It’s odd that we’ve made it to the seventies before having trouble getting ahold of the DVDs we’re supposed to watch, but Netflix seems to have some gaps in its collection of Oscar winners from the era.
I first watched The Godfather trilogy my freshman year in college, as I was avoiding anything resembling studying for […]
What struck me the most about this movie? That it was odd to see Roy Scheider and Gene Hackman looking so young — almost distractingly so.
I’m having trouble thinking of anything to write, it’s been a few weeks since we watched this movie. Nothing much about it has really stuck out in my […]
The only thing I knew about George Patton before watching this movie was that he was somehow related to tanks and the Battle of the Bulge. Having admitted that I know very little about the man, I felt like Patton strove to show both the positive (his tactical knowledge) and the negative (his abrasiveness) in […]
There are movies you appreciate for the way they are made or acted, yet would never want to see again. I’m going to add Midnight Cowboy to my list of such movies. The performances are fantastic. I usually loathe Jon Voight but he’s fantastic as Joe Buck. I find it a little hard to believe […]
We accidentally started this movie at the half-way point (I hate DVDs that are poorly labeled) and didn’t even notice till it ended rather suddenly. Starting over from the start didn’t improve things much. It’s possible that the book Oliver Twist is as poorly plotted as this movie, but I doubt it (I have more […]
They call me Mr. Tibbs
One interesting side effect of watching old movies is getting to see classic lines in context. Some work (”I coulda been a contendah“) and some don’t. Well, this one works pretty well. I’m really growing to like Sidney Poitier, and I thought Rod Steiger did a pretty good job […]
Wow, we’re really falling behind on the Great Oscar Project. A Man for All Seasons has been sitting next to the DVD player for weeks.
The Sound of Music @ IMDb
I love this movie. I watched it about a thousand times when I was a kid, and I’m happy to say that watching it as an adult was equally enjoyable (unlike say, Ladybugs or the Mighty Ducks or other childhood favorites that appall you and make you wonder when in the world you got […]
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So overall I liked this movie, but the ending just irks me. spoiler ahead. So it ends with Higgins asking/demanding Eliza go fetch his slippers, and we are sort of left thinking that she does. What kind of ending is that? She was so strong just a scene before; ready to […]
1st off, I must comment on the extremely shitty transfer of this movie onto DVD. I’ve seen ripped movies from some guy holding a video camera in the back of a movie theater with people’s heads in the way that had better film quality, color, and resolution than this movie did. Though afer […]
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Alec Guinness!