AdmirableTurnip2245
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_jeefn3v wrote
You're certainly entitled to you opinion and I actually appreciate that you didn't really go on any sort of angst filled rant and gave an honest assessment on why you don't like the film. Having said that, I really do think you fail to realize just how awful 1970s NYC was. How depraved it was prior to sweeping law enforcement changes in the 1980s. This could actually be said of most of America's major metro centers in the mid to late 70s. So yes, it's a social commentary that when looked at through today's lens seems so very alien but for the time was a largely honest assessment by Scorsese on how far the city he loved had really fallen. Which brings me to a larger issue we have a society today which is that we all insist on only looking through the lens we have right now. Books, music, cinema, history -- so many of us only view these things through today's lens and when it doesn't line up we discard it. I offer up that we should instead consider evaluating those things both how the world is today and how the world was.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for the Hot Take!
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_je5kslr wrote
Reply to Of all the movies that were rushed through production and released very quickly, which ones amazed you most with the final product? by unitedfan6191
I'm not really sure about "rushed" per se but Tombstone (1993) comes close to fitting the bill. Director quit/fired -- they bring in another guy in name only to direct while Kurt Russell freaking actually directs the film while starring. He was drawing up the blocking and shooting schedule every evening the night before. It's by all accounts a masterpiece and given all that transpired really shouldn't have been. The odds were against it.
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_jaapodp wrote
Reply to comment by ilovelucygal in What are some forgotten spooky children's movies from the tough Disney (or not) era by WhereIsThatElephant
the Wheelers scared the hell out of me
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_jaapkon wrote
Reply to What are some forgotten spooky children's movies from the tough Disney (or not) era by WhereIsThatElephant
The Black Hole (1979)
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_jaap20h wrote
Reply to Does Hollywood do "test balloon" movies to see how we react to actors before giving them a larger role? by rdtthoughtpolice
No, I don't think so. Movies are so expensive and difficult to make the idea that a studio would risk money with such a process is highly unlikely. What you're seeing though I believe is the result of type casting.
AdmirableTurnip2245 t1_jeg2fd5 wrote
Reply to Hitchcock's Influence and Place in "The Canon" by logicalfallacy234
Unanimously referred to as the Master of Suspense. That's what puts him in GOAT conversations. Certainly no one before him could influence an audience onto the literal edge of their seat the way Hitchcock could using cinema as his medium. There's now a long line of renowned directors who largely employ his methods to build that same sense of excitement and anxiety.