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billybobwashere
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 Re: Silence of the Lambs I prefer the Clerks 2 rendition of "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me hard," but I guess Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster are kinda amazing.
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Michael A
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Re: Silence of the Lambs I don't think it's worthy of the acclaim really. It's a slow-burning memorable and occasionally haunting serial-killer flick, but not that much more. Sure, Hopkin's performance and construction of the character deserve a place in villain hall of fame. It's subtle, ambiguous, intelligent, and even clever which adds up to one of the most memorable and haunting performances of that kind. Unfortunately that description does not fit the film as a whole. There are some great scenes, a few cases of brilliant framing and shots that really stick out. Outside of a few bits of witty dialogue here and there though the film really boils down to:
any scene with Lector and Clarice
the escape scene
the final scene in the basement.
Aside from that the rest can essentially be thrown away. The crime-lab detective stuff may have been interesting in '91, but in a time riddled with cop dramas on every tv channel it doesn't hold up. On the whole I like the movie for above-mentioned reasons but it's not a greatest ever thriller master-piece imo. I'd say it's about equal with Se7en which also has a status it's mostly unworthy of.
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_________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: Silence of the Lambs Michael A wrote: it's not a greatest ever thriller master-piece imo. What is the greatest ever thriller masterpiece?
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs How evasive of you, Benjamin.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs What you don't realize is that John the Savage is being serious.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs He would not dare...
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Michael A
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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David
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs lol, did anyone NOT expect this to be M when they clicked? _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs I think he should've gone with Copycat in an unexpected third act twist.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs I prefer 'The Silence of the Lambs'.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Gunslinger wrote: lol, did anyone NOT expect this to be M when they clicked? have you seen lang's masterpiece david? _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Michael A wrote: Gunslinger wrote: lol, did anyone NOT expect this to be M when they clicked? have you seen lang's masterpiece david? I have. I haven't seen nearly enough films from before 1940, but I've seen a few of the absolute big ones--M, for example, and a few of Chaplin's most enduring titles. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Gunslinger wrote: Michael A wrote: Gunslinger wrote: lol, did anyone NOT expect this to be M when they clicked? have you seen lang's masterpiece david? I have. I haven't seen nearly enough films from before 1940, but I've seen a few of the absolute big ones--M, for example, and a few of Chaplin's most enduring titles. That more or less applies to me as well, I've seen some 30s movies but am woefully ignorant of the silent era. Do you agree with my assessment of M, unoriginal and faux-snobby as it may be? Depending on the strictness of the definition of "thriller" other acceptable answers would be: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/_________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs The Night of the Hunter is the correct answer.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs An answer I cannot yet give, I'm planning on changing that soon.
_________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs trixster wrote: The Night of the Hunter is the correct answer. You are entirely wrong, trixster.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs I disagree.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Quote: You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Caius wrote: Quote: You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.    _________________
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David
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Michael A wrote: Gunslinger wrote: Michael A wrote: Gunslinger wrote: lol, did anyone NOT expect this to be M when they clicked? have you seen lang's masterpiece david? I have. I haven't seen nearly enough films from before 1940, but I've seen a few of the absolute big ones--M, for example, and a few of Chaplin's most enduring titles. That more or less applies to me as well, I've seen some 30s movies but am woefully ignorant of the silent era. Do you agree with my assessment of M, unoriginal and faux-snobby as it may be? Depending on the strictness of the definition of "thriller" other acceptable answers would be: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/Sure, definitely. It lives up to its reputation and the acclaim. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs I'm honestly ashamed to say that I've never seen this in it's entirety.
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Re: The Silence of the Lambs Haha it's funny that I was the last person who posted in this thread and I just watched this for the first time three years later. Finally after all these years I can stop saying that I've never seen this movie. :p It's hard to grade it seeing it for the first time in 2014. There have been so many copies of the film that it doesn't exactly feel fresh or shocking anymore like I'm sure it did in 1991. What truly sets this apart from the copy cats is the truly intense sequences. The scene where Lector escapes and the scene where Clarice finds Buffalo Bill are really masterful sequences and I was 100% on the edge of my seat during both of them. I wasn't won over right away, I did feel that it was pretty slow in the beginning but it kept picking up as it went on and the performances here are fantastic. Glad I finally watched it. A-
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Top 10 Films of 2016
1. La La Land
2. Other People
3. Nocturnal Animals
4. Swiss Army Man
5. Manchester by the Sea
6. The Edge of Seventeen
7. Sing Street
8. Indignation
9. The Lobster
10. Hell or High Water
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