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Seven Percent Solution is a good one! Had this been a top six list, it would have just made it.
Absolutely a great performance of his! The whole movie had a great ensemble cast but Arkin was the standout!
I'm thinking more coincidence since these kind of things are common tropes... but the Cold War setting and themes of not giving into fear definitely connect the two movies.
Hardly R material, but I think it would make a better impression with older kids than little ones. I wouldn't classify this as a family movie though-- more of a lighthearted romp for grownups.
It's a comedy. Of course it's ridiculous.
A lot of this just sounds like a difference from the content in the movie and your personal tastes, tbh. The ending is convenient, sure, but it fits in with the themes of the movie.
I somehow managed to get through it while giving it the MST3K treatment with a friend. It was 50% brilliant and 50% awful sleaze. Would never want to watch it again though, no matter how much I enjoy Malcolm McDowell's performance.
Same here. I really thought he was ideal in the part and preferred him to Frank Langella in the remake.
They certainly do, but the censors at the time were never going to allow Kubrick to make it explicit. Everything had to be inferred, more or less. Mason underplays the perverted aspects of the character, but they are absolutely there, making those "father-daughter" moments uncomfortable.
Not being ignorant and actually educating yourself about cinema is not so much a question of age but intellect and interest.
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This absolutely!
Well, I'm a millenial and this is one of my favorite films. And it was recommended to me by another millenial... so not everyone fits this stereotype, though they certainly do exist. I know some people who think the movie is too "problematic" or whatever, but they do not represent everyone in my age group.
I think she actually did die of pnuemonia, but the author was so filled with rage against Alex for what he had done that he made himself believe the rape was the cause. Maybe he felt the psychological trauma she underwent had an effect on her ability to physically recover from the pnuemonia as well.
Definitely in my top five movies. It blew my mind and cemented my love of Kubrick's work. I've seen it over twenty times and still it amazes me. I love everything about it.
Blade Runner 2049
Two for the Road
Limelight
The Pirate
Spirited Away
Suspiria (the original)
I don't know about best... I do love the heck out of BALL OF FIRE though. Stanwyck and Cooper had perfect chemistry.
Damn, impressive! I have almost 100 or so, I think? I've been collecting for about ten years now. They really are fantastic.
A) I don't know what my first Pixar movie was, but I recall seeing FINDING NEMO when it came out in theaters. I was about eight and remember being enchanted by the story.
B) My favorite is UP, though THE INCREDIBLES gives it staunch competition.
C) My top five are UP, THE INCREDIBLES, TOY STORY, MONSTERS INC., and TOY STORY 2.
I confess I haven't been as impressed with Pixar's recent output. I enjoyed ONWARD and SOUL though, and am hoping they can recapture the same blend of quality and originality they achieved between 1995 and 2010.
In spite of streaming, I still prefer to collect movies-- mainly because most of what I watch is either old or niche.
I took advantage of a Kino Lorber sale and got copies of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, the 1917 version of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Zaza (a silent comedy from 1923). The latter two are blind buys, but Taking... is one of my faves from the 1970s.
Die Niebelungen (both movies-- just brilliant work)
Scarlet Street
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I adore The Black Cat. It's beautifully shot and just off the walls crazy in its plotting. Plus it was the only collaboration in which Karloff and Lugosi seemed to get equal development and focus. The Raven is pretty much the Lugosi show and everything else after that only bothers with Karloff. Here, they get to truly square off and it is such a delight.
The Most Dangerous Game (1932). It's exciting, well-paced, and lean, with some haunting images (the severed head in the jar, for one) and wonderful editing. Leslie Banks also plays one of my favorite movie villains of all time.