motocycle observation.
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/22/16 7:51 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:29:45 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/22/16 3:24 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:18:47 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


Well then, I guess it really wasn't "It's a fictional "guy movie" of a
road trip that ends badly. " after all


That is simply the story line

Without the music, that is pretty much the whole story.


You're a funny guy, to be sure. And without the music, the Umbrellas of
Cherbourg would just be about an umbrella shop.
Easy Rider, btw, is on AFI's list of the top 100 American movies of all
time, along with what, 99 others you didn't "get"?

Ok you win. It is somewhere between Gone with the Wind and Citizen
Kane.


Actually, no, but it is on the same list.


Just like "No country for old men" was rated best movie at the academy
awards.

motocycle observation.
 

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:53:43 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/22/16 7:51 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:29:45 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/22/16 3:24 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:18:47 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


Well then, I guess it really wasn't "It's a fictional "guy movie" of a
road trip that ends badly. " after all


That is simply the story line

Without the music, that is pretty much the whole story.


You're a funny guy, to be sure. And without the music, the Umbrellas of
Cherbourg would just be about an umbrella shop.
Easy Rider, btw, is on AFI's list of the top 100 American movies of all
time, along with what, 99 others you didn't "get"?

Ok you win. It is somewhere between Gone with the Wind and Citizen
Kane.


Actually, no, but it is on the same list.

Yup, between Duck Soup and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

motocycle observation.
 

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:06:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:


Actually, no, but it is on the same list.


Just like "No country for old men" was rated best movie at the academy
awards.

Bear in mind this is an 18 year old list and newer movies may have
pushed it down on the list a bit. It was #88 in 1998, do you think
there may have been a dozen better movies made since? Is it possible
the stoners who voted for it in 98 may have retired or died since
then?

motocycle observation.
 

On 8/22/16 8:14 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:06:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:


Actually, no, but it is on the same list.


Just like "No country for old men" was rated best movie at the academy
awards.

Bear in mind this is an 18 year old list and newer movies may have
pushed it down on the list a bit. It was #88 in 1998, do you think
there may have been a dozen better movies made since? Is it possible
the stoners who voted for it in 98 may have retired or died since
then?


It's moved up to 84 on the newer list, and I doubt "stoners" have
anything to do with its recognition. You just don't like the premises of
the movie.

motocycle observation.
 

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:39:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/22/16 8:14 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:06:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:


Actually, no, but it is on the same list.


Just like "No country for old men" was rated best movie at the academy
awards.

Bear in mind this is an 18 year old list and newer movies may have
pushed it down on the list a bit. It was #88 in 1998, do you think
there may have been a dozen better movies made since? Is it possible
the stoners who voted for it in 98 may have retired or died since
then?


It's moved up to 84 on the newer list, and I doubt "stoners" have
anything to do with its recognition. You just don't like the premises of
the movie.

The premise is not what I don't like, it is just the tedious scenes
that are clearly about stoned guys, that look to be directed and shot
by stoned guys. The story just drags on. Nicholson was the main
redeeming value in the middle third of the movie, as reflected in the
awards actually won. By the time they got back on the road from Marti
Gras, I did not care if they died. I was ready for it to be over.

As I said, I will watch it again and see if it is any better with more
reflection. Maybe you should too.