Gotta give a plus grade for "worse" in keeping with cesspool vibe as you pointed out.
Cesspool Film Rankings and Thinkings
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beat me to it…… love his films
who knew we had so many movie critics floating in the pool
I like violence and gratuitous nudity personally
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I'd add The Deer Hunter to the mix as one of my favorites of all time. Not always easy to watch, but it is fantastic. Director Michael Cimino rearranged the filming schedule to get all of John Cazale's scenes done first, as he was dying of aggressive lung cancer. He was considered uninsurable, so De Niro paid for his insurance. He died before the film was released.
They Cloned Tyrone is an interesting flick that just came out on Netflix. Juels Taylor directed. Modern day Blacksploitation meets SyFi, w/ Jamie Foxx.
As a horror and zombie movie fan. I'll give a shoutout to one of the OG's who created a low budget masterpiece that revolutionized the genre.
George A. Romero - Godfather of Zombie movies.
George A. Romero - Godfather of Zombie movies.
You do know Coppola did the Godfather movies and not Scorsese, right?
I remember when I was 4 or 5 and the old original Frankenstein, Zombie, Dracula movies scared the shit out of me. 😆As a horror and zombie movie fan. I'll give a shoutout to one of the OG's who created a low budget masterpiece that revolutionized the genre.
George A. Romero - Godfather of Zombie movies.
Add the Wizard of Oz too. Lol
Witch, the talking trees, flying monkees. Things were way more fun when your brain was developing and reacting to all new experiences.
Some of you guys come up with the funniest sh*t!!Oh holy fu*k… yeah, sooooo, about that.
My wife still can't watch The Wizard of Oz. It's not the flying monkeys; it's some of the munchkins that she can't handle. LOL!
And the dude from the original Halloween movie.
I like Michael Mann and surprisingly, Ben Affleck.
If you've never seen, watch " The Serpent and the Rainbow"
Good plot, creepie and freakie as can be.
It's worth watching. Trust me on this one. Lol
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FFC directed those. Maybe you are thinking of Goodfellas and Casino which were both stellar films. Personally, I liked The Departed better than both which is something I never thought I'd say.
Of Scorsese's gangster films I've always preferred Gangs of New York over the other 3.
But if we're talking modern films give me RocknRolla, American Gangster, and Layer Cake everyday all day.
But my all time favorite mob movie is The Untouchables.
Watch Gangs of New York with the captions on. Daniel Day-Lewis sold his soul to the 19th century character he played. An absolute masterpiece in using language to transport the viewer back in time.
The Lollipop Guild and the Lullabye League are creepy, no doubt about it.
I already pwnd myself sir. No need to pile on.
But yeah. I know how you feel. Departed is better Goodfellas and Casino. Which is wild to say. I love what he did with Wolf of Wall Street.
Can't stand either Tarantino OR Wes Anderson, for all the reasons others have mentioned. Tacky and over-referential vs slow and self-indulgent. Also avoid Spielberg when I can. Usually awful, with exceptions.
Can't disagree about Hitchcock. Kubrick, David Lean, or Kurosawa, though. Absolute masters. Also like Paul Thomas Anderson most of the time. FF Coppola, Coen Bros.,and Scorsese some of the time.
Yup. Interesting take.
It's best to avoid Grapplefan. He's usually awful, with exceptions.
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Just had to take a look at his filmography... the past decade haven't led to anything exceptional.
But from 75-2012 the dude DIDN'T MISS.
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Spielberg has always been solid. Bridge of Spies (2015) is criminally underrated and I absolutely love Ready Player One.
It's not the best, but it's the exact reason I go to the theater to escape from real life. Everything about it was a complete joy to my senses.
Yeah, almost always. The early ones (like Duel) were much better. Now he veers into trying to be "the legend". All money and production, no taste. Also not a George Lucas fan either. Same deal.
You got it backwards - his EXCEPTIONS are bad. I get that since Lincoln, you could call his movies trash. But the dude has 2 perfect movies (jaws, Jurassic Park).
You might want to take a look at his filmography from 1975-2012. Not sure there's a bad movie in there (indiana and kingdom skulls is a definite exception)
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Saving Private Ryan is my fav movie from him.
Raiders, Last Crusade, Jurassic Park, SPR, and Minority Report all blew away.
MR is one of the few I saw in theaters multiple times. Rewatched it last month and it still holds up.
Good call on Ben Affleck. Argo and Goodwill Hunting are both incredible movies.
Gus Van Sant directed Good Will Hunting, though Affleck and Damon did write it.
Both are great movies.
The Town is an underrated gem.
So is Gone Baby Gone, but it is way too dark and heavy for repeated viewings, IMO.
