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Post by movielover on Oct 13, 2018 22:54:07 GMT
I think it's great. My 2nd favorite Peckinpah film.
The final climactic scene was so intense and violent, I was on the edge of my seat.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 23:47:14 GMT
i actually ffind it to be quite a disturbing movie.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 13, 2018 23:59:16 GMT
Took too long to get to the violence
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Post by petrolino on Oct 14, 2018 0:02:02 GMT
Intelligent, thought-provoking film about the nature of violence.
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Post by rudeboy on Oct 14, 2018 0:03:40 GMT
It certainly made an impression. Deeply disturbing film that I probably will never watch again. One thing I took from it - why did Susan George never have a major career? I remember her being very good indeed in this.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 14, 2018 0:07:31 GMT
It certainly made an impression. Deeply disturbing film that I probably will never watch again. One thing I took from it - why did Susan George never have a major career? I remember her being very good indeed in this. I think it was the most competitive time for British actresses there's ever been, partly because all eyes were on the nation, with the swinging '60s exports finding such success. In her name group alone, you had supremely talented actresses among her contemporaries like Susannah York, Suzy Kendall and Susan Penhaligon. Perhaps she lost out in the shuffle but I agree she's very talented. Sadly, not everybody achieved the career magnitude of Julie Christie, but most had decent careers, with films they could be proud of. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 14, 2018 4:04:35 GMT
I like it very, very much. The atmosphere really takes you somewhere else, and the culture shock of masculinity seems eerily plausible. I don't usually like Dustin Hoffman, but he was very good and very believable here. Susan George could not have been any better than she was.
It's both highly intelligent as well as coarsely entertaining. I loved Jerry Fielding's score, and some of the townsmen were so hot! I vote that Amy really wanted the sausage!
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 14, 2018 4:12:50 GMT
It certainly made an impression. Deeply disturbing film that I probably will never watch again. One thing I took from it - why did Susan George never have a major career? I remember her being very good indeed in this. I think it was the most competitive time for British actresses there's ever been, partly because all eyes were on the nation, with the swinging '60s exports finding such success. In her name group alone, you had supremely talented actresses among her contemporaries like Susannah York, Suzy Kendall and Susan Penhaligon. Perhaps she lost out in the shuffle but I agree she's very talented. Sadly, not everybody achieved the career magnitude of Julie Christie, but most had decent careers, with films they could be proud of. Mandingo |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 14, 2018 4:17:10 GMT
I think it was the most competitive time for British actresses there's ever been, partly because all eyes were on the nation, with the swinging '60s exports finding such success. In her name group alone, you had supremely talented actresses among her contemporaries like Susannah York, Suzy Kendall and Susan Penhaligon. Perhaps she lost out in the shuffle but I agree she's very talented. Sadly, not everybody achieved the career magnitude of Julie Christie, but most had decent careers, with films they could be proud of. Mandingo Drum |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 14, 2018 4:21:10 GMT
Well, Susan George was in Mandingo, with the very special present of James Mason as a slave owner with a Southern drawl. BUT, Mandingo lit the fuse, Drum was the explosion |
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Oct 14, 2018 4:55:15 GMT
Loved it, Peckinpah's finest hour. A thought-provoking film that was reactionary to the turbulent times of the late 60s/early 70s period. The last 20 minutes was pure intensity at its best.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 14, 2018 6:01:07 GMT
Loved it, Peckinpah's finest hour. A thought-provoking film that was reactionary to the turbulent times of the late 60s/early 70s period. The last 20 minutes was pure intensity at its best. IMO the last 20 minutes was the movie. Shout Out to David Warner |
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 14, 2018 6:55:01 GMT
I'm not much of a Peckinpah fan, but Straw Dogs is one of his better movies. It's thematic, relatively smart and intense, but I have some problems with certain aspects of the screenplay that hold the movie back for me.
6.5/10
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 14, 2018 9:13:26 GMT
I like it very, very much. The atmosphere really takes you somewhere else, and the culture shock of masculinity seems eerily plausible. I don't usually like Dustin Hoffman, but he was very good and very believable here. Susan George could not have been any better than she was. It's both highly intelligent as well as coarsely entertaining. I loved Jerry Fielding's score, and some of the townsmen were so hot! I vote that Amy really wanted the sausage! George was also excellent in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
I have only seen Straw Dogs once or perhaps twice and quite some time ago. I wasn't sure what to think, but I do own the remake with James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. The setting has been changed to deep south. But yes, she is portrayed as a hot bottom and she did entice and tease men. Non-pc and the notion that she asked for it would raise a few eyebrows of the 'me-too' movement. These guys were sociopathic jerks and not making excuses for their behavior, but I think the theme of the film is also about a females notion of what she expects in her man and for him to learn to man up and stop being a wimp in her presence.
Oh the irony! These feminist me-toos, want men to understand them and feminize themselves more, but ultimately—and I see this attitude in many women—they also want their man to be a strong, masculine and real men, because it makes them crazy. Which frickin' way do they want it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2018 6:07:23 GMT
So, sexist huh?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2018 1:06:32 GMT
The remake got rid of the strong themes in the original, making the movie, forgettable.
They are not willing to make films any more that have 'strong' themes. Therefore even though straw dogs 2011 has been more or less forgotten, the problems that helped to make the movie 'bad' will continue to plague most new films.
The only reason why I know that, is because I read that on Allmovie.com in the Straw Dogs remake review. |
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