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Does Anyone Else Agree That This is One of the Finest Films Ever Made

posted 11 years ago by joet1999
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It is fourth on my list of favourites, certainly one of the finest films ever made, it is sheer artistic brilliance, and although there are a lot of scenes that many find very hard to stomach you have to be awe inspired by the cinematography, direction and acting. The set decoration is brilliant as well. I really can't find anyone else who shares this view though, so if you do please contribute. If you don't, why? Please NO TROLLS

'Loneliness has followed me my whole life' - Travis Bickle Taxi Driver

[–] Torrevado 11 years ago

Yes.

In Philadelphia it's worth fifty bucks.

[–] bijou-2 11 years ago

No. There are too many unnecessary scenes and too many silly songs that trivialize the communist cause. It is an overblown mess, but fascinating to watch nonetheless. A bloated exercise by a great filmmaker who peaked at "THE CONFORMIST" and knows it.

[–] joet1999 11 years ago

I wouldn't say there are many unnecessary scenes, and no silly songs at all.

'Loneliness has followed me my whole life' - Travis Bickle Taxi Driver

[–] appyyh 9 years ago

You spoke my mind! Many scenes could have taken out to make the script tighter with better flowing pace. I think the director was more interested in showing how great an artistic he thought he was than to better entertain the audience, LOL. I have seen many epic movies like "Lawrence of Arabia", "Gone with the wind", "Ben-Hur", etc., and this one is a few tiers down in quality.

[–] intuitsteve 11 years ago

Average at best.

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[–] nastypuppy 11 years ago

watching it now for the 1st time. beautiful movie, i feel like i can reach out & experience what 1900 was like. if that makes sense. i'm watching the uncut version. i dedfinately need to watch it again, its a lot to take in with just one viewing. but its a really good movie so far, only 2 hrs left to go! lol

[–] london777 8 years ago

I feel like i can reach out & experience what 1900 was like.
Well, that is very clever of you, since the earliest scene in the movie is 1901 (birth of the boys) and there are no scenes set in 1900 (or earlier).

A totally stupid title imposed by US distributors.

[–] thepalestfire 11 years ago

Definitely among the top hundred films ever made.

[–] sleepwalking 10 years ago

Yes. Amazing film no one would ever have the stones to make today.

[–] CoSMiGoNoN 10 years ago

Without a doubt this has been one of the worst films I've ever seen.

[–] alexkova 10 years ago

Yes, one of my favorites. I've seen it probably over 10 times. I was only 18 yo when I saw it for the first time and I was lucky enough to see a completely uncut version (over 5 hours) in a movie theater. I was mesmerized.