The Ten Commandments (9/10) My first viewing in five years. DeMille's picture remains one of great epics -- biblical or otherwise -- and every subsequent epic, Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator , et all -- stands on its shoulders. I reviewed it in detail after my previous screening ...

This week is a good show -- imagine THE WARRIORS, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY and HARDCORE all in theaters at the same time. A whole different universe than the crap sent out to audiences today. I liked The Warriors myself, but (as you probably recall Andy) was laughing during much of Hardcore ! I agre...

Eric Paddon wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:33 pm I'm assuming that extra hour is where all the scenes that explained WHY Napoleon was invading other countries went to?

I know that Kingdom of Heaven was not improved by the restoration of footage. I doubt it will help Napoleon.

Oh well.

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Incredible she had to tell Steven and George to shoot the RAIDERS ending with Indy and Marion that was scripted -- yet they felt they didn't need it! :lol: :lol: People tend to assume the writer and director come-up with all the ideas, but in reality the director is working with a bunch of creative...

Further on Marcia Lucas, here's an interesting Youtube video that provides a lot of background on her contributions to Star Wars (as well as Raiders) and her career in general...

Yes, thank-you Andy for your wonderful reminiscences.

....as was the snubbing of Bernstein for a Best Score nomination, though I don't quibble with the posthumous Oscar given to Victor Young). I suspect it had something to do with Bernstein having been grey-listed in Hollywood for several years (from which he was rescued by DeMille). Of course as valu...

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:11 am The original Mad Max made $100 million!

https://screenrant.com/mad-max-1979-rec ... e-history/

But was not a success in the US. I said "it was a sequel to a film almost no one in America saw".

Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982 (8.5./10) Written by Mark A. Altman, this first-rate documentary series explores what many consider (hence the title) the greatest single year for cinema ever, 1982. Whether one agrees with that assessment or not, '82 was without question a phenomenal epoch in movie hi...

No. Just no. I'm sooooo tired of the way "way too late/way after the fact/bring out the fossils" sequelitis. I think I hate this even more than prequelitis and that's saying something. This is at least 20 years too late. With you 100%. What's next? Breakfast Club 40-Year High School Reuni...

A movie that nobody saw and was very quickly forgotten by those who saw it pretty much. That is one other thing about the current pop culture -- if nobody finds it straightaway, nobody is going to. There isn't even a $5 dump in at Walmart for these to sit in anymore. Unsuccessful movies are basical...

Instead getting things done like I should be today, I've been perusing old threads.

I had completely forgotten First Man even existed! Yet another example of how forgettable most movies (especially "Oscar bait" flicks) have become in the past 20 years.

I didn't see any posts about the winners, so I'm assuming that (like me) no one else bothered this year? I saw only two of the Best Picture nominees ( Barbie and Oppenheimer ), and I didn't think Barbie was the least-bit worthy of a nomination. I haven't even heard of some of the other movies. And T...

Napoleon (6/10) I keep hoping for one final masterpiece from the director of Blade Runner , (or at least one more really outstanding effort on the level of The Duelists , or Alien ). Well, Napoleon isn't that film. The picture for the most part looks terrific, but the script is under par. It might ...