Let me count the ways . . .And how could you mention that movie [The Magnificent Seven] without citing the one it is based on, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai?
You should check it out again.Let me count the ways . . .
1. TSS is in b/w.
2. The dialog is in Japanese, with subtitles.
3. The music pales to nothing in comparison with Elmer Bernstein's masterpiece.
4. The acting is below average. It actually looked to me like over-the-top over-acting, but that's probably the different culture.
TMS actors are top drawer. Always go by cast! Very few films, ever, have had such a stellar cast. Many of the stars were at start of their career (when they were cheap). Show me another film which has so many now-seen-as-superstar actors, in actual character parts (not cameos).
I've seen SS once. Not saying it's a bad film. But no desire to see it again. I've seen TMS maybe 40 times. which is what this thread is about.
We could do a whole other thread on great DVD commentary