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Meh. As a "slice of the '70s?" Maybe. As a "timeless classic?" Nah. It's not even the best of southern '70s "redneck cinema."
There aren't many that are better — White Lightning, Every Which Way but Loose, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry come to mind — but it's arguably the most fun, and Jerry Reed automatically improves anything he's in (except for S&TB3, which should never have happened).
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A great movie. I love it. But a wide audience appeal? Not sure. Now if we were making a list of "cult classics," it would definitely be Top 10.
The Outlaw Josey Wales is an amazing film, but you'd be surprised by how many other westerns people will go for, first, in spite of the fact Josey Wales broke the stereotypical "Inj*n" mold.
High Plains Drifter is a smaller, much darker, film, but it's easier to "process" and I think it's shot better.
There aren't many that are better — White Lightning, Every Which Way but Loose, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry come to mind — but it's arguably the most fun, and Jerry Reed automatically improves anything he's in (except for S&TB3, which should never have happened).
WHITE LIGHTNING is fun, but the ending is disappointingly anti-climactic. After the most boring car chase ever put to film, the bad guy drives into the lake? Really???
If there is a king of redneck cinema, it's the original WALKING TALL. I love Jerry Reed, both as a musician and as an actor, but SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT is okay at best.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales is an amazing film, perhaps Clint's finest, but you'd be surprised by how many other westerns people will go for, first, in spite of the fact Josey Wales broke the stereotypical "Inj*n" mold.
High Plains Drifter is a smaller, much darker, film, but it's easier to "process" and I think it's shot better.
I don't disagree, but because it is so dark, it doesn't have the wide appeal of other movies. I mean: The hero rapes a woman. Even though she's a terrible person who betrayed him, that's still hard to watch. Even by the standards of the early '70s, I think it was a mistake.
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And no Once Upon a Time in the West?? Tsk, tsk.
Over-rated. Don't get me wrong. It has portions that are sheer genius. But it's long and poorly paced. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY is a far superior movie. Honestly, even FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is better than OUaTitW.
OUaTitW is a Western for the art house crowd. Leone's other movies were made for a wider audience and succeeded.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
THE WIZARD OF OZ
THE GODFATHER
JAWS
HALLOWEEN
ROCKY IV
STAND BY ME
GHOSTBUSTERS
THE TERMINATOR
Shining
Dances with Wolves
Smokey and the Bandit
Goodfellas
Big
Every Which Way but Loose
The Wanderers
Robin & Marian
The Bounty
A New Leaf
Innocent Bystanders
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
City Beneath the Sea
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
First Monday in October
Starting Over
The Bedford Incident
Operation: Crossbow
Zulu
Green Ice
Countdown
Marooned
The Wizard of Oz
The Pink Panther (the first one)
Casino Royale (1967)
Zeppelin (1971)
West Side Story
Titanic
Somewhere in Time
Carousel
Casablanca
Wizard of Oz
Dances with Wolves
Lawrence of Arabia
Lion in Winter
Superman (Christopher Reeve)
The Kings Speech
Mildred Pierce
I watched CASABLANCA for the first time last year, after all my life hearing how great it was, best movie of all time, best love story, yada-yada-yada.
It was okay. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it. If you want a Bogart fix, THE MALTESE FALCON and THE AFRICAN QUEEN are far better movies. CASABLANCA is okay. Timeless? I don't think so. The writing was very dated --- and even bad in places by today's standards.
The Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof
Pulp Fiction
The Bounty
The African Queen
The Godfather
The Great Gatsby
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Star Wars
Jaws
Gone With The Wind
A Streetcar Named Desire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Alien
Postcards from the Edge
Steel Magnolias
Arsenic and Old Lace
Tender Mercies
I'm sure there are a lot more.
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