slyjackson said:

hollywood0024 said:

slyjackson said:

Says who?

Sly, what do you call an anorexic girl with a yeast infection?

do not know

slyjackson said:

hollywood0024 said:

slyjackson said:

do not know

A quarter-pounder with cheese.

Lovely, what does have to do with anything?

slyjackson said:

kpowers said:

Graffiti Bridge.

Citizen Kane

The Godfather, Pt II

slyjackson said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Godfather isn't even the best mob movie ever... The immediate inundation of underdeveloped ancillary characters at once screams poor book adaptation.

Says who?

...You just quoted, bruh.

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But Francis Ford Coppola basically intimates the same sentiment in any interview he's ever done. He gingerly dances around stating it outright/directly because every interviewer is hyped-up fanboy like you, but he's always been honest he did those movies strictly for the ca$hflow, thought the book was an unadaptable mess, and tried intensely to get Paramount to hire Martin Scorsese (the true king of gangster/mafia epics) to direct Part II but the studio refused.

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Literally watch any Coppola interview and watch him choke back the vomit, he thinks it's a bigger POS than any one else.

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Literally every Scorsese mob flick is superior to The Godfather:

Mean Streets (1973)
Goodfellas (1990)
Casino (1995)
The Irishman (2019)

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Could even include The Departed or The Wolf of Wall Street, his non-mob classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or The King of Comedy.

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Even relatively obscuro-in-comparison gems like posted earlier in the thread to no fanfare:

KoolEaze said:

A Bronx Tale is another one of my all time favorites.

Wayyyy better mob flick than Godfather. The relationship between Cee & Jane... characters that actually have depth.... Director DeNiro puttin' his rawfeelings on the screen. "Says who?", watch the friggin' films, wiseguy... Waddya'think Imm-aclown? Aye'amuzeyouu? Get your shinebox, slyjackson.

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hollywood0024 said:

Whispering. What do you think of Citizen Kane?

Great film, worthy of its lofty legendary status, particularly when accounting for era which I think most putting this at #1 are doing.

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It's been awhile, though... is it streaming anywhere currently?

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WhisperingDandelions said:

hollywood0024 said:

Not streaming I don't think. I wish it was though. Do you think it's the best film ever? If not, what would you say is? Just wondering.

Page 2 #53! After skimming imdb 250/first page of Google lists based off this thread...:

WhisperingDandelions said:

The Killer AKA Bloodshed of Two Heroes AKA 喋血雙雄 (1989)

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WhisperingDandelions said:

Hudson said:

hollywood0024 said:

Seven Samurai was so tedious, like it never ended... Kurosawa's gotta have better... any recommend Rashomon? The Sword of Doom was best if focused on old school samurai, just ignore the blah ending.

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Wild Strawberries (1957) surely deserves a mention if talking more methodical-paced old school foreign cinema. Very rich and compelling drama...

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also

Hudson said:

Citizen Kane is streaming on HBO Max. Always consult justwatch.com first when you want to watch a movie you don’t own.

thx much for this, btw.... Seven Samurai perhaps worth another go, been awhile there too...

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WhisperingDandelions said:

also

Hudson said:

Citizen Kane is streaming on HBO Max. Always consult justwatch.com first when you want to watch a movie you don’t own.

thx much for this, btw.... Seven Samurai perhaps worth another go, been awhile there too...

Have you ever seen The Magnificent Seven? Maybe a western version would be more to your liking. (The music's great, too.)

2freaky4church1 said:

Graffiti Bridge.

Really?????????????? Over Under the cherry moon???????

2freaky4church1 said:

hollywood0024 said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Orson was hot

His voice ... Between him and Joseph Cotten, Citizen Kane is one of the best-SOUNDING movies ever.

Watch the 1943 Jane Eyre sometime.

Genesia said:

It's a damned shame that an unedited version of Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons doesn't exist...

purplethunder3121 said: