Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
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Yeah the original is excellent, and I rewatched it this year. The Matthau version is titled The Taking of Pelham One Two Three so you can recognise it straight away from The Taking of Pelham 123. A quick check shows that there's a tv film from 1998 too.
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telly version has Edward James Olmos, Vincent D'Onofrio and Richard Schiff
requires a look!
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telly version has Edward James Olmos, Vincent D'Onofrio and Richard Schiff
requires a look!
Edited by Halb on Wednesday 27th November 10:06
rider73 said:
RED HEAT 1988
Arnie + Belushi - whats not to like --- got you can tell its an 80's movie though.....
Commander Lou Donnelly CPD: How do you deal with stress in Russia?
Ivan Danko: Vodka.
Red Heat's great & all the better for the '80's ness. Almost every character, streetscene, building & car looks completely knackered. Arnie + Belushi - whats not to like --- got you can tell its an 80's movie though.....
Commander Lou Donnelly CPD: How do you deal with stress in Russia?
Ivan Danko: Vodka.
George Smiley said:
Hows it stack up against the newer one
Newer one isn’t fit to be called a film in the same companyHarsh.. maybe I think the remakes of a lot of these movies completely miss why they were great in the first place.
Quentin T borrowed heavily from it for RD, he got the tone right if the crooks.
To be honest DW although I like him as an actor didn’t have the presence that WM had, couldn’t play that down trodden fed up of it all character. The pacing is upped there is no sense of tension in the remake ( full disclosure I did turn it off after about 30 minutes. Might have got better)
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 27th November 18:02
fathomfive said:
The extended version of Aliens.
Still as good as it was.
Game over, man. Game over.
Agreed - whenever i come across this on the TV i always hope its the extended cut - usually not - but the extra bits are nice....Still as good as it was.
Game over, man. Game over.
so many classic lines
such a shame everything after it was utter nonsense - even Ridleys efforts!
nonsequitur said:
Halb said:
Matthau is a screen legend. He's in my all time top 20.
Great scene when Matthau insults the Japanese visitors without realising they speak English.al through the film he's being un pc and sexist, it’s a tiny little comment but at the end when the under cover cop with long hair is shot he says to him something like “it’s ok miss “ cracks me up every time. Love the interviewing the disgruntled ex employees too, somehow seems very realistic it’s still 50c
rider73 said:
Agreed - whenever i come across this on the TV i always hope its the extended cut - usually not - but the extra bits are nice....
so many classic lines
such a shame everything after it was utter nonsense - even Ridleys efforts!
Look into my eye.so many classic lines
such a shame everything after it was utter nonsense - even Ridleys efforts!
Wrong, three was great. After repeat viewings I even like the Winona rider one now.
The rest are terrible
Pesty said:
nonsequitur said:
Halb said:
Matthau is a screen legend. He's in my all time top 20.
Great scene when Matthau insults the Japanese visitors without realising they speak English.al through the film he's being un pc and sexist, it’s a tiny little comment but at the end when the under cover cop with long hair is shot he says to him something like “it’s ok miss “ cracks me up every time. Love the interviewing the disgruntled ex employees too, somehow seems very realistic it’s still 50c
There's a line how after watching the Sunshine Boys one critic didn't realise how old WM was, WM shot back it was make-up.
Charlie Varrick is another WM underscreened great
cuprabob said:
Caught "Bullitt" on ITV4 the other night and still as good as I remembered it to be
It's certainly a classic. I watched The Driver with Ryan O'Neal and Bruce Dern last week. It came up when I was channel hopping so I recorded it for when I was more awake. Another great movie (although even less believable than I recall) but it's the first time I've watched it in over 20 years. It still holds up as one of the better driving themed crime caper movies. One of my favorite quotes from Dern's character "And that's a real sad song. Only trouble is, eh, sad songs ain't sellin' this year." I've used that a couple of times when someone has a whine at me and I'm not in the mood. Mrs Toon nearly slapped me during one such moaning session
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