Manhattan - 6/10
I don't want to be a dick but I think maybe you watched it wrong.
The Hurt Locker (Bigelow) 9/10
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Metropolitan, Whit Stillman (1990)
When I first saw this years ago (probably a full decade, now that I think about it), I thought it was impossibly sophisticated and smart. I liked these people. And while, having actually seen films by Lubitsch, Rohmer, Sturges, Wilder (more) etc, this seems a lot smaller by comparison, I have to say I still have some affection for this film. The actorly line-readings (which sometimes border on amateurish). And I think Nick Smith is one of my favourite characters from the 90's (though I'm a bit ashamed of that).
Mostly, having recently read A Fortunate Age, which will go down as one of my least favourite books of the decade, I've gotta say this still seems smart and it's self indulgences less irritating.
When I first saw this years ago (probably a full decade, now that I think about it), I thought it was impossibly sophisticated and smart. I liked these people. And while, having actually seen films by Lubitsch, Rohmer, Sturges, Wilder (more) etc, this seems a lot smaller by comparison, I have to say I still have some affection for this film. The actorly line-readings (which sometimes border on amateurish). And I think Nick Smith is one of my favourite characters from the 90's (though I'm a bit ashamed of that).
Mostly, having recently read A Fortunate Age, which will go down as one of my least favourite books of the decade, I've gotta say this still seems smart and it's self indulgences less irritating.
I know a couple of people here prefer Part III to the first two. I wouldn't say that (although I love the first two and they don't), but I think it is underrated, with some great moments, and the final sequence at the Opera is every bit as good as the baptism sequence in the original.
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Public Enemies (2009) Michael Mann 5/10
Whirlwind (2007) Richard LeMay 5/10
The Pleasure Seekers (1964) Jean Negulesco 2/10
Lloyd of London (1936) Henry King 4/10
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"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)