If you can ignore some inaccuracies regarding the aircraft not being quite right and the dialogue being rather clumsy about it, I think it is a fabulous movie and a great depiction of the lot of the RFC in the Great War. Stellar acting performances and vedy veddy British too you know, class structure, public shool mentality, stiff upper lip and Uncle's emotions showing through it all while we celebrate the great minds of HQ for not allowing parachutes to be carried in case of lowering morale amomgst the pilots. A great character study based on or inspired by the R.C. Sherriff play "Journey's End".
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
My wife, on the other hand, can rewatch movies that she likes, so many times that she should be able to transcribe the screenplay from memory.
This is me. Well made films are like well made music albums to me. They stick to my psyche and I like to revisit them many times. Having said that, the majority of films are forgettable. You watch them once and then a couple weeks later you have a hard time remembering the plot. As with most other forms of entertainment, the majority of films are for escapism and that's it.
There are probably a couple dozen movies I have watched multiple times, over and over again. Most are true classics, best of the best pictures(Alien/Aliens/Robocop/Terminator 1 and 2, Total Recall, 2001, Full Metal Jacket, etc.), while a couple might be surprising such as "No Escape" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Sometimes films just resonate and are fun, even if they are flawed. I just realized there's a lot of Verhoeven I enjoy repeat viewings of. His films tend to be quite deep, with layers of meaning, such as "Starship Troopers."
There are probably a couple dozen movies I have watched multiple times, over and over again. Most are true classics, best of the best pictures(Alien/Aliens/Robocop/Terminator 1 and 2, Total Recall, 2001, Full Metal Jacket, etc.), while a couple might be surprising such as "No Escape" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Sometimes films just resonate and are fun, even if they are flawed. I just realized there's a lot of Verhoeven I enjoy repeat viewings of. His films tend to be quite deep, with layers of meaning, such as "Starship Troopers."
This is by no means a complete list but I'll include 12 films that I've seen at least 10 times each:
1. Amadeus 2. Blade Runner 3. Alien 4. Aliens 5. Seven Samurai 6. 2001 7. A Clockwork Orange 8. The Shining 9. Star Wars 10 Empire Strikes Back 11. Glory 12. Raiders of the Lost Ark
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
And speaking of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves there are only two things I like about that movie:
1. The performance by Allan Rickman 2. The performance by Morgan Freeman
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
There are probably a couple dozen movies I have watched multiple times, over and over again. Most are true classics, best of the best pictures(Alien/Aliens/Robocop/Terminator 1 and 2, Total Recall, 2001, Full Metal Jacket, etc.), while a couple might be surprising such as "No Escape" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Sometimes films just resonate and are fun, even if they are flawed. I just realized there's a lot of Verhoeven I enjoy repeat viewings of. His films tend to be quite deep, with layers of meaning, such as "Starship Troopers."
This is by no means a complete list but I'll include 12 films that I've seen at least 10 times each:
1. Amadeus 2. Blade Runner 3. Alien 4. Aliens 5. Seven Samurai 6. 2001 7. A Clockwork Orange 8. The Shining 9. Star Wars 10 Empire Strikes Back 11. Glory 12. Raiders of the Lost Ark
I have seen all of those many times, save for Amadeus(seen once), Seven Samurai(not seen or do not recall), Glory and "Clockwork," which is special, because that movie honestly is just too darned hard to sit through the rape scenes more than once or twice.
Just my opinion of course an I may be wrong but with no spectacular visual effects or action sequences I would think today’s studio execs might not be willing to back this type of movie; a drama dealing with personal traumas and mobbing in the armed forces. UK and everywhere.
Oh just great. First the Barbie movie playing continosly for 3 days and now this will be playing 24 hours all weekend. I will be in my room with headphones watching intelligent movies like Seven Samurai on my laptop. SISTERS!! ANNOYING AND MESSY!! They complain about the toilet seat up but they leave the bathrooms a mess every day with girls junk everywhere.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#1 I never seen a movie that runs a 1 hour and 45 minutes characters development and story set up, then have a 5 minutes break, and then another 13 minutes of character development before anything happens.
#2 I won't watch The Magnificent Seven in the same way anymore. At only 2 hours long, it now seem like a low budget inferior film with a lazy script.
Where's my Hidden Fortress DVD, AMAZON??? I can't wait to see how much Star Wars stole from it and how it will ruin my future re-watches of Star Wars.
The best way to make the YouTube embedding work is to just use the YouTube identifier code. That is the part after youtube in its various versions, and before the question mark.
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The best way to make the YouTube embedding work is to just use the YouTube identifier code. That is the part after youtube in its various versions, and before the question mark.
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Hard to believe that Alec Guinness was 46 when that movie came out. He looks quite a bit older than 46 in that film.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The Hidden Fortress DVD came from Amazon today. I will watch it this weekm see how much George Lucas took from it.
Watch "Throne of Blood" next.
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