Post a movie title which you have hidden with a riddle wrapped in an enigma.
Don't post the answer as a spoiler, make people try to figure it out. I only did that here as an example.
To begin: Bathroom Candle Core
ShogunofYonkers got this one, FYI: [spoiler]John Wick[/spoiler]
(Also FYI... There are a lot of unsolved riddles waiting in these pages.... Just sayin')
Someone who stabs poor old Frosty.
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It's funny, at first I had written that the person "shoves" Frosty, because I thought the movie was Snowpusher.
So now, let's concentrate on:
There was much chlorophyll in my hollow.
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So far I've had a misfire: "Meet Me in the Green Glen" was not adapted into a movie.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
This film won the Best Picture Oscar in 1941. It was about a turn of the century Welsh Coal Mining Village, and starred Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, and a very young Roddy McDowell. Some have criticized it as not deserving of the Oscar, especially since it beat out Citizen Kane, which is now considered by some as the GOAT.
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Kane is overrated.
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Where would you put it in the top 100 movies? I've seen it as high as #1, and would probably put it in the top five.
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In terms of technical merits, structure, and filmmaking craft, Kane deserves its place. In terms of merging all that with a narrative story to create a compelling experience, Kane is lacking. I'm not even sure fans of the movie care that much for the story or the subject matter, other than a major theme or two.
When it comes to a compelling and entertaining (as in NON-BORING) experience, pit Kane up against another revered classic: Seven Samurai.
You tell someone about Seven Samurai, who knows nothing about it: Not an action movie, black & white, and you tell them the basic story. It sounds like it's going to be one of those "dusty classics" (like Kane) that is good, but for most people, one viewing is more than enough.
NOPE! Seven Samurai, of course, is almost SHOCKING in how much entertainment value is put into that simple and dramatic story. It still feels like it could come out today, in 2018, and be seen as a fantastic modern-day movie "artistically" shot in black & white (even the film stock was superb, must be a large format negative).
The story of Seven Samurai is arguably FAR more dramatic than Kane, as it deals with the basic struggles of humanity. There is more at stake... And yet, it manages to be compelling and entertaining and dynamic.
Kane is an industrialist/political yarn about a rich guy who got out of touch with the simple things in life, and regretted it. Boo-effing-hoo. It's boring, it's overdramatic, and it takes itself too seriously.
So don't hold back, say what you really feel. Just kidding.
That is a very interesting analysis of the two films. I really loved Annihilation, but was rather bored with Seven Samurai, but then I'm really not much into Japanese films. Ironically enough, I did like the American adaptation, The Magnificent Seven. I wouldn't even put Samurai in a list of top films.
This is another reason they make chocolate and vanilla.
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