Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 9, 2018 3:39:46 GMT
I was never a big Reynolds fan. He sold himself on his machismo and ego and lets face it, most of his films in the 70's were representative of average cinema and perhaps even the worst of what the 70's had to offer, and this was an awesome decade for film. Not to mention his downfall with even worse crud in the 80's. Most of it was rubbish. It appears that his biggest claim to fame was Smokey And The Bandit - 77' and is that hardly worth being revered for.
For my tastes, he did well with Deliverance - 72' and The Mean Machine - 74',aka The Longest Yard - 74' but his few directing ventures weren't that great either. Sharkey's Machine - 81' was a bore and while it did have a couple of good sequences, this was a meandering and dull cop thriller. It certainly wasn't a Dirty Harry - 71' or Across 110th Street - 72'. Stick -85' wasn't any better.
One film that should have been hot, was City Heat-84', in which he teamed up with Clint Eastwood, but that one only smoldered as well.
Reynolds had looks and charm and charisma though and he knew how to exploit this well, so for what he was worth, he did ok by himself for a generation that liked his easy going style, but I doubt the majority of films he made would be of much interest to the millennials, film students, or if they are even worth reviving. But yes RIP
For my tastes, he did well with Deliverance - 72' and The Mean Machine - 74',aka The Longest Yard - 74' but his few directing ventures weren't that great either. Sharkey's Machine - 81' was a bore and while it did have a couple of good sequences, this was a meandering and dull cop thriller. It certainly wasn't a Dirty Harry - 71' or Across 110th Street - 72'. Stick -85' wasn't any better.
One film that should have been hot, was City Heat-84', in which he teamed up with Clint Eastwood, but that one only smoldered as well.
Reynolds had looks and charm and charisma though and he knew how to exploit this well, so for what he was worth, he did ok by himself for a generation that liked his easy going style, but I doubt the majority of films he made would be of much interest to the millennials, film students, or if they are even worth reviving. But yes RIP