Rumplesink wrote:Schindler's List
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
War of The Worlds
Minority Report
Amis...
What is your reason for choosing those?
Stewball wrote:Well naturally, since I've rated SoF at 100, I can't let those remarks go....unremarked.
First, this is the poster in it's original colors which was completely bastardized by that (??European/Asian??) monochromatic short cut:
As for the movie itself, yes, the plot as was characterized back then by the director, Walter Hill, is comic book in nature--meaning a simple (even simple-minded) story used as a framework for a continuous stream of surreal sequences. But even above that, the real meat is right there in it's tagline: "A Rock and Roll Fable". The Ry Cooder score with its fantastic opening and showstopping closing numbers by Jim Steinman is what put it up on that pinnacle for me.
Yes, the characters are comic book in nature as well, but the supporting cast, Rick Moranis, Willem Dafoe and especially Amy Madigan (she had most of the one-liners, ["some of you guys got some cute little asses; be a shame if I hadda blow 'em off!"]) give the movie, if not the story, some depth between the music videos. I need also to emphasize the music at the biker's sleazy dive is the pinnacle of the surreality, especially "One Bad Stud"--a R&R set piece to Bluegrass' "Dueling Banjos".
And hey, the movie should have another tagline, "No matter what it seems, tonight it what it means to be young." One thing for sure, if you don't like the music, you won't like the movie.
I actually DID like the music. Unfortunately, as cool as the visual aesthetic and music was, it couldn't make up for how shitty, boring, and cliched literally everything else about the movie was. And yes, Amy Madigan's irritating tough female sidekick character is included. Her one-liners weren't good to begin with and delivered extra clunky, nevermind the silliness of a petite 5 foot tall woman (who can't throw a punch) routinely knocking out men a foot taller than her with one punch. It's even dumber than Willem Dafoe, at an emaciated, muscle-free 5' 9" and maybe 140 pounds, who also can't throw a punch, being a menacing fighter.
Didn't know you rated it so highly, but I'm not surprised. You loved the Walter Hill movie Undisputed, rate visuals and music far more heavily than I do, and originality and script far less.
