tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post8470150386317831712..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1971SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24271129071802460732020-10-25T23:48:11.094-05:002020-10-25T23:48:11.094-05:00I don't think it's a terrible choice. I...I don't think it's a terrible choice. I'd want to see it in the list of possibilities along with <i>Walkabout</i>. |<br /><br /><i>A Clockwork Orange</i> is my choice, though. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91157933168449545632020-10-24T09:42:42.909-05:002020-10-24T09:42:42.909-05:001971 was a very big year on the List, I think I wa...1971 was a very big year on the List, I think I watched like 25 movies from 71. Curiously there is no standing out movie like in 70, but a lot of movies in the tier just below, so there would be an awful lot of opinions on who should win it. I myself have trouble picking my favourite. The one I enjoyed the most was Harold and Maude and I think I could make a good case for it as a winner. It is a lot smarter than it appears, and breaks a lot of troupes and tabus, making it quite refreshing. It is also a movie which is frequently referenced even today, which is more than you can say about most 71 movies. Mostly though, it is simply fun to watch and that counts for a lot in my book.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87935914257163569422018-01-05T09:39:36.931-06:002018-01-05T09:39:36.931-06:00Right? I understand why people like Scott Pilgrim-...Right? I understand why people like <i>Scott Pilgrim</i>--a film mentioned on one of these posts not that long ago. I don't like the movie because I dislike the characters and the premise (and almost everything else), but I understand why someone would like it. I don't understand the love of <i>The French Connection</i> at all. It's an average cop movie. But it's more than that. There are movies where I can't understand why someone likes it <i>and then that person will explain to me why he or she likes it.</i> That has never happened for me with <i>The French Connection<</i>. I ask and all I get are vague hand gestures and verbal stumbling.<br /><br />I agree that the first half of <i>Willy Wonka</i> is slow and too long. Because the factory is so crazy, though, it's easy to forget that it takes us forever to get there.<br /><br /><i>A Clockwork Orange</i> is one of those movies that I think is pretty close to perfect. I'm not sure what I would change in it.<br /><br />Also, you should really track down <i>Paths of Glory</i>. It's a film nerd Kubrick film--one that a lot of people haven't heard of, but which ranks with his best work.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-52289932561307131462018-01-05T07:57:36.846-06:002018-01-05T07:57:36.846-06:00I get the idea behind Straw Dogs, and it's eve...I get the idea behind Straw Dogs, and it's even an interesting film. But I'm with Steve... there's something about it that stops me from really liking it, and I think it's the characters. But it's been so long, I couldn't say.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-44113894234060988462018-01-05T07:56:35.088-06:002018-01-05T07:56:35.088-06:00I'm totally with you on French Connection! I h...I'm totally with you on French Connection! I honestly just don't get people's unending love for this movie. I didn't go gaga for Citizen Kane, but I can at least understand why people call it great (for its time). But I don't get this one. Even the car chase, I didn't think was all that great or exciting. I've seen much better before and since.<br /><br />I do love Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory... but I will also admit that the first chunk of it before he goes to the factory is way longer than anyone remembers, and it's sooo dull. But the book is like that, too.<br /><br />I'm also with you on Clockwork Orange. That and The Shining are my favorite Kubrick, so those tend to be the ones I go to. And yeah, Clockwork Orange is a brutal film, but I don't find it a hard watch because it's just so well made and fascinating, much like the book.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-50041924864655721972018-01-02T22:04:41.881-06:002018-01-02T22:04:41.881-06:00I like a lot of Peckinpah's work, but there...I like a lot of Peckinpah's work, but there's something about <i>Straw Dogs</i> that is like biting on tin foil for me. I'm not sure what it is. <br /><br />Robert Wise, while <i>Star Trek</i> is admittedly dull as dishwater, also gave us <i>The Haunting</i>. For this I will even forgive him <i>The Sound of Music</i>. He has a very odd filmography--he did <i>The Curse of the Cat People</i> and also <i>West Side Story</i>. I forget just how versatile he was as a director. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24490815668610810262018-01-02T21:26:33.889-06:002018-01-02T21:26:33.889-06:00"The Andromeda Strain" scared the hell o..."The Andromeda Strain" scared the hell out of me with it's deadly, man-made premise when I saw it on video as a teenager, and it turned me on to both Michael Crichton the author and Robert Wise the director. The only knock against Wise was that he nearly, single-handedly destroyed the "Star Trek" franchise, but coming from the man who gave us "The Day the Earth Stood Still," I can forgive him for nearly grounding the Enterprise permanently.<br /><br />I know "Straw Dogs" isn't for everyone as is a lot of Sam's work (just as is "A Clockwork Orange" for many), but I can't help but reckon that part of that Palme d'Or that "Dheepan" won in 2015 justifies the greatness of "Straw Dogs," especially when seeing the entire, uncut film against the backdrop of the year that gave us all that ultraviolence.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-17169135307689664582018-01-02T19:12:57.585-06:002018-01-02T19:12:57.585-06:00I like Get Carter well enough, and Straw Dogs is g...I like <i>Get Carter</i> well enough, and <i>Straw Dogs</i> is good even if I'm not willing to call it great. <i>The Andromeda Strain</i> is one I've seen, but it's been decades, so I don't feel capable of giving a response on it.<br /><br /><i>Brian's Song</i> is indeed a fine movie.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-61134464979722380002018-01-02T13:54:46.324-06:002018-01-02T13:54:46.324-06:001971 was a hell of a year for movies. I'd put...1971 was a hell of a year for movies. I'd put "Get Carter," "Straw Dogs," and Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain" in my best of the year list. But 1971 was the year Oscar really screwed up as the best film of the year would have to go to the ABC Movie of the Week, "Brian's Song," which was so popular that it even had a theatrical release.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43919387195423854782018-01-02T07:47:59.017-06:002018-01-02T07:47:59.017-06:00I'm thinking that Walkabout is a film you'...I'm thinking that <i>Walkabout</i> is a film you'd really enjoy for its spiritual aspects. But yeah, <i>Dirty Harry</i> is a great film.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43465315447300708282018-01-02T01:07:36.263-06:002018-01-02T01:07:36.263-06:00Were "Dirty Harry" in the running, I'...Were "Dirty Harry" in the running, I'd gladly vote for it.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com