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Taxi Driver (1976)
10/10
Honestly, I would recommend this movie to everyone as it has a very relatable character in Travis Bickle, the only movie apart from Godfather 2 Robert De Niro looked very handsome like a ladies man & he's obviously the reason why this movie was worth it. Cybill Shepherd who comes as a love interest, man! She looked so pretty in the 70s.
The little girl in the movie was a shocker, her parents who made her play with confidence, It really takes guts to make her do it.
Harvey Keitel an underrated actor, him as a pump was so convincing, I wanted to kill him by my hands coz he's so convincing in that role, thank God scorcese saw the talent in keitel, man he's so good & he was also good in a somewhat not great mean Streets movie (1973) do check that out if you really want to see scorcese's works.
Scorcese himself makes a cameo in the movie, please don't miss that as you'll not forget that in a long time!
The most impressive part of the movie & if u ask me one of the greatest works I've seen is the jaw dropping cinematography for 1976 & the brilliant music, which I'll never forget! Watch to know I mean.
An experience definitely recommend! (5.8.2014)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
10/10
I like Stanley Kubrick, and I love his films, especially 2001, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove and this, his penultimate film. Full Metal Jacket is a harrowing, violent and foul-mouthed film, yet it is superbly done. True, one or two parts may lack tropical realism, but the atmosphere the film creates is extraordinary. The film looks excellent with skillful cinematography. The script is very well crafted and does have a sense of realism, while the story is compelling with the transition from the training at the camp to the bombed Vietamnesse city smoothly done. I am with those who thinks the first half is better than the second, but that is not to say the second half isn't good, it is more than good, but the first half really was outstanding. Kubrick's direction as always is superb, as is the acting especially Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Onofrio. All in all, one of Kubrick's best and one of the best war movies you will see. 10/10 Bethany Cox.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
10/10
I hardly watch a Hollywood movie but this movie was recommended by many. And now I would like to recommend this movie. At least once in time, this should be watched I think that this movie teaches young people and adults a very valuable lesson in the movie. This is a family movie, the family should always have faith in one, moreover, a father and son should always have faith in each other. I have learned from the society that there is always one thing, that father and daughter & mother and son this are the most common happy relations, but this movie has changed the perspective of accepting the things only society speaks.
"If you like it, then have it. No matter what I say, no matter what everyone says."
This is a story of a man living in mediocrity, working as a salesman and despite facing several problems on every front of his life, He dares. Dares to dream big. This is an admirably unsentimental biography with an amazing performance. It's an excellent movie that shows if you work hard for something you will get success. Will Smith and his son, Jaden bring to life the true story of a father-son family, struggling to step up from the bottom rung of the ladder. I believe that kids should watch this movie, so they will realize that they are blessed in their lives, and it's not easy for parents to struggle always. This is a movie based on a real-life experience. Will Smith does an incredible job as well as his son Jaden. He had his son in this movie that's why it was easier for Will Smith to put himself out there emotionally. You can feel the emotion and are rooting for his character through the movie.
Jaden Smith is adorable. He delivers an endearing performance as Gardner's son, Christopher, in what turns out to be a simple, sentimental, but ultimately inspiring movie. The film deals with a particular perspective, focusing, as the title implies, on the constitutional right to "pursue" happiness, rather than the right to be happy. In this manner, the movie can avoid focusing much on racism and how that factors into achieving the Dream. Instead, the relationship between father and son, through all the ups and downs of family and economic instability, take centre stage, with lovely results. "The Pursuit of Happyness" counts how Chris, compromises by some bad luck, a few stupid moves and a shrew for a wife, Linda, loses his apartment and, with his 5-year-old, Christopher, joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Evicted from the mainstream and bounced from shelter to shelter, Chris holds firm to his dignity, resolve, faith, love and independence. Money matters in "The Pursuit of Happyness," as it does in life. But it matters more openly in this film than it does in most Hollywood stories that set their sights on the poor, largely because Chris's pursuit of happiness eventually becomes interchangeable with his pursuit of money. He doesn't want just a better, more secure life for himself and his child. The ending (I won't give it away too much) had the tears flowing, tears of happiness of course. I recommend this movie to everyone who loves movies that have a real storyline and leave you with a good feeling. This movie is worth taking the time to see. Will Smith is an incredible actor and the real person whom this film was made around must be proud. This movie is gonna play with your emotions. You are gonna cry, laugh along with the characters.
"You deserve to be happy". (4.21.17)
The Music Man (1962)
10/10
I like the movie called the music man because its wonderful and great. I like it so much I watch it five times I like the part when Mr Harold hill teaches the boys how to play a trumpet, drums, singing songs while Marian works at the library stamp books put them in the book shelf. Marian didn't like he's music or how he was doing . At the end she like him and he's music after all .what a great ending in the musical moments. I still like this very much god bless the ones who act in this movie Robert ,Shirley Jones and all the other characters in the movie thank you and have a wonderful night. My rating 10/10.
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
10/10
Amazing film with a stella cast and of course Topol as Tevye. I'm biased as I've been in this musical many times, but it is a wonderful show to be in. This film was beautifully done and is in my top 20 of best films. Never tire of watching it. Sadly, some of the cast are now gone, but boy did they leave a good impression.
The plight of Jews was not only in WW2 but throughout history and this film depicts the Russian pograms period of the early 20th century. Tevye also grapples with changing traditions while trying to feed a wife and 5 daughters. Another beautiful film in this same mode is Dr Zchivago, also set in Russia around the revolutionary era.
My favourite scene in this film is the wedding with the exceptional skill of the bottle dancers on show, plus the wedding song. The fiddler on the roof of course, is a symbol of Tevye's dreams and hopes for his village and family to remain happy and safe in troubled times and to hang on to much beloved traditions. How sad is the last scene as well as the villagers leave their homes and begin the long road to find safety. Of course decades later, they faced the Nazis and the holocaust.
A wonderful film with lovely songs and great acting.
Klaus (2019)
10/10
This movie exceeded my expectations. At first, I thought it is just an ordinary animated film about Santa, but as I watched the early footage, I realized it is not purely centered on the legendary Santa, but it is centered on a human being who is exactly like one of us,--don't deny it guys, sometime in our lives we feel irresponsible, lazy and just simply enjoying our life slacking and making our parents feel so stressed and irritated about our ways. And this film is about a son of a wealthy postmaster general who after trying to reform his lazy, spoiled son with several attempts, finally decides to send him to a cold, unlovable town on an island called Smeerensburg as a postman, to let him learn a lesson to straighten his irresponsibleness, and that all of the townsfolk and kids slowly mend their ways, inspired by an old toymaker who happens to be our dear old Santa Klaus.
I just don't want to be a spoiler but I promise you and your adorable fam, will have a great time watching this all together.
As quoted from Sergio Pablos, himself who is the amazing writer-director, together with Jim Mahoney and Zach Lewis, of this 2D animated action, adventure-packed, comedy-drama movie, and Netflix's first original animated feature, "But then I actually came around to the idea that maybe the perfect way to watch a film like 'Klaus' is to sit at home with your family, wrapped in a blanket with a cup of hot cocoa."
So, there you are folks, you are in for a sumptuous holiday treat all year round, as I feel I can watch this again and again. Hats off to you Director Pablos and congratulations on winning the 73rd (BAFTA) British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Animated Feature, Academy Nominee for Best Animated Feature, and more other seven awards in the 47th Annie Awards.
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
10/10
I absolutely cannot understand the negative reviews! You are not human if you dislike this movie. Those people must not realize that this is based of the true story of the director, Louis Malle. In this movie, Jean Bonnet, has a rather rocky friendship with Julien Quentin, who is a Jew, pretending to be French. Later, Jean Bonnet finds out that that isn't his real name, and apparently he realizes that he's Jewish, thus only the priest who leads the school and Jean know now. Then, as revenge (One of the boys who was caught stealing was kicked out) he finds out that Julien was Jewish and reported him to the Nazi police, hence, they storm the school and take all the several Jewish children who the priest disguised as French children away to Auschwitz, including the priest, while Jean sees Julien be taken away from the group and the priest exclaims, "Au Revoir, Les Enfants! (Goodbye, Children!)" This film has proven itself to be one of the best tearjerkers ever!!! If you think old Yeller is sad, this is way more!!! God bless whoever reads this, and have a great year!!!
Psycho (1960)
10/10
Inside every tough guy there's a little psycho, and inside every psycho there's a teensy-weensy mother just waiting to jump out and grab a knife with her cold, dead hand (gulp). So celebrated British director Alfred Hitchcock would have us believe after watching his original psycho-drama of 1960.
Born in London (Leytonstone), Al began in Silents, first directing rom-drams, then suspense (The-Lady-Vanishes The-39-Steps). Like many proven English makers, he'd cross the Pond, then the N. American continent to the USA's movie mecca, Hollywood, expanding his repertoire on makes like Mr-&-Mrs-Smith Rear-Window Rebecca Saboteur and Strangers-On-A-Train, eventually focusing his energies on one genre. And of his vast catalog, two films stand out, cementing his place atop the hierarchy of horror directors: Psycho (60) and The-Birds (63), both ingenious tales set in eerily everyday circumstance, the latter airing on 70s TV with frequency (What's a little eye-gauging and tortious bird behavior, anyway, right?), and Psycho, with its famous chef salad shower scene and weird mother-son dynamic, proving too graphic for censors who sometimes DID know best. But with cable's arrival (80s) and codes liberated, all of us finally got to check in the Bates Motel, assuming all risks and liabilities appurtenant (gulp).
Psycho clearly crossed the line, but because it did so with style (Stefano & Bloch), its shocking visuals would change movies forever (how censors ever let it show in theaters is a small miracle, or deal made with the devil). Innovations in camera and edit, along with better developed characters fueling suspense, give it the edge over the feathered freak-show. It stars Anthony Perkins as charming but demented desk clerk Norman Bates in the role that made him as legendary as Hitchcock. Janet Leigh plays his gorgeous guest who jumps from the criminal frying-pan (APB) into the victim's fire, learning the hardest way possible that 'crime never pays!' Other contributors: lens-man John Russell (his frame and pull-back from the eye of a corpse is exquisite), music score by Bernard Hermann (the piercing note that powers the shower scene may be the most famous single tone in all of cinema) and editing by the highly under-rated George Tomasini (Rear-Window Stalag-17 Vertigo The-Misfits The-Birds The-Time-Machine).
Missed the mark: 1) At first meet, Norman is too normal for what lay ahead, his "mother" and "madness" mentions a little too cute; 2) John Gavin's Sam is almost as weird as Norman, his attempts to fluster Bates enough to get the boyfriend tossed on his ear anywhere else, but then Loomis has his uses, and 3) I could've done without the last five minutes of psycho-splaining from the good doctor (Oakland) in prep for Bates' legal defense (incompetence in Arizona), and yet, still a masterpiece (4/4) (5.26.18).
The Birds (1963)
10/10
Other names: Common starling, English starling
Originate from: Parts of Europe, Asia and Africa
Reason in U. S.: A Shakespeare fan went too far
Destructive superpowers: Destroy crops
Newsworthy moment: In 1960, a swarm of 10,000 starlings flew into a passenger plane taking off from Boston's Logan Airport, disabling the engines and causing a crash that killed 62 people.
Eugene Schieffelin was such a fan of William Shakespeare that he decided to introduce a bird mentioned in his play Henry IV into the U. S. In 1890 and 1891, Schieffelin unleashed approximately 100 imported Europeans starlings into New York City's Central Park.
Bad idea.
Within 50 years, they had spread across the continent. Today, there are more than 200 million European starlings in North America; considered noxious and destructive, they compete with native species and destroy crops such as grains and pitted fruits. They swarm agricultural feeding troughs, contaminating food and water, and are linked with diseases like histoplasmosis, a lung ailment afflicting agricultural workers.
The Maori soon discover their new found world is far larger than any islands their people have previously occupied. In fact New Zealand is a bigger landmass than all the Polynesian islands put together. Exploring the heavily forested interior it will not be long before they discover the islands top predator, a creature that will come to strike fear in the hearts of the Maori. The Haast eagle the largest and most deadly aerial predator the world has ever seen. It has a three meter wingspan, talons the size of tiger's claws that will crush the neck of a giant moa, a bird twenty times its weight. This is a specialist in crippling two-legged prey. When it first sets eyes on humans this pre-adapted man killer sees fare game. It swoops down on unsuspecting victims at speeds up to eighty kilometers per hour. This monstrous raptor remains by its kill for days. The Maori will speak of this giant carrying people away to feed its ravenous young.
Red Tailed Hawks can take down animals 2 times their own size, like a children. Do eagles really try to snatch up babies? It's not common. Many attacks by eagles on children have been reported over the years, but it's hard to tell how many are accurate. Alfred Hitchcock had trained birds attack people, birds is based on a true story, in 1835 a large flock of black birds attack people on a streets in Boston.
Gandhi (1982)
10/10
The movie is in itself a marvellous film making feat, with a larger than life setup to depict the larger than life story of a man and his becoming from an advocate to the main moral force behind Indias freedom struggle, which in itself is the biggest revolution of the world galvanizing 350million people against the British raj . To even attempt to depict such a humungous task must be a praiseworthy achievement and Mr. Attenborough does it with such grace and smoothness . Brilliant casting , setting and costumes and Ben kingsley delivers the final touches of perfection in this masterpiece through his brilliant acting. Many will disagree that Mahatma was an over rated name in India's freedom struggle , but truth is simple , majority of people are ignorant and biased towards history when it comes to understanding it in terms of that moment many years before, very few have the maturity to understand true gravity of that situation and imagine that attenborough not only imagined it but portrayed it all int this moving canvas just blows my mind everytime. A must watch , not only for history but also for getting a good philosophical benchmark which we all need in our lives during times of moral turpitude and that's why Ghandhi is fondly called the Mahatma(great soul).
King Kong (1933)
10/10
It was the baby-boom for iconic movie monsters (1920s-40s): Dracula, The-Invisible-Man, Phantom-of-the-Opera, The-Wolf-Man, The-Mummy, Lorre's Dr. Gogol and Lanchester's Bride. All menacing yet tragic figures that, for the most part, touched our hearts, unlike the Aliens to come, though, a sympathetic killer in Terminator2: "I know now why you cry (sniff)." Two of the terrible tower above the rest: Frankenstein (31) and King-Kong (33), the former frustrated by a bad brain and fickle fiancée who'd rather hiss than kiss, the latter forced from his element in chains, only to fall for a gal WAY out of his league.
But while Frankie would be eclipsed by his would-be Bride, the original Kongster has never been topped. Its stop-motion animation (O'Brien) in jungle jousts and City stomp are today the sole selling point for Classic promoters who sorely lack Denham's vision, hoping in vane to pull in CGI-smitten millennials who think Kong quaint. But for those who watch movies to dream and favor sentiment over machismo, they'll find the love story, evoked occasionally in unexpected erotic imagery (Kong's disrobe of Anne who's one of film's great screams and rock jaws, brushing off an accidental "rap on the chin" from Jack), is central to the sensation directors Cooper & Schoedsack sought to create. Rather than define the film, Willis' special effects are fantastic features meant to enhance the romance that begins on the boat (Wray + Cabot), triangulates on the island (Kong) and must end in tragedy in the cold, steel & concrete metropolis.
And take note of Armstrong's performance. Entrepreneur Denham did abduct Kong, code violative today, but he also saved Apple Annie from a nite in jail and fed her nourishment for body and soul in one sweet scene. How could HE know she'd end up on top of .. well, you'll see. And it's Carl who writes Big Hairy's epitaph: "No, it wasn't the planes, it was ..," well, you'll see that one, too (4/4) (3.20.19).
42nd Street (1933)
American Classics
Classic!!! Absolute Classic Americana.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in a classic movie from Hollywood's Golden Era. With an astonishing cast (Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Bebe Daniels, Alan Jenkins....) great songs (Shuffle Off to Buffalo, You're Getting to Be A Habit with Me) and of course the title song "42nd Street) everything about this film makes you long for the says when Hollywood made films with substance.
It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1998 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2006, it ranked 13th on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. A stage adaption of the film debuted on Broadway in 1980, winning two Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
She Married Her Boss (1935)
Cute Reading
After six years of unrequited love with her boss, Richard Barclay (Melvin Douglas), executive secretary Julia Scott (Claudette Colbert) turns down a job in Paris, but announces plans to move to France to find a husband. Afraid of losing Julia's talents, Richard marries her and demands that she resolve her complicated home life with her daughter and domineering sister. When she learns that Richard just wants a business partner, Julia agrees to reorganize a rival store to get Richard's attention.
The picture has a great deal of the easy, good-humored charm of It Happened One Night -- although it doesn't measure up to that classic -- and you will find it highly entertaining.