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My kind of film.
9 years 6 months ago
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Goddamnit, this movie is great. Simple, but so fucking great.
10 years 1 month ago
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Magical film that leaves you in an ethereal state.
10 years 4 months ago
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This movie made me dizzy, but in a good way! (2) The film will make you experience quietude and then have moments that invigorate the fuck out of you.
10 years 5 months ago
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My first encounter with Cagney is complete divinity. The man emits charisma.
10 years 6 months ago
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A cinematic jewel. The execution of the pickpocket scenes were entrancing.
10 years 6 months ago
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Wow, what an impeccable and grand masterpiece! I'm ashamed I postponed watching it sooner, thinking the duration was too lengthy, but the time flew so quickly and by the end I was left wanting more. There is and can never be enough words to wholly describe this film, every person needs to go see it for himself and be a part of the extravaganza that Lawrence of Arabia is.
10 years 11 months ago
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I really didn't expect this film to be sentimental, which is terrific of Fellini, because people instantaneously think of happy things and laughter whenever anything's associated with the circus. Giulietta Masina is adorable.
10 years 11 months ago
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Touching neorealist Italian film. Nobody gets it easy, but that's just life. Cried pretty much through the entire film, but the part that got to me worst was spoiler
10 years 11 months ago
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It's amazing how director Terrence Malick manages to bring about a very lyrical way of portraying life and death. A unique war film, unlike others that are jingoistic. The applied technique of multiple narrations perfected the film, something that enables the audience to metaphorically hear both sides of the story. Not every soldier has a thirst for the enemy's blood, but not every soldier is as patriotic as another. Every man definitely fights his own war.
10 years 11 months ago
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I think what director Wolfgang Petersen successfully achieved the most was making the audience feel as if they were on the boat themselves. Even just by looking at the actors in a confined space, I felt like I was experiencing claustrophobia. It's not just a war epic, there are moments in the film that moves the audience in a profound way: spoiler, those moments make you empathize the characters even more. Highly recommend others to watch the director's cut, it does the movie justice.
10 years 11 months ago
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I like the part where he alternates between the woman in labor, a funeral and a wedding. Some remarkable shots acquired.
10 years 12 months ago
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The film not only possesses compelling dialogues and acting that draws you into the whole trial, but also has a very haunting presence to it; the underlying principal of humanity. Running time of 186 minutes, and not a single one of them wasted. Particularly adored Maximilian Schell and Montgomery Clift's performances.
10 years 12 months ago
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Fantastic depiction of desire, greed, and insecurity. To define the film with a quote, it'd probably be:
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"What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
11 years 1 month ago
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A movie that cleverly and deviously plays with humor. Love Christian Slater's psychotic ambiance. Him and Winona make a great on-screen couple feuding over power.
11 years 1 month ago
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Intense material but comes across realistically and brilliantly.
11 years 1 month ago
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Genuinely felt sorry for the character. Great movie, proves Scorsese could direct just about every genre.
11 years 1 month ago
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Absurdity at it's funniest. spoiler
11 years 1 month ago
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A superb horror. Love the quaint mood of the movie. Wish I could say the same about the ending though.
11 years 1 month ago
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