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Since New York City is the biggest metropolis here in the United States, there are glaring examples of everything, good and bad, including corruption. It's true that Frank Serpico did expose the glaring corruption in NYC's police department, in real life, and he became quite unpopular, as a result, and even almost lost his life as a result.
Steven Spielberg's very best movies are ones that are based on historical events.
Schindlers List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, The Post were examples of that. E. T. Extraterrestrial was fun.
Sal had a much more volatile temper than Sonny. Unlike Sonny, Sal would've been all too happy to kill the hostages.
Sal, I think, did seem the most dangerous and volatile of the two. He remained silent, with an evil expression on his face, and he was much more willing and eager to kill the hostages. I think that Sonny acted as he did in order to keep that from happening.
That's correct. Sal did get shot and killed in the end.
I liked both "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Serpico". I, too, was entertained by "Dog Day Afternoon", but "Serpico" was better for the fact that Serpico himself exposed the corruption in the NYC police department. I felt sorry for the fact that Serpico himself got shot in the face during a nasty narcotics arrest, and almost lost his life as a result.
They're often too afraid to turn their bad apples in. It's our culture that has caused this. The only way that police corruption can and will be done away with is to change society.
As the line in the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" goes: "Where hustle's the name of the game, and nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain."
Serpico is not a stupid movie, at all. It's a true story that far too many people could use a good lesson from. Both the book "Serpico", by Peter Maas, on which the movie is based, and the movie itself, are a good lesson, if one gets the drift.
Although I never saw the film version of "Prince of the City", I did read the book on which the film version of "Prince of the City" was based, and when Leuci (i. e. Ciello, in the film version) was instructing a class that taught undercover techniques, and one student asked him if he was "the Detective Leuci", and Leuci said "I'm Detective Leuci", and the student said, "I don't think I have anything to learn from you.", and promptly walked out of the classroom.
"I loved it whenever he said, "I don't take money."
Me, too.
"Dog Day Afternoon" was good, too. I felt that Al Pacino was wonderful in both "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Serpico".
Frankly, I think that Frank Serpico was/is to be admired for exposing the corruption that was really rife in NYC's police department, by refusing to take bribe money. It's too bad that he almost lost his life as a result, especially since it's rather obvious that he was set up by the NYC Police department, by taking him to carry out an extremely dangerous narcotics arrest in the hopes of getting Frank Serpico murdered, which, unfortunately, came rather close to happening.
I saw "Serpico" when it first came out, and another time well after that. Al Pacino played the part of Serpico extremely well. I also read the book on which Serpico is based, and it, too, is excellent. "Serpico" is based on a true story.
You should be glad that your family did pressure you into taking the Covid-19 vaccines, because you're alive and healthy.
What?!? Me jealous about Doug and Claire's romance?!? Come on now!
I admittedly didn't care for "The Deer Hunter", because it seemed far too supportive of our war in Viet Nam, and made the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese, generally, seem overly cruel, when, in fact the United States was the biggest offender.
In regards to being felt up vs. rape:
Often enough, especially if a girl or woman does not want to be felt up, one thing can lead to another, if one gets the drift.
Being felt up may not be rape, but it can and often enough does lead to rape. It's still a violation of one's person, even though it may not be rape.
Joe tried to go and get Rizzo a doctor for his TB, but Rizzo refused to let Joe get a doctor for him. Had Rizzo allowed Joe to go and get him a doctor, Rizzo would've more than likely lived.
Yeah --well: sometimes, the development of even more modern movies can be somewhat more modern movies can be inspired by 1950's television and/or movies.