Just watched
Zombieland, again, last night. I love that movie. Woody Harrelson is perfect in it and the rest of the cast is also very good. Anyone else think it's the best zombie movie ever made? (sacrilege!
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I'm "one of the rare" who thinks The Godfather is overrated. A very, very good movie, for sure, but not as great as everyone makes it out to be. I cringe every time I watch the scene where Sonny beats up his brother-in-law. Hell, I think Caan was miscast. I think The Godfather II is better.
Trivia: John Cazale, who played Fredo, was Meryl Streep's first great love. I saw an interview with her once where she talked about him. She was pretty devastated by his early death.
My two fave Coppola movies, easily. And The Conversation – another great political thriller that ranks right up there, for me, with Three Days of the Condor and The Day of the Jackal.
Incidentally, for those not familiar, it contains the young Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams (of Laverne & Shirley fame), John Cazale, and Frederic Forrest ("Chef" in Apocalypse Now) in early roles.
You seem to forget what he did for Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Zelig, The Purple Rose of Cairo, etc. Willis is one of the greatest cinematographers, right up there with Sven Nykvist, whose black & white films for Ingmar Bergman are just about the most gorgeous things you're going to see on screen... if you can sit through the movie, that is.
Totally disagree. I don't think Eastwood would have been believable and McQueen wouldn't have brought the gravitas – or weirdness – that Brando did. Besides, I think Brando ad libbed much of his dialogue, iirc. But you're right about Duvall & Sheen; especially Duvall. Dennis Hopper was also excellent in it.
Do so. I think The Conversation may be Coppola's best movie.
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