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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 12, 2018 2:23:44 GMT
watching 'the getaway' tonight!  |
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 12, 2018 2:42:24 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 12, 2018 2:55:25 GMT
A big second vote for "Bullett"!!!  |
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Post by movielover on Jun 12, 2018 2:57:20 GMT
watching 'the getaway' tonight! The Getaway is actually my favorite McQueen movie.  |
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 12, 2018 3:03:32 GMT
Bullitt - so much more than just a car chase. Great cast all the way down the list. Smart plot and characterizations. Gets better every time.
9.5/10
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 12, 2018 4:09:42 GMT
Marking my ballot for his one Oscar nominated role in THE SAND PEBBLES.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 12, 2018 11:59:31 GMT
Bullitt, everyone loves that movie!
Papillon was pretty great too, a remake will be out soon.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 12, 2018 12:28:16 GMT
The Sand Pebbles.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 12, 2018 12:41:27 GMT
JUNIOR BONNER
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 12, 2018 20:52:01 GMT
I love Bullit, but I have to go with the The Sand Pebbles as his best. I'll never forget the last lines he speaks in the film. "I was home -- what the hell happened?" |
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 12, 2018 22:22:06 GMT
So many great films.
Hell is for Heroes is a great one.
Bullitt is probably my overall favorite, but I love the Getaway, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crowne affair, Towering Inferno.... I could keep going. Definitely in my top 5 actors of all time.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 12, 2018 22:45:16 GMT
thanks for all the recs, folks!
'the getaway' was cool. 8/10 from me.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 12, 2018 22:53:00 GMT
Hell is for Heroes is a great one. I was going to give honorable mention to Hell Is For Heroes.  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 12, 2018 23:08:55 GMT
I normally shy away from naming "bests" or favorites of anything, but I'll throw in another vote for Bullitt: for all the celebration of its famed central action sequence, it stands out as an intelligent and histrionic-free crime procedural; one I appreciate most for the low-key tone that suits McQueen so well, for its attention to detail and for how much it accomplishes with pure visuals.
Following close on its bumper are The Cincinatti Kid and two of his lesser-seen ones for which I have great affection: Soldier In the Rain and The Reivers.
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 12, 2018 23:16:12 GMT
Not mentioned yet, and coming in a close second -- THE GREAT ESCAPE
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 13, 2018 3:52:47 GMT
I normally shy away from naming "bests" or favorites of anything, but I'll throw in another vote for Bullitt: for all the celebration of its famed central action sequence, it stands out as an intelligent and histrionic-free crime procedural; one I appreciate most for the low-key tone that suits McQueen so well, for its attention to detail and for how much it accomplishes with pure visuals. Following close on its bumper are The Cincinatti Kid and two of his lesser-seen ones for which I have great affection: Soldier In the Rain and The Reivers. I came back just to add The Cincinatti Kid as a second favourite. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jun 13, 2018 4:39:10 GMT
The Magnificent Seven
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 13, 2018 5:09:59 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2018 14:56:58 GMT
I normally shy away from naming "bests" or favorites of anything, but I'll throw in another vote for Bullitt: for all the celebration of its famed central action sequence, it stands out as an intelligent and histrionic-free crime procedural; one I appreciate most for the low-key tone that suits McQueen so well, for its attention to detail and for how much it accomplishes with pure visuals. Following close on its bumper are The Cincinatti Kid and two of his lesser-seen ones for which I have great affection: Soldier In the Rain and The Reivers. I came back just to add The Cincinatti Kid as a second favourite. That killer cast is hard to beat, and the dynamic between McQueen and Robinson as actors mirrors that of their characters: the self-assured old smoothie doing battle with the gifted newer guy. Director Norman Jewison, with an even tougher row to hoe than Robert Rossen had with the competition of The Hustler, makes the action at the gaming table cinematically compelling and suspenseful. It's one of those films that, in the mid-'60s, straddled two eras, as glossy, big-studio production was giving way to gritty authenticity. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 15, 2018 20:31:35 GMT
'50s - 'The Blob' '60s - 'The Cincinnati Kid' '70s - 'The Getaway' '80s - 'The Hunter'
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