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Final: Pick your favorite!

The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) (#1 seed)
12 (57.1%)
Days of Heaven (Malick, 1978)
9 (42.9%)

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Sam the Cinema Snob

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #180 on: July 08, 2017, 05:30:40 AM »
I talked about it for years and then proceeded not to say much more because I think everyone was getting tired of it.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #181 on: July 08, 2017, 06:29:12 AM »
Days of Heaven is very good. So is The Godfather, but Days of Heaven is better. Exquisitely shot and emotionally evocative. It's not quite as captivating as Badlands to me, I think I prefer the slight rough edges of Badlands over the more meticulous nature of Days of Heaven, but it's close. The Godfather is, much like Casablanca, a nearly flawless execution of many common tropes, what it lacks in pure originality it makes up in execution. But the underlying tropes and style are not as interesting to me as Casablanca, so it doesn't quite transcend the lack of originality and make me think of it as one of the greats even if its cultural status says it is. At least the finalist isn't Part II which, while also a very good film, is noticeably weaker to me.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #182 on: July 08, 2017, 07:54:06 AM »
The Godfather is perfect. Not that a great film has to be. But it is.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #183 on: July 08, 2017, 08:41:31 AM »
*Nearly perfect. Perfect but for the Sicilian arc.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #184 on: July 08, 2017, 11:06:21 AM »
DOH is an outstanding film that's widely beloved and highly regarded. There's like zero reason to be surprised by this.

I cannot remember ever seeing someone talking about it.

You never heard any of us talk about "wheat porn"?
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #185 on: July 08, 2017, 12:39:26 PM »
DOH is an outstanding film that's widely beloved and highly regarded. There's like zero reason to be surprised by this.

I cannot remember ever seeing someone talking about it.

You never heard any of us talk about "wheat porn"?

Not in relation to this one I think.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #186 on: July 08, 2017, 02:12:32 PM »
*Nearly perfect. Perfect but for the Sicilian arc. some poor fight choregraphy.

Fixed your post.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #187 on: July 09, 2017, 01:20:08 PM »
DOH is an outstanding film that's widely beloved and highly regarded. There's like zero reason to be surprised by this.

I cannot remember ever seeing someone talking about it.

You never heard any of us talk about "wheat porn"?

Not in relation to this one I think.

Well, this is the film that started it all.  It was mentioned almost every day for more than a year, I think.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #188 on: July 18, 2017, 05:45:23 AM »
* hopes roujin locks the poll quickly so that the present delicate balance of righteousness may not be upset by the foolish actions of the unwitting *
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #189 on: July 18, 2017, 10:01:34 AM »
Huh? I'm reading 12-9, which is the expected result, indicating that said foolish actions already have been committed, although maybe not unwittingly, because roujin helpfully provided the correct answer when he started the poll.