tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post6413261698004434194..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: Feel the HeatJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-46620511081336996112007-08-29T13:38:00.000-05:002007-08-29T13:38:00.000-05:00Not having The Usual Suspects on a list of top 5 r...Not having The Usual Suspects on a list of top 5 recent crime movies is like not having Caddyshack on a list of top 5 metaphysical treatises.<BR/><BR/>How could you have missed it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-38717388408548710702007-08-24T12:26:00.000-05:002007-08-24T12:26:00.000-05:00JVL,I know exactly what you mean about the small s...JVL,<BR/>I know exactly what you mean about the small screen detracting from that final scene. Another scene diminished by the small screen is the downtown shootout. Did the print you saw include the extended doctor scene with Jeremy Piven, from which the Double the worst trouble line came?<BR/><BR/>As for lists, Godfather I & II are interchangeable and somedays I like the alternating story lines of II and other days I just love the brilliance of the first.<BR/><BR/>Goodfellas is a worthy entrant, but I would put Heat before it. 1995 was a seminal year for the Crime genre and Heat has in the dozen years we have had to reflect on it, grown larger than the three other crime films of that remarkable year. The others are Pulp Fiction, Casino and the Usual Suspects. Usual Suspects would be my number five, after Goodfellas.<BR/><BR/>T1-Godfather I<BR/>T1-Godfather II<BR/>3-Heat<BR/>4-Goodfellas<BR/>5-The Usual Suspects<BR/><BR/>Casino always suffered from excess, and the familiarity we had with Pesci and DeNiro together. Had Ray Liotta made a cameo it would have slipped into self-parody, and it wasn't far from it at other points. As for Pulp Fiction it feels diminished in the intervening years. Maybe it is the dreck that Tarantino has churned out since, but it just felt godawful<BR/><BR/>And another thing, great spot talking wresting heels with the Chowdah man last night. Dean give you any grief about the Iggles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-37322227061440779342007-08-23T19:11:00.000-05:002007-08-23T19:11:00.000-05:00Now that I think about it, my top five list would ...Now that I think about it, my top five list would probably be <BR/><BR/>1.Goodfellas<BR/>2.Godfather<BR/>3.Carlito's Way<BR/>4.TFC<BR/>5.Godfather II<BR/><BR/>Man I love Carlito's Way. That scene at the beginning when Pacino's in the Bathroom: "You think you're big time? You gonna fuckin' die big time! You ready? HERE COMES THE PAIN!"<BR/><BR/>My buddies and me in college shouted that to each other every day for weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-88466484613442368922007-08-23T19:02:00.000-05:002007-08-23T19:02:00.000-05:00oh, darnit, I just saw SB already called dibs on T...oh, darnit, I just saw SB already called dibs on The French Connection. I was hoping for originality. Oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-40268034967919497662007-08-23T19:00:00.000-05:002007-08-23T19:00:00.000-05:00I'm a big fan The French Connection. It's amazing...I'm a big fan The French Connection. It's amazing the way they shot the city of NY with all the long angles showing the streets and buildings on the side. <BR/><BR/>And Gene Hackman cracking heads in the ghetto bar was pretty fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-19142187171008923892007-08-23T16:47:00.000-05:002007-08-23T16:47:00.000-05:00Interesting follow up question. I saw Star Wars on...Interesting follow up question. I saw Star Wars on the huge screen at the Uptown when it was rereleased. That was kind of cool. I also saw 2001: ASO at the AFI Silver on a 70mm print not too long ago...it blew my mind. Well, that and the four tabs of acid.<BR/><BR/>(Kidding.)<BR/><BR/>SBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-58652430657645873062007-08-23T15:19:00.000-05:002007-08-23T15:19:00.000-05:00A better question related to your post: what movie...A better question related to your post: what movies benefit most from being seen on the big screen rather than on video? My two:<BR/><BR/>The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<BR/>Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-50880561417674662732007-08-23T13:52:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:52:00.000-05:00As a preface, I'm pretty sure we limited this to f...As a preface, I'm pretty sure we limited this to films made in the "New Hollywood" timeframe. Hence the emphasis on modern films.<BR/><BR/>I still think Snatch was better than Layercake. But this is a tough list to limit to just five. I mean, personally, I'd like to see some Coen Bros: The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, all crime movies in a sense. <BR/><BR/>We can't forget Silence of the Lambs. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? The French Connection? And then on a second tier, flicks like Ocean's 11, or Se7en. Good, solid movies, but I don't know if they crack the top ten.<BR/><BR/>SBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com