Never gave this film a second thought until reading your post there, el Topo. Sounds interesting if nothing else though, so I had a quick look at a couple of other reviews, one that loved it (DVD Talk) and one that hated it (Film Freak Central), and now I’m going to HAVE to watch it as soon as possible. 
I think its one of those cases of Love it or leave it Caress, no midlle term. In my case I just haven’t decided where I stand…yet.
I also re-watched The Counselor yesterday, but now in the 20 min longer DC. Which means even more of philosophical talk by people who aren’t philosophers in the first place. It bored me partly in cinema, but afterwards I had the feeling that it all had some potential, that I would like it more a 2nd time. All these artificial endless dialogues by McCarthy sound at first incredibly wrong and highly pretentious, but then when everybody talks that way it may become after a while a quality. It may become a stylistic device, but I’m still not sure if it did. Maybe I still do not understand it’s real structure, if there is one.
But then and whatever it remains an interesting film, but not a great one. It did not really made click when I re-watched it, and so there is still too much QT stuff, which nobody ever makes as good as the “master” himself. And Ridley Scott’s advertising colors and lighting is as wrong as in most of his films, and even if he is the wrong director for the film it is well directed and with it’s strong colors it looks pretty good.
So it remains a somehow strange film and … well … 6 or 7/10 or … I dunno … and the shorter version is probably the better one.
Shiver of the Vampires
-One of my favorites from Rollin. Beautiful looking film with strange atmosphere and some nudity. Two philosophers and ex-vampire hunters turned to vampires are hilarious characters.
will have to add Shiver of the Vampires to my Rollin marathon viewings.
really enjoying this guy’s films, perfect for my mood lately.
so far have just watched his horror related stuff, but really interested to watch some others like Sidewalks of Bangkok
Hong Kong Confidential, 1958… let’s see… the successor to the throne of Jordan (?) is kidnapped by Russian (?) spies and is hidden-away in mainland China (?). The CIA enlists Gene Barry, who’s working undercover as a second-rate saloon-singer in Hong Kong, to rescue the Prince. So he infiltrates the communist-gang by posing as a gold-smuggler. The film isn’t bad actually. Though the Russians sound-and-act more British than the British. And Gene Barry’s singing-scene is pricelessly sleaze-sational.
Vacation - Good stuff, always loved this, they still haven’t reinstated “I’m so Excited” even though it says it on the end credits.
European Vacation - Still quite funny but hasn’t aged as well as it’s predecessor.
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys - Road movie where Joe Don Baker and friends get back from their tour in Vietnam and take a trip to California, but as expected not all goes to plan, really enjoyed this, it could only have come from the 70’s.
Stunt Squad - Not seen it for at least a decade, the transfer on the Raro disc is really nice.
Kill The Irishman - The Irishman don’t take shit from anyone, a whole lot better than I thought it was going to be, Ray Stevenson should be a bigger star, plenty of known faces in various roles.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:11907, topic:1923”][B]Vacation[/B] - Good stuff, always loved this, they still haven’t reinstated “I’m so Excited” even though it says it on the end credits.
[B]Welcome Home, Soldier Boys[/B] - Road movie where Joe Don Baker and friends get back from their tour in Vietnam and take a trip to California, but as expected not all goes to plan, really enjoyed this, it could only have come from the 70’s.
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This is weird because I’ve bought this just now after wanting to see it again after so many years. One of the best build ups and “unleashing of all hell” films in my opinion. Baker is very dark and brooding.
I really enjoyed it, deserves a Blu Ray release.
Looks like one to add to my watch list 
watched some polish scifi movies lately like Ga, Ga - Glory To The Heroes, which was pretty good sf comedy, then Obi-Oba, End Of Civilization, postapo which played on more serious tune, but also quite good
i’m actually amazed how good are these polish SFs ???
now, i’m watching Tykho Moon one of the very few movies directed by comics writer/artist Enki Bilal, which makes me think i should re-watch that other movie with egyptian godlike creatures
oh, yes, and aussie sf Alien Visitor (Epsilon) was a real treat, never heard of it, but made my day
[quote=“tomas, post:11911, topic:1923”]watched some polish scifi movies lately like Ga, Ga - Glory To The Heroes, which was pretty good sf comedy, then Obi-Oba, End Of Civilization, postapo which played on more serious tune, but also quite good
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Well, no wonder, both films are directed by Szulkin who is one of the best obscure Polish directors. If you liked the aforementioned flicks, you may find some interest in The War of the Worlds: Next Century (a minor masterpiece with conspicuous political undercurrents) and Golem (not that remarkable, but visually stunning).
yeah, noticed both movies during my recent research, so already planning to watch them 
Upon a second look, i’d forgotten how good Twilight’s Last Gleaming is. Well-acted, well-written, well-shot and the high tension and suspense is still top-notch.
