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Post by mstreepsucks on Nov 18, 2023 14:45:17 GMT
Which one do you prefer more?
Also, I'm not sure if those two are comparable to the psycho original and remake. Even though both set of films have about the same time between the original and the remake.
Actually forget about that last thing I said. I'm not sure if it made sense.
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 18, 2023 16:42:25 GMT
Mitchum did much better as 'Marlowe' in the previous Chandler remake FAREWELL MY LOVELY (titled MURDER MY SWEET in the Dick Powell original).
FAREWELL is set in early 1940s Los Angeles, and really looks and feels like it. The SLEEP remake modernized it to England, and Mitchum looks bored throughout the picture. Sarah Miles pales in comparison to Bacall.
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Post by movielover on Nov 18, 2023 16:51:04 GMT
I prefer the 40s version. The 70s version is okay. It has a hilarious over-the-top performance by Candy Clark, but I didn’t mind. Like mattgarth referenced, Farewell, My Lovely is a decent Mitchum-as-Marlowe movie as well. |
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Post by mstreepsucks on Nov 18, 2023 22:58:41 GMT
I think the rating that the big sleep gets on imdb is a joke. Because it's rated too high. Uh, I don't get what everybody seems to love about it.
On the other hand the rating that the big sleep gets on imdb is about right.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Nov 19, 2023 10:48:09 GMT
I don't get what everybody seems to love about it. I think it's overrated. But I think most Hawks films are overrated. This can't be a serious question though. The '70s BS is terrible. The Mitchum FML is a bit better, but that film is most notable for the appearance of pulp novelist Jim Thompson (The Getaway), who worked w/Kubrick on the scripts for The Killing & Paths Of Glory. |
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Post by louise on Nov 19, 2023 14:10:00 GMT
The 40s one. The bookshop scene is my favourite part.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Nov 19, 2023 14:25:50 GMT
I don't get what everybody seems to love about it. I think it's overrated. But I think most Hawks films are overrated. This can't be a serious question though. The '70s BS is terrible. The Mitchum FML is a bit better, but that film is most notable for the appearance of pulp novelist Jim Thompson (The Getaway), who worked w/Kubrick on the scripts for The Killing & Paths Of Glory. I mean, I can follow the 70's version. Can't do that with the original.
Actually, I would have to see it twice in order to understand the plot I reckon. But no matter how many times I watch the original, I wouldn't understand it.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 19, 2023 22:18:05 GMT
I did not even know there was a 70s version of the movie.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Dec 2, 2023 18:18:55 GMT
The 70's one I think it more. On any day.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 24, 2023 9:01:56 GMT
I think it's overrated. But I think most Hawks films are overrated. This can't be a serious question though. The '70s BS is terrible. The Mitchum FML is a bit better, but that film is most notable for the appearance of pulp novelist Jim Thompson (The Getaway), who worked w/Kubrick on the scripts for The Killing & Paths Of Glory. I mean, I can follow the 70's version. Can't do that with the original.
Actually, I would have to see it twice in order to understand the plot I reckon. But no matter how many times I watch the original, I wouldn't understand it.
I have only seen it once, but I understand where you are coming from. Then again, I am pretty sure that the plot is not the point—rather, the appeal lies in the dialogue, the repartee, the stars, the rhythm, and the atmosphere. As for the seventies version, like another poster, I did not even know that it existed. |
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Post by mstreepsucks on Dec 24, 2023 14:40:54 GMT
I mean, I can follow the 70's version. Can't do that with the original.
Actually, I would have to see it twice in order to understand the plot I reckon. But no matter how many times I watch the original, I wouldn't understand it.
I have only see it once, but I understand where you are coming from. Then again, I am pretty sure that the plot is not the point—rather, the appeal lies in the dialogue, the repartee, the stars, the rhythm, and the atmosphere. As for the seventies version, like another poster, I did not even know that it existed. I also don't really like, the female in this film.
I like most of them in this film, except for the main one. Just sayin.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 27, 2023 0:49:20 GMT
Never saw the 70s version. The Bogart film is amazing even if it’s a little hard to follow.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 27, 2023 16:39:35 GMT
The 40s version is vastly superior.
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