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It thought the same.
Not very much to say: I love the colloquial tone of the dialogs and the general farcical tone. Trevor Howard is brilliant, Rod Taylor, good, Jill St. John WAY better than in DAF and David Tomlinson is a lot of fun, especially having watched this movie IMMEDIATELY after Mary Poppins.
Being from Jack Cardiff, the movie, of course, looks good; Lalo Schifrin shows he could have been an awesome Bond composer, and with Shirley Bassey as the singer of the main theme, he can't lose.
The main problem I see here is the lack of action scenes: this works better as a comedy than as an action film, and while the few action sequences are cool and suspenseful enough, they're too far apart from each other.
That said, not a bad effort.
Yes, and Boysie Oakes even has his own logo XD Quite a funny way to end the movie.
I find it has a boring story for my intellect.
Just kidding :)
Do that. Criminally overlooked movie, and probably Spacey s best role.
You must be right about that.
I fully agree, sir. Kubrick's best in my humble o--you know, scrats that; simply the best film ever made.
The first one out was North by Northwest (1959), which is one of my all time favourite films - and never fails to amaze me. Hitchcock gives us a exciting and light-hearted adventure, which is perfect for Cary Grant. Has anyone looked so stylish in one of Hitchcock's movies?
After three Hitchcock-films in as many days (watched Rear Window before Strangers on a Train), I went on to see Mel Brooks' Hitchcock homage, High Anxiety (1977), which I had not seen for years. It was just as fun as I remembered it. Lovely 70's crime comedy this. Recommended if you are a fan of Hitch.
The third one was Silver Streak (1976). A crime comedy this as well, with Gene Wilder getting mixed up in a murder plot aboard a train from Los Angeles to Chicago. Some Hitchcockian elements in this one as well, and a cast which includes Richard Pryor as Wilder's partner in crime (pun intended), Richard Kiel, Clifton James and Patrick McGoohan. How's that for a Bond/spy cast! Also recommended!
Quite interesting these 70's crime/mystery-comedies. Foul Play (1978) is also similarly themed. Are there any other movies out there that falls into the same category?
100 movie critics voted this the best movie of the 21st century a couple of years ago. I don t agree with that verdict, but it is strangely exciting in that weird Lynch way.
I saw it when it was new, but could hardly remember anything except that hilarious hitman cene, so it was like seeing it for the first time again. Which is the best way to view this bizarre piece. It was still before Lynch became completely bonkers, though. (Lost Highway)
It came out after Lost Highway.
I totally agree that it isn't one of the best films ever, but still a unique, mysterious film. IMO, an overrated piece that is still pretty good.
I did not regret this purchase.
@Agent007391, you sound happier than I was on my first watch of that film. Rough, that.
Excellent film.
Anyway, a lot of what you say about Dunkirk I felt too. Another thing that bugged me was the beachfront looked practically empty considering there was meant to be something in the region of 450,000 evacuees there. I also felt the movie lacked the term "epic" in its scope, especially as we're talking the biggest evacuation of an army in military history. The flotilla of boats looked sparse, too. There was meant to over 800 small boats, but it only looked like 50 at the most. Everything felt scaled back and not truly representative of the actual events. What I did enjoy was the Spitfire aerial battles, and I liked hearing Michael Cain's voice coming over the radio to Tom Hardy's pilot, especially as he himself had played a spitfire pilot in the superior Harry Saltzman's Battle of Britain movie. I recommend people checkout both the 1958 Dunkirk movie, plus the French 1964 "Week-end à Zuydcoote" as well if they enjoyed Nolan's film, as it's always good to cross-check versions. Still, despite having some serious niggles about Dunkirk, it's still the best intelligent movie to come out this year so far, apart from the Apes movie.
Great film that stands up to repeated viewings.
Cast, script, direction, everything works superbly.
I remember seeing it at the cinema and the audience walking out looking shell-shocked!
That must've been wild to experience in its original theatrical run.
Oh it was. I'd never had my heart beat so fast with that sense of foreboding as they drive to John Doe's rendezvous in the desert.
Brilliant film.
Left the cinema drained but exhilarated.
Care to enlighten us...?