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Post by Vits on Nov 1, 2018 15:41:29 GMT
To this day, people still debate on how to define the epic genre. Honestly, it's something you recognize when you see it. I recognized that LAWRENCE OF ARABIA was a part of it. Not just because of the plot's international conflict or the things that reflected the big budget (costumes, sets, etc.). Even details like long takes of dozens of horses running. I'm glad that David Lean understood how to make a movie epic, but he forgot about other aspects like pacing. There's nothing wrong with showing one action for several seconds, as long as you're trying to set an atmosphere. Here, that doesn't feel like the intention, because it's not a moody drama. I won't accuse Lean of being an amateur who didn't know when to yell "Cut!" He knew what he was doing, but he didn't know that maybe it wasn't the right decision. All those extra seconds combined resulted in a movie without enough content to support 3 1/2 hours. However, I didn't dislike it. Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif's performances are good, the music score and cinematography are great, and a good chunk of the lines (especially the title character's) is witty. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 1, 2018 15:48:04 GMT
Seeing it on the big screen in 2012 ruined me for any home viewing experience. Pretty captivating experience.
9/10
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 1, 2018 16:25:18 GMT
I gave it a try.
Couldn't tell what was going on or who was fighting for whatever reason.
Got bored and gave up.
War is stupid and war movies are also stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 18:42:11 GMT
To this day, people still debate on how to define the epic genre. Honestly, it's something you recognize when you see it. I recognized that LAWRENCE OF ARABIA was a part of it. Not just because of the plot's international conflict or the things that reflected the big budget (costumes, sets, etc.). Even details like long takes of dozens of horses running. I'm glad that David Lean understood how to make a movie epic, but he forgot about other aspects like pacing. There's nothing wrong with showing one action for several seconds, as long as you're trying to set an atmosphere. Here, that doesn't feel like the intention, because it's not a moody drama. I won't accuse Lean of being an amateur who didn't know when to yell "Cut!" He knew what he was doing, but he didn't know that maybe it wasn't the right decision. All those extra seconds combined resulted in a movie without enough content to support 3 1/2 hours. However, I didn't dislike it. Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif's performances are good, the music score and cinematography are great, and a good chunk of the lines (especially the title character's) is witty. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.I saw it and I really liked it. You would think a movie of such commanding length is a chore, especially with a backdrop of the desert, but I found it effortless viewing. Really attractive.
More to the story, you get the sense (or at least I did) that I'm watching a guy with an ego bursting at the seams and fancies himself part of the conflict. It could have flushed itself without him, but so is his ego that he inserted himself more and more into the conflict. I felt I was watching a man with a genuine savior complex, and who, without much knowledge or expertise, figures himself fit to navigate the conflict.
Which is to say he's a bit of an dolt, perhaps not longing for his own life so he flirts with going Native.
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 1, 2018 20:09:56 GMT
I'm lost for words.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 1, 2018 21:05:17 GMT
I have only seen it once 12-13 years ago, and i think its a brilliant movie
9\10
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Nov 1, 2018 21:44:27 GMT
It's meant for the big screen and very old school.
7/10
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 1, 2018 22:07:13 GMT
Vits "Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif's performances are good" .. understatement of the century that !
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 1, 2018 23:57:09 GMT
Once you've seen it on the big screen it changes your perspective on life in general.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 2, 2018 3:44:47 GMT
On a PRE_MULTIPLEX SIZE SCREEN !   
OPs rating of 5/10 and even lower on great movies is reducing likelihood of continuing to read his "reviews/ comments" |
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Post by loofapotato on Nov 2, 2018 6:01:30 GMT
It's must to watched in TECHNICOLOR and in CINEMASCOPE !
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Post by Vits on Nov 2, 2018 10:54:42 GMT
OPs rating of 5/10 and even lower on great movies is reducing likelihood of continuing to read his "reviews/ comments" What a shame that someone would gave this kind of thought just for not agreeing with another person's opinion... even though I do give positives grades to classics as well. Hell, the link I left in the O.P. is proof of that. |
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