the Right Thing > Men of Respect > Miller's Crossing > Jungle Fever > Mac > Quiz Show > Summer of Sam
> Mountains of the Moon > Crooklyn
> Mighty Aphrodite > The Replacement Killers
> The Ousiders > Rumblefish > The Flamingo Kid > Kansas > Drugstore Cowboy
> Magic > The Silence of the Lambs > The Remains of the Day > Titus > The Bounty
> Midnight Express > The Hit > Nineteen Eighty Four
> Platoon > Apocalypse Now > Full Metal Jacket
> ...and many, many more
Butch Cassidy, Strother Martin, The Hustler, Jackie Gleason, Full Metal, get an idea, Cool Hand, a classic.
> The Hustler > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > Cool Hand Luke > The Road to Perdition
> Empire of the Sun > Shaft(remake) > American Psycho > The Machinist
> Scarface > The Panic in Needle Park > Frankie and Johnny > Donnie Brasco > The Devil's Advocate
> The Shining > The Border > Batman > Missouri Breaks > Goin' South > The Pledge > The Departed > The Crossing Guard > Hoffa > A Few Good Men > The Postman Always Rings Twice > Chinatown
> Walker > Glenngary Glenn Ross > A History of Violence > State of Grace > Alamo Bay
> All the 'Alien Movies' > Predator 1 & 2
> Terminator 1 & 2 > Conan the Destroyer > Conan the Barbarian
> The Bourne Identity
> Contact > The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> Five Corners > Taxi Driver
> Raging Bull > To Live and Die in LA > The Color of Money > Do the Right Thing > Men of Respect > Miller's Crossing > Jungle Fever > Mac > Quiz Show > Summer of Sam
> Mountains of the Moon > Crooklyn
> Mighty Aphrodite > The Replacement Killers
> The Ousiders > Rumblefish > The Flamingo Kid > Kansas > Drugstore Cowboy
> Magic > The Silence of the Lambs > The Remains of the Day > Titus > The Bounty
> Midnight Express > The Hit > Nineteen Eighty Four
> Platoon > Apocalypse Now > Full Metal Jacket
Glory
> ...and many, many more
TAXI DRIVER is the only great film on your list. The others range from horrible to mediocre to adequate to, okay, pretty good.
Which begs the question...have you ever seen ANYTHING made before you were born?
"Miller's Crossing" is the worst film ever made. It fails on every level: as a straight crime drama it's laughably bad, as a pastiche it's inane, as a comedy it's not funny. The script stinks and the acting is even worse! Give me "The Glass Key" any day over this dreck...
> > The Hustler > > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > > Cool Hand Luke > > The Road to Perdition
> > Empire of the Sun > > Shaft(remake) > > American Psycho > > The Machinist
> > Scarface > > The Panic in Needle Park > > Frankie and Johnny > > Donnie Brasco > > The Devil's Advocate
> > The Shining > > The Border > > Batman > > Missouri Breaks > > Goin' South > > The Pledge > > The Departed > > The Crossing Guard > > Hoffa > > A Few Good Men > > The Postman Always Rings Twice > > Chinatown
> > Walker > > Glenngary Glenn Ross > > A History of Violence > > State of Grace > > Alamo Bay
> > All the 'Alien Movies' > > Predator 1 & 2
> > Terminator 1 & 2 > > Conan the Destroyer > > Conan the Barbarian
> > The Bourne Identity
> > Contact > > The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> > Five Corners > > Taxi Driver
> > Raging Bull > > To Live and Die in LA > > The Color of Money > > Do the Right Thing > > Men of Respect > > Miller's Crossing > > Jungle Fever > > Mac > > Quiz Show > > Summer of Sam
> > Mountains of the Moon > > Crooklyn
> > Mighty Aphrodite > > The Replacement Killers
> > The Ousiders > > Rumblefish > > The Flamingo Kid > > Kansas > > Drugstore Cowboy
> > Magic > > The Silence of the Lambs > > The Remains of the Day > > Titus > > The Bounty
> > Midnight Express > > The Hit > > Nineteen Eighty Four
> > Platoon > > Apocalypse Now > > Full Metal Jacket
> Glory
> > ...and many, many more
> TAXI DRIVER is the only great film on your list. > The others range from horrible to mediocre to adequate to, okay, > pretty good.
> Which begs the question...have you ever seen ANYTHING made before you > were born?
I started to watch 'Gone With The Wind' but couldn't handle it. Very boring.
> "Miller's Crossing" is the worst film ever made. > It fails on every level: as a straight crime drama it's laughably bad, as a > pastiche it's inane, as a comedy it's not funny. > The script stinks and the acting is even worse! > Give me "The Glass Key" any day over this dreck...
I loved Miller's Crossing. Didn't you find it entertaining? Who cares what genre it fits into? I don't think you can say it wasn't entertaining. Everyone thinks it entertaining.
The Greatest Film Ever Made ( working title ) is now in preproduction. The opus will feature O J Simpson as Othello , music by Phil Spector and direction by R. Polanski. O J has reportedly cut back on his color commentary of rec time checker matches to " find the man " . Mr. Spector has put aside his new found interest in Blues and has promised production of a Wall of Sound appropriate to any direction Mr. Polanski may have in mind. Phil added that if his Mrs. starts any shit he may try out for the role himself. Mr. Polanski has indicated his vision of the vengeful Moor will be suitable for children under the age of 13. Further details will be forthcoming from Ron Kuby if and when he can get them all out of the can .
On Nov 7, 7:58 pm, "Bent Attorney Esq." <parkstreetboo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I loved Miller's Crossing. Didn't you find it entertaining? Who > cares what genre it fits into? > I don't think you can say it wasn't entertaining. Everyone thinks it > entertaining.
Ponderous, pretentious, derivative, self-important drivel. It's one movie that should have inspired a comic book. So put me down in the "I'm saying it wasn't entertaining" column. It was junk.
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