I've seen five of the films in your list. Really liked the French Connection and Goodfellas. Saw the Seven Samarai but liked Clint Eastwood's/Sergio Leone's version better.
“The English Patient” is interesting in that the novel it’s based on was considered unfilmable, and they pulled it off. I can say it’s a damned sight better than “Titanic” when it comes to the ‘doomed romance’ genre, lol!
Again, never saw it, friends said it sucked...good enough for me. Never saw Titanic in the theater, have only seen bits and pieces on cable. I like "A Night to Remember" much better.
“Citizen Kane” was a pioneering film, especially in terms of cinematography. A lot of the camera tricks we see in films originated in, or were perfected in, that film.
IMO, and I speak only for me, the film still sucks. I had to watch it in a mass media class in High School...it sucked. I watched it again years later to make sure my opinion wasn't just because of youthful thinking. My first opinion still stands.
Sorry, kinda hijacked the thread.
RIP Roger
***Saw the Seven Samarai but liked Clint Eastwood’s/Sergio Leone’s version better.****
I think you mean Yojimbo. All are good movies. It was also remade as LAST MAN STANDING.
***“Citizen Kane” was a pioneering film***
I like THE THIRD MAN better.
The second I saw this I knew you have no idea what you are talking about.
The Seven Samurai was never remade by Sergio Leone. Yojimbo was, as Fistful of Dollars with Eastwood and again as Last Man Standing with Bruce Willis (directed by Walter Hill).
Samurai was remade as The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges.
I may not have agreed with Roger on every film (he liked Popeye, a film I despise) and I could not care less about his politics. But you won't be catching me trying to give one the impression I know anything about movies when in fact I am quite ignorant and have no taste.