Posted on 03/01/2014 7:11:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Never seen it before...:)
Just make sure it is the real JOHN WAYNE version, and not one of the later poor quality made for TV versions.
You don’t like Paths of Glory or The Killing?
2001 had the content to justify the reputation though. And keep in mind it was not well received at the time. It’s reputation went up as the years went by.
Yes that reality that Jesus was whipped, crowned with thorns, and nailed to a cross probably could get in the way of your fantasy world...
I definitely think you should stay far away from the Passion of Christ because you will have a heart attack seeing what Jesus went through on that one.
To be blunt, it was the equivalent of a modern movie showing a full xxx bedroom scene while an older movie would present the same raw information with innuendo. It was gratuitous violence. I read the book. I know what happened. I don’t need to be treated to a full on re-enactment of my savior being tortured.
Really? I think A Clockwork Orange still looks great.
Paths of Glory was good. Never saw The Killing.
Yep, I agree with your statement.
It’s mind-numbing.
Pinocchio creeped me out as a kid. Still don’t like it.
Or were smoking pot.
The Haunting is masterful!!! No ghosts are seen. Give it a try.
I'm thrilled about this. It took a long time for Vertigo to rise in the all-time rankings.
It's one of my all-time top ten, along with "2001," another movie on the list.
Although I think the idea behind "2001" is, well, stupid, the film-making itself was revolutionary, and on that basis alone, the movie is one of very few that transcends the medium.
Another movie on my top ten that isn't on this list, and should be, is Welles', "The Trial." It has recently been restored. It is another film that transcends the medium, and was considered by Welles to be his best movie. Lost footage was recently found, and the movie has been almost fully restored. It's full of unforgettable images, and it captures the horrors of Modernism with the logic of a nightmare.
Why is it that great comedies are almost never nominated? Billy Wilder’s 1959 “Some Like It Hot” was a terrific showcase for Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. Jack Lemmon was nominated for best actor but the only Oscar received was for costume design. Tony Curtis certainly deserved an Oscar not only for his drag performance as Josephine but his dead on imitation of Cary Grant. If you’ve never seen it, you’ve missed Marilyn Monroe at her sexiest and Lemmon and Curtis at their funniest.
cuban leaf:Actually, no. I’m quite aware it happened. I just don’t feel the need to be entertained by watching a re-enactment.
That's an idiotic assumption to make of someone who saw it.
That is the reality and nobody is entertained by it. There is nothing wrong, however, with knowing the price that was paid for our sins and understanding the full horror of what our sin is and what it costs.
And if that includes seeing what Jesus REALLY went through to REALLY pay for our real sins, so be it.
Scripture tells us that He was unrecognizable at the time of the crucifixion. IMO, the movie did not do justice to the reality of the beating Jesus took on our behalf.
If you think people are being entertained by that, you have some real problems......
Why was Midnight Cowboy x-rated?
I have watched it many times...did they cut a bunch out of the film for DVD release?
2001 would have been great if you could understood what it was about (I didn’t)
I loved 2010.
Wasn’t the book written after/during the movie? I think I read that somewhere once.
Ahhh...earlier post confirmed!
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