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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Grade: B 05/15/2009
This is actually the first "Spaghetti Western" I have seen, and it is certainly enjoyable. There is hardly any plot and it is too long...but Eastwood and Wallach are fantastic to watch, Sergio Leone is more of a visual artist than a director, and Ennio Morricone's iconic theme is so brilliantly anachronistic that it elevates every single scene. That final standoff at the cemetary is gloriously overblown. Clocking in at 3 hrs long, it was a bit of a chore getting through it...but it had a lot to admire and enjoy.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: B 05/15/2009
This is actually the first "Spaghetti Western" I have seen, and it is certainly enjoyable. There is hardly any plot and it is too long...but Eastwood and Wallach are fantastic to watch, Sergio Leone is more of a visual artist than a director, and Ennio Morricone's iconic theme is so brilliantly anachronistic that it elevates every single scene. That final standoff at the cemetary is gloriously overblown. Clocking in at 3 hrs long, it was a bit of a chore getting through it...but it had a lot to admire and enjoy.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Grade: A 06/15/2009
This might very well be the finest, most exciting, most intricate screenplay I have ever seen on film. Sure it is an ADAPTED screenplay, but the verbal fencing match that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor engage in is simply mesmerizing. Watching them go at each other and sucking in the young couple into their despair is nothing short of masterful entertainment. Mike Nichols directs, and the entire film is so expertly executed that you could swear it was real, and done in one take. What a perfect film. I loved it!!!
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: A 06/15/2009
This might very well be the finest, most exciting, most intricate screenplay I have ever seen on film. Sure it is an ADAPTED screenplay, but the verbal fencing match that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor engage in is simply mesmerizing. Watching them go at each other and sucking in the young couple into their despair is nothing short of masterful entertainment. Mike Nichols directs, and the entire film is so expertly executed that you could swear it was real, and done in one take. What a perfect film. I loved it!!!
1001 Movie to See Before You Die