1968: Movies Sorted By Tier
Submitted by stooky on Sat, 07/10/2004 - 01:38
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Great
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Bullitt
- Memories Of Underdevelopement
- Night Of The Living Dead
- The Odd Couple
- Oliver!
- Petulia
- The Producers
- Romeo & Juliet
- Targets
- War & Peace
- Yellow Submarine
Very Good
- Charly
- The Color of Pomegranates
- **What a difference a good DVD presentation can make. The beginning of the film contains a film-maker's quote basically saying he wasn't trying to make a film that fit any rational context, rather an strictly emotional journey through a poet's life using constructs of his time period. Wow. It was like watching a completely different film the second time. Everything made sense and my attention was taken for 88 bristling minutes. Each shot is a set piece meant to convey an important moment in the main characters life. Taken as such, while paying strict attention, it's simply a fascinating and beautiful little film. Certainly an easy film to mock, but taken seriously it manages more pathos than most movies ever get near. I'm glad I decided on a second viewing.
- The Conqueror Worm
- Five Million Years To Earth
- The Love Bug
- No Way To Treat A Lady
- The Party
- Planet Of The Apes
- Pretty Poison
- Rosemary’s Baby
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Will Penny
- **"Will Penny" has the good fortune to have Charlton Heston as the said character. This seems an idiotic statement, but consider for a second that Charlie used to be a great actor with magnificent screen presence. Heston's inimitable charms are on display as he creates a strong, caring man whose age and morals are his greatest assets and his defining weaknesses. Will is a cowhand of considerable skill whose age has been creeping up on him. The cattle he's been managing have reached their destination and he's out of a job. A twist of fate finds him riding with two men on a cross-country trek. They run into considerable trouble with a twisted family of reprobates and will is forced to kill one of them setting in motion the events that follow. This is simple, strong filmmaking at its best. Hero, villain and love interest are all prominent and all equally strong. Donald Pleasence reaches a hideously hammy peak as Preacher Quint, a disturbed and maniacal weirdo with equally disturbing relatives. The film is made with assurance and a good feel for the characters, aided by a wonderful script full of witty, idiosyncratic dialogue. The problems are small, a few stagy scenes and some abrupt mistakes in pacing, minor offences not worth treating to harshly considering the entertainment value.
Good
- Coogan’s Bluff
- Hang ‘Em High
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
- Madigan
- Spirits Of The Dead
- The Swimmer
Guilty Pleasures
- Barbarella
Average
- The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Greetings
- The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
- Ice Station Zebra
Dissapointing
- The Green Berets
- Mission Mars
Cellar Dwellers
- The Crimson Cult
- Hellfighters
- Inspector Clouseau
The Big Stink
- Star!
Unfortunately Haven’t Seen
- The Bofors Gun
- The Bride Wore Black
- Funny Girl (ugh)
- Head
- Heidi
- Hour Of The Wolf
- Les Biches
- Monterey Pop
- Rachel, Rachel
- Teorema
- Weekend
Cloned From:
I have a question. Should I highlight more that one film if I can't decide which one I like better? Or would that be a crime worthy of celery flagulations.
Tallyho
:?)
As long as it's not more than two, and only because I'm not my usual merciless self today. :-)
Hehe. thanks...I think.
Tallyho
:?)
Weekend is really a weird movie, but therefore even more interesting.
I don't want to be a hairsplitter, but Weekend was actually released in 1967.
Thank goodness I stopped doing the yearly lists, now I can say "1967 you say, very astute, thankyou" in a high British accent and do absolutely no editing afterwards. :?)
More Godard, ug.
:?)