How did I manage to live for 42 years without seeing this film? As as history buff, I was floored...moving. This film immediately moved into my personal "top 5 favorite films of all time" after just one viewing...what a piece of movie magic...a masterpiece for the ages...
shareCongratulations. I find it quite uplifting to see someone else discover this great film.
I first saw the movie back in the 1980's, and saw it several times over a period of years. It ran on the Movies! network recently and I caught it again, my first time re-watching it probably a couple of decades. I have to say though, it truly holds up over the years. Seems just as good to me as ever.
I don't think it's perfect. There are a few lengthy bits of dialogue that probably sounded good on the writer's page but seem a little pretentious when actually spoken. But it's a small flaw that I can accept in this otherwise magnificent movie.
I am thrilled to read a post that doesn't begin "I don't get it" or "Highly overrated". To me this is one of the best movies ever made.
Can't say "I didn't get it", since WB made sure to belabor the story. One cannot "over-rate" the film's cinematography since it is wonderfully shot. But beyond that, Reds would've been better if it was about John Reed & his posse, OR about the Russians. But not a mashup of both. There's too much "we think we're so important" yakkity yak like in a Frank Capra movie FFS. Warren & Diane fans may enjoy Reds, but it bored me greatly.
shareI concur. Lovely cinematography and recreation of the time.
shareJust rented it today.Looking forward to it now.Never heard of it before but i read Peter Biskind STAR autobiography on Beatty and the behind the scene stories.Good too hear it all paid off in the end.
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If you enjoy this film and history, read John Reed's Ten Days That Shook the World. His enthusiasm, descriptions, it's a perfect time capsule.
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