What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
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JC-3122
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The Sting. One of my all time favorites, just everything about it is…….fun. It’s a feel-good movie about immensely likeable characters, even though they are actually con men, grifters.
But one of their own gets murdered by a ruthless crime boss, and they plot revenge, stealing half a million dollars by a “Sting” they concoct, taking his money without him being able to do anything about it.
Taken from a book called The Con (I think), originally the writer wanted to direct, and was going to make it darker( like the book), but Redford convinced George Roy Hill to direct and he wanted it to have a lighter, more humorous take. Or something to that effect, I’m not remembering details like I used to
. But, I can’t find anything I dislike about it, to me, it’s a masterpiece.
This scene of the poker game on the train is one I could watch every day and still be amused…
But one of their own gets murdered by a ruthless crime boss, and they plot revenge, stealing half a million dollars by a “Sting” they concoct, taking his money without him being able to do anything about it.
Taken from a book called The Con (I think), originally the writer wanted to direct, and was going to make it darker( like the book), but Redford convinced George Roy Hill to direct and he wanted it to have a lighter, more humorous take. Or something to that effect, I’m not remembering details like I used to
. But, I can’t find anything I dislike about it, to me, it’s a masterpiece.This scene of the poker game on the train is one I could watch every day and still be amused…
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herodotus
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Did you see the theatrical release of Martha: a Plodding movie that was overly convoluted and was a slog or the director's cut of Batman v Superman, which although longer did answer some questions. I understand where they were trying to go with it & that they were trying to set up the Justice League movies, but they threw in way too much. The Bat v the Kryptonian could have been so much better if they had just focused on the two orphans. Audiences and fans wanted that, not the whole disorganized flotsam.