02-15-2010, 04:39 AM
---GWTW. Transformative for sheer size, scope, scale. History, and acting that scorched the screen. Oscar all around, including Hattie McDaniel
--scary fascism coupled with "divine decadence" and great music: cabaret -- transformative because it took the musical layed it over a very serious subject. Slightly irritating, but breakout oscar winning performance by Liza. No better moving ever made on fiddling while a country explodes. Now that I think of it, probably not suitable for people under 30!
--- Nashville -- unusual "one shot" film technique. Unique ensemble style performance. Harsh take on America and it subcurrent of violence...or something else by Robert Altman, McCabe and Mrs. Miller -- beautifully photographed, and a young Warren Beatty laments "I've got poetry in me!"
--French Connection -- American film returns to action after a thoughtful decade. Completely absorbing and reflective in a way of the crassness to come.
---Alien -- audiences were literally jumping out of their seats at one of the most suspenseful and horrific films of all time. Sigourney Weaver acted her socks off and the finale where she discovers the alien in her escape pod is worth reflecting on for anyone who has ever slowly and deliberately tried to get away from a monster while saving their pet at the same time. This film tells you how.
---E.T. 'nuff said.
The best American film of all time is Titanic. Yes, I know it is big, and popular and we should all hate it, but it has it all: the immigrant experience, intense romance, haunting music, danger, history, and one of the best surprise endings in all of cinema.... a reflection on how sometimes you just get that one love in a lifetime, and it may be very brief and your heart may make the sound of a ship splitting in half.
--scary fascism coupled with "divine decadence" and great music: cabaret -- transformative because it took the musical layed it over a very serious subject. Slightly irritating, but breakout oscar winning performance by Liza. No better moving ever made on fiddling while a country explodes. Now that I think of it, probably not suitable for people under 30!
--- Nashville -- unusual "one shot" film technique. Unique ensemble style performance. Harsh take on America and it subcurrent of violence...or something else by Robert Altman, McCabe and Mrs. Miller -- beautifully photographed, and a young Warren Beatty laments "I've got poetry in me!"
--French Connection -- American film returns to action after a thoughtful decade. Completely absorbing and reflective in a way of the crassness to come.
---Alien -- audiences were literally jumping out of their seats at one of the most suspenseful and horrific films of all time. Sigourney Weaver acted her socks off and the finale where she discovers the alien in her escape pod is worth reflecting on for anyone who has ever slowly and deliberately tried to get away from a monster while saving their pet at the same time. This film tells you how.
---E.T. 'nuff said.
The best American film of all time is Titanic. Yes, I know it is big, and popular and we should all hate it, but it has it all: the immigrant experience, intense romance, haunting music, danger, history, and one of the best surprise endings in all of cinema.... a reflection on how sometimes you just get that one love in a lifetime, and it may be very brief and your heart may make the sound of a ship splitting in half.