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― horseshoe, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
2-3-1, I think, but they're all pretty close
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
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#28
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Sergio Leone1968Italy/United States(346 points, 10 votes)
The score sets it all off perfectly Julio - you do know that Morricone and Leone worked in tandem and the score was meticulously composed scene by scene, and was built around the complex plans that Leone had in his head, down to the personalities of the characters and the events that take place in the movie. Even Harmonica’s blowing is deliciously well conceived – I mean who plays a harmonica like that – nobody right, because it’s the sound of a dying man’s last breaths.
― @lex K
Harmonica's origin scene tho, that's some awe-inspiring superhero type shit.
― Daniel_Rf
Not a word on Jason Robards yet? A legend for his stage work, this is likely his best movie perf. Can you believe Paramount cut his last scene in '69??
I go back and forth between this and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as SL's best, but I always choke up at the water-carrying finale.
Also, seeing at least a couple Ford films where Fonda is the hero should be a prerequisite for enjoying him fully in this; it was considered shocking casting.
"Keep yer lovin' brother happy."
― Dr Morbius
Enthuse over Once Upon A Time In The West please
― omar little, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
why would you nurse an uninjured hand
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
Glad someone asked.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's a euphemism
― omar little, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
for milk
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
like when i told my wife i needed to unveil my poll
think that might just be european for "sucking my thumb" ?
Watching "Die Hard 3," and it's much better than I remembered. Thanks, ILX!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, also, Leone rules.
OMAR!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
man i fucking love the bourne supremacy. i gave it 44 points.
the chases in this movie are so good. i mentioned the american embassy scene from identity as being representative of the series, but for me the iconic bourne chase has always been the berlin hotel escape in supremacy. the way it refuses to arrive at a throw-up-its-hands-and-hit-the-'the hero wins'-button moment is stunning to me. the GSG chase bourne down like a ragged dog and he has to do everything he can think of just to stay a few inches ahead of them. it's not a movie that's satisfied with doing something ordinary, and as a viewer i have to appreciate that
i saw it with my dad when it came out, and afterwards he uncharacteristically commented that the moscow climax was one of the best car chases he'd ever seen. he's a pretty taciturn guy and also not necessarily into whiz-bang stuff, so i was surprised. but i tend to agree. amateurist pointed out at the time that every impact is shot within the car, which is cool. i love the lead-up to the chase too, lots of in-the-moment over the shoulder photography of bourne limping through russian supermarkets and scrapping to survive.
politically the movie still impresses me. as blount pointed out back then, how many american spy movies end with their cia trained killer apologizing to the family (played by the girl from moodysons Lilya 4-ever) of one of his hits? that scene always floors me.
and right after it is one of the most remarkable shots of greengrass' career - bourne exiting her apartment building, shot from above, the camera pans up to the building across the lot, and keeps panning up and up and it seems like the building never ends. the audience i was with collectively muttered 'damn' at that shot. the mise-en-scene of the russian sections is great, and with very little explanation you pick up so much about the hypercapitalist dystopia russia had become
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
2>1>3
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:17 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
ay omar just a suggest but I wouldnt mind seeing the dates on the pull quotes
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
once upon a time ranked high for me, though not as high as TGTBTU which is just more fun. but it's some pretty sick epic filmmaking
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, because I rewatched the first one quite recently, and the use of a ballpoint pen in the scene with the first assassin made me wince even when I knew it was coming, and is still making me wince.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
i like everything about the bourne movies other than the fact that julia stiles is horrible and should be shot into the sun
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Julia Stiles is generally horrible yes, but is quite tolerable in this series imo.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't place Once Upon a Time which i think was one of those "haven't seen it recently enough" arbitrary decisions i made to get the list down to 50. i wish i'd placed it now i think.
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
25-27 a bit later, folks
― omar little, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
btw I watched dirty Harry last night
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
jeez omar, why didn't you use some of your vacation days to post these results? ;)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
xp did you enjoy it y/n?
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
I did! and I have some things to say abt it, l8r
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Annoyed that Netflix is streaming cropped Dirty Harry.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
one more thing on bourne supremacy... the moment at the end where he lets karl urban live is legit powerful to me. to me this is a sick movie and not just a great action flick, which is why i was so gravely disappointed by the failings of ultimatum.
what'd you think of DH lagoon.
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
The Matrix should have been higher, and anyone dissing it is either projecting their feelings about the sequels on to the original or just plain doesn't like awesomeness. Such an amazing experience to see that in the cinema not knowing much about it beforehand, just sitting there open-mouthed for the whole second half of the film. I mean the lobby sequence alone...
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
matrix is awful gtfo
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
calling something as deliberate as OUATITW "action" o_O
The Matrix's "We need lots of guns" made me want to puke
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
awfully awesome
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
tbh if you dislike slow-motion gunfights set to "Spybreak!" you have no business watching modern action movies
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
yep. this sort of brainless betrayal of the basic concept (which was liberally stolen/cribbed from better sources anyway) was just... ugh
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
"We're going to need guns - lots of guns" reminds me of one of the ways the Matrix is great - the rare film with an innovative schtick that has also thought about how to intensify its style and story in the last act rather than just do more, louder.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
how is it a betrayal of the basic concept exactly?
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
i said in the nominations thread that the term "action movie" will be forever coloured by the big 80s stuntfests that had better fill up the upper echelons of this poll or else. but there are films from earlier eras that really shd count as action movies even tho their pacing is more considered or sedate. having said that, Once is nowhere near Leone's actioniest picture as far as i'm concerned.
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
the big 80s stuntfests that had better fill up the upper echelons of this poll or else
cuz they need the help
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
you control reality, what do you need a gun for?
it's similar to all the action movie nonsense in Inception, it's just conceptually nonsensical.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
NONSENSE I say!
iirc they shot the basic concept with lots of guns
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, but they're only able to control reality up to a certain point.
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
gunpoint
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
also, it's just cool. Shut up
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
i love it when people who don't understand inception complain about inception
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
kind of wish there was a whole thread dedicated to it
or multiple threads
lol
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp I assume Shakey is mad at the idea that if we realise that our world is a consensual hallucination, we'll still try to solve things with guns & kung-fu.
Though of course it must be said that there is a considerable market segment that is receptive to the idea that you can beat people by thinking kung-fu faster than them - that next donut might be the key to victory! The intervening 13 years have probably not provided much to make the idea less attractive (pats belly).
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i love it when we argue about whether nerd flicks are internally consistent enough
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i love it when we facetiously say we love stuff
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link