Great film for a lazy saturday afternoon.
Re-watched Citizen Kane (the German Blu seems to be of lesser quality, the film looks old, but shouldn’t)
It was never a personal favourite, but it was as always an enjoyable watch.
It is obviously a film which is visually more daring and stunning than most modern films, what films before 1960 rarely are. And CK is bubbling over with ideas, probably more than other directors with huge filmography had in their whole career. Biggest minus is that there are too much dialogues which interpret what we see, which interpret the character and the film. 9/10
[quote=“Stanton, post:11915, topic:1923”]Re-watched Citizen Kane (the German Blu seems to be of lesser quality, the film looks old, but shouldn’t)
It was never a personal favourite, but it was as always an enjoyable watch.
It is obviously a film which is visually more daring and stunning than most modern films, what films before 1960 rarely are. And CK is bubbling over with ideas, probably more than other directors with huge filmography had in their whole career. Biggest minus is that there are too much dialogues which interpret what we see, which interpret the character and the film. 9/10[/quote]
From what I gather (don’t have it myself), the U.S. Warner BD is the best release of Citizen Kane. As you probably know by now, I’m slightly more enthusiastic about it than you ;), but completely agree about how inventive it is. The old “camera through the window” trick still seems to get repeated on a regular basis (even in Harry Potter).
Welcome Home Soldier Boys.
Yodlaf tempted me to view one. Four men return from the Vietnam war only to find things just as tough in different ways. Interesting slow build up to a climax which is well worth waiting for.
[size=12pt]Stand Up Guys[/size] - 2012 - Fisher Stevens
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Age doesn’t forgive, so main parts for old actors are not easy to find, even more if those actors were of superstar level.
I call it geriatric films, there’s been a few lately, and this one is another example.
The story is quite simple, a wise guy named Val (Pacino) comes out of an 28 years sentence in Prison, and reunites with his now retired old crew for an epic night, not knowing his best friend Doc (Walken), was assigned to kill him by a vengeful mobster. The film is built around the relation between these two old friends, with Val accepting better the fact that his best has to kill him, than the man who has to it.
Not a bad film I guess, it will entertain the viewer, the usual, they don’t make mobsters like in the old days stuff, and you can easily relate with the characters. So if it’s a good 90 minutes in front of the telly you want, not a bad choice.
Walken is a favorite of mine, I’ve seen him doing everything well, a true versatile actor, contrary to Pacino, that seems to be always in the same tone, he recycles some of his old characters like if it was Carlitos (supposing he didn’t die) that came out of prison. Alan Arkin shows he can drive
Works like a feel good movie, a dark comedy at times, some drama, nothing we haven’t seen before, nothing to remember, still it will entertain you like other films did before.
Yes, the Warner seems to be much superior, but Warner does not distribute the film in Europe, and Studiocanal made their 2k master form a later generation copy. Don’t know why they did not buy the rights from Warner, when they don’t have access to an excellent master.
Slightly more enthusiastic means it is for you the best film ever? But at least a 10er? I prefer other Welles films to this one, but they are all more or less good if not great. They are so very different from anything Hollywood did back then.
[size=12pt]Movie 43[/size] - 2013 - (several directors)
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People here talking about Citizen Kane, and I’ve only Movie 43 to show for. What can I say, at least I hope the actors had fun doing it.
Movie 43 is made of several short films, with many famous actors going from Hugh Jackman to Richard Gere, or from Emma Stone to Halle Berry. The link for all the stories is a screenwriter (a very unconvincing as a comedian Dennis Quaid), trying to sell the script containing those shorts, to a producer brilliantly played by Greg Kinnear, using some “aggressive” marketing technics, on a segment by itself.
What can I say, I did laugh my balls out with some segments, the one with Jackman and Kate Winslet, also the homeschool one (completely away from political correctiness), the leprechaun one (with Knoxville and Sean William Scott), those were my favorites, the one with the scatological sex was funny, cause both main actors are married in real life.
Some of the segments I really hated it, the one with Halle Berry and the one with Gere.
On a positive note Movie 43 tries to be the ultimate spoof movie on an original and different way. It doesn’t work as an all, with so many vignettes, made by different directors I was an impossible mission.
Anyway contrary to many I did like the concept and the gross humor, the problem was some of the vignettes that spoiled the film to me as an all, but the ones that worked were really funny.
Not a guilty pleasure most almost there, if you didn’t have seen, well watch at your own risk.