The macho attitude, the smirks, the voice, ugh, terrible. It's astonishing what people will put up with as long as the other person is a man. Last night while watching the work print for the first time I felt damn this is lame. Maybe the people in 1982 were right all along and this movie does suck.
shareTake a second look at Leon's retirement scene (especially Deckard's buying the bottle of Tsing-Tao afterward). It'd probably help to know that Ford is playing the role with a certain detachment, but you can absolutely feel his pain during that scene.
And when I say take another look, that's not condescending. This movie is dependent on a second go-around.
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It happens every time, they all become blueberries.
It's amazing what people will put up with as long as the other person is a man? The movie was done in a heavy retro noir style. Think The Big Sleep or The Maltese Falcon... This isn't subtext, the wardrobe style, the architecture, the heavy smoking, the noir tropes. Maybe the people of 1982 just like a lot of people don't necessarily patronize the best movie of the time, quite a few of the movies that stand up the the test of the time weren't commercially successful in their initial run.
The movie isn't on practically every "best of" list for nothing and it's hard to deny its lasting cultural impact.
Really?? For the first time a few days ago I found it incredibly lame, maybe the people in 1982 were right?? What exactly is its cultural impact?
shareWhat exactly is its cultural impact?
Really?? For the first time a few days ago I found it incredibly lame, maybe the people in 1982 were right?? What exactly is its cultural impact?
Ford did not deliver in The Devil's Own and neither did Brad Pitt with that horrible accent.
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