It saddens me
The problem with great old films is that no one watches them any more. Dustin Hoffman's portrayals in this are amazing, and the film is great on many other merits. Definitely a lost gem.
Mein Furher! I can valk!
Amen to that brother. I still find it hard to believe that movies today are nothing but poorly rehashed remakes or sequels (Did you know they're making a Rush Hour 3?), video game adaptations, or over hyped wannabe fantasy epics. And I'm not just talking about LOTRs, I'm mainly pointing at film series like The Matrix and the new Star Wars with a hack George Lucus milking the dying franchise for all its worth. I'd like to see him direct something else. These movies all share only one quality (if you can call it that). They are all hollow. Little Big Man will always be my favorite. That movie didn't shove action or cheap laugh humor down your throat like movies do today (Any Action movie today, American Pie) It didn't want to impress you, you were impressed. Movies like these that play for the minorities, that have aesthetic value, are truly works of art.
Needless to say, I bought three copies of this on DVD. One for me and for friends to view.
Dustin Hoffman is one of only a few actors today I still have respect for.
Here, Here! This is my favorite western! Movies like this and "Citizen Kane", "Gone with the Wind", "Song of the South", "Lawrence of Arabia", and "The Searchers" will be lost in time. New generations will come along like waves and will wash them away. Young people love "New" stuff.
shareI don't think great films will ever get washed away, they will always be there for the more selective of film-goers to watch. I think someone hit the nail on the head earlier when they said some films are made for minorities and not for everybody. It is true, but there are still a lot of people who want to appreciate cinema rather than watch a load of new Computer Generated explosions or listen to The Architect blabber on in The Matrix.
It seems sequels are the trend in Hollywood at the moment, but whose going to remember Bad Boys II or Rush Hour 2 in 10 years time?
As long as they keep making meaningful films like the ones mentioned above, then I'll be happy.
....or Legally Blonde or Along Came Polly.
shareThis film is one of the best films of the 70's and a film that is underappreciated on all levels. Hoffman, the film and Penn should have all won Oscars for this. Enough said.
shareit's full of merit. also jack crabb looks like he sharts.
Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8?
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I do have to mention that in interviews when the first Star Wars movie (Episode 4) came out in the late 70s, Lucas SAID it was the middle trilogy of a trilogy of trilogies.... most of us coming of age at the time just assumed he'd given up on it or gotten bored. The second set, however, did NOT live up to the original.
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