EWB Film Club: Round 4 - Ellis & His Monster Movies

[Benjamin]

So Larz stole 2 of my 5 choices

[Monkey D. Lars]

I did? Awesome.

[Jimmy]

Ooh, I haven't actually seen any of those and would happily see all 5. Harvey & Come and See provided some good competition, but this seems like a perfect opportunity to finally see The Conversation.

[Benjamin]

Yeah, between The Great Escape and The Conversation, I'd definitely go with The Conversation, but Come And See is a movie I've never even heard of, and it sounds and looks amazing. Hell, the Wikipedia entry says that it sent people to the hospital for being so shocking.

I think I'm definitely going with Come And See.

EDIT: Although The Conversation has John Cazale, which was why I chose it in the first place (only Cazale movie I've seen just once) so now I'm rethinking. Damnit.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Extremely Huge Bag of Shit

[Jimmy]

Also, to vote, you have to delete your previous vote and then vote again. Yeah, Come and See does sound quite fantastic and has rave reviews.

[Monkey D. Lars]

I just can't decide myself, I think I will hold off my vote till the end of the day.

[Walker]

Will not vote yet.

I actually have Harold and Maude on DVD ready to watch so that would be my easiest option.

A couple of those I'll probably vote ahead of that though.

[Benji]

Amazingly, I've never seen The Great Escape and would love a reason to do so, so that gets my vote, if only so I can understand why I constantly whistle the famous song whilst at work.

[GA!]

Voted for The Great Escape. Going to watch Butch Cassidy now.

[GA!]

By the way, when's round 4 (my round) being polled? Because I'll be away if it's anywhere between Monday 5th and Tuesday 13th.

[Your Mom]

I really liked Butch and Sundance. I thought it had some weird music choices but it was a really great movie and those two work really well together. I haven't heard of any of Larz choices so this should be interesting. I shall do some research!

[Jimmy]

By the way, when's round 4 (my round) being polled? Because I'll be away if it's anywhere between Monday 5th and Tuesday 13th.

I've been choosing who goes next with a random number generator, so there's no real order. Glad people liked both films we've watched, it's definitely made me a lot more interested in getting into Paul Newman's work, with The Verdict & The Hustler jumping pretty high up on the list.

[GA!]

Fairly sure this EWB Film Thing has made me gay for Robert Redford. Understandable, really.

Quick review for Butch Cassidy: I actually prefer The Sting (the narrative there grabbed me by the balls and never let go), but Butch Cassidy's humour and the chemistry between Redford/Newman is unstoppable. Like Jimmy, I found parts of act three a bit laborious until the utterly amazing ending, in which the aforementioned chemistry shines again. Also a big fan of its use of still images and sepia tone.

I rank Butch Cassidy on the same level as Chinatown: well deserving of its classic tag, with some genuinely stunning moments (here, dynamite related) but it's not in my personal top 50 films.

[TKz]

Do a film I haven't already seen next time. >_>

[Benjamin]

Choose Come And See, guys! I'll be watching The Conversation regardless, but I really need this as motivation to watch Come And See. Also, will be watching Butch Cassidy later tonight, haven't found the time so far.

[Walker]

I don't know whether I've just seen it too many times, but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is such a big come down after The Sting. A great film, definitely, but my interest waned.

I'll struggle to get through The Great Escape if that is the next film.

[Jimmy]

Gonna leave this open for longer as we've dropped a few votes, but The Great Escape is the front runner as of now.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Changed my vote to Come and See, gonna see all five of them eventually so

[Benjamin]

Can I just say screw the winner and watch Come And See instead?

[Walker]

I've voted for Come and See so I can avoid trying to watch Great Escape.