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Post by janntosh on Sept 3, 2020 15:46:40 GMT
thoughts on these films?
Three Days of the Condor
The Parallax View
Black Sunday
Eye of the Needle
Ronin
Blow Out
The Train
Scorpio
To Catch a Thief
Force 10 from Navarrone
Runaway Train
The Cassandra Crossing
Dressed to Kill
I've only seen Blow Out (which I thought was good but let down by a bad Nancy Allen performance) and To Catch a Thief which of course is a classic Hitchcock thriller
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Post by politicidal on Sept 3, 2020 16:14:47 GMT
thoughts on these films? Three Days of the Condor The Parallax View Black Sunday Eye of the Needle Ronin Blow Out The Train Scorpio To Catch a Thief Force 10 from Navarrone Runaway Train The Cassandra Crossing I've only seen Blow Out (which I thought was good but let down by a bad Nancy Allen performance) and To Catch a Thief which of course is a classic Hitchcock thriller Ronin and the Train are both straight up awesome. Blow Out is decent and To Catch a Thief is good fluff. Three Days of the Condor and Black Sunday are solid '70s thrillers. Force 10 from Navarone is a real step down from the Guns of Navarone. Didn't see Scorpio, The Cassandra Crossing, or The Parallax View yet.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 3, 2020 16:50:04 GMT
I second Politicidal's endorsement of Ronin and The Train, and I strongly recommend Eye of the Needle.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Sept 3, 2020 17:24:01 GMT
Eye of the Needle is good.
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Post by Marv on Sept 3, 2020 17:26:36 GMT
Ive only seen Ronin...but its pretty good. Lots of great chase scenes.
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Post by janntosh on Sept 3, 2020 17:58:22 GMT
Also Dressed to Kill
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Sept 3, 2020 18:00:30 GMT
Three Days of the Condor - 7.5/10
The Parallax View - N/S
Black Sunday - 8/10
Eye of the Needle - 8/10
Ronin - N/S
Blow Out - 7.5/10
The Train - N/S
Scorpio - N/S
To Catch a Thief - 8/10
Force 10 from Navarrone - 7/10
Runaway Train 7/10
The Cassandra Crossing N/S
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 3, 2020 20:33:19 GMT
Three Days of the Condor- 8.5/10
The Parallax View - 8/10
Black Sunday - 7.5/10
Eye of the Needle - 7.5/10
Ronin - 8/10
Blow Out - 7/10
The Train - 8.5/10
Scorpio - 6/10 - see Burt Lancaster in blackface.
To Catch a Thief - 8/10
Force 10 from Navarone - 3/10 - rubbish, but Barbara Bach gets naked, so....
Runaway Train - 8/10
The Cassandra Crossing - 5/10 a contender in the "so bad it's good" category. Highlight - Martin Sheen does handstands in his underwear.
Dressed to Kill - 8/10
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 3, 2020 20:48:12 GMT
Scorpio --ok if not very memorable
Force 10 from Navarrone - I think Harrison Ford gives a better performance here than he does in Star Wars or the Indiana Jones films.
Runaway Train - quirky exploitation film with an arthouse veneer, thanks to Voight.
"God, don't kill him. Let me do it."
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Sept 3, 2020 21:27:11 GMT
Dressed to Kill - 8.5/10, DePalma at his trashy best.
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Post by phantomparticle on Sept 4, 2020 1:28:22 GMT
Finally got around to Hichcock's To Catch a Thief. Calling it fluff is an understatement. Grant and Kelly look fabulous and the locations are sumptuous, but the paper thin plot is stretched to absurdity and I figured out the culprit long before the final scene. One viewing is enough for me.
I've seen all of the others, except Scorpio and Ronin.
If any of them show up on tv and I have the time, I'll watch them again, particularly The Train, Runaway Train, Blow Out and Dressed to Kill.
Although I've seen them, I barely remember Three Days of the Condor and Eye of the Needle.
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Post by sostie on Sept 4, 2020 12:11:16 GMT
A few good picks there. Three Days of the Condor & The Parallax View are two of the best political/conspiracy thrillers ever. Would make a great double bill
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