59. Nashville (1975) - What the fuck was that? I didn't even finish this it was so bad. I wouldn't watch this if you paid me. No stars
58. The Gold Rush (1925) - The one I got from Netflix was the "rerelease", which proves that directors were mucking with their movies and adding new tech to them long before George Lucas. In this case taking a silent movie and adding sound. I can't tell you how weird it is to, the whole thing watches like a story being told with Chaplin reciting everyone's dialogue ("'Come on, come on.', he said"). Nonetheless, Chaplin=funny. I'll call it Four Stars just because I'm betting it's funnier without narration. Turns out the funniest scene is on YouTube.
57. Rocky (1976) - I love the Rocky series as a whole. They've never done me wrong. Sure, they essentially rehash the same story a couple times, but do so well. I came close to buying the box set when it was released after Rocky Balboa, but I found out they include some totally not real "Rocky V" thing. WTF is that?
56. Jaws (1975) - I have a confession to make. In all my 27 years I have never seen Jaws. Not all the way through anyway. I've seen enough parodies and homages–from The Simpsons to Chasing Amy–that I had the gist of the thing so I figured; why bother? And ya know what? Turns out I was right. A good movie, to be sure, but nothing amazing. And the shark looks fake. Three stars for being exactly what I expected it to be.
55. North by Northwest (1959) - Ya know, NxNW is not my favourite Hitchcock movie. Despite it always placing in the top of nearly every critic who know much more that me about these things list of Hitch movies. And Cary Grant being in it. I just never loved it as much as Rope, Vertigo, or Rear Window. Three stars because he's done better.
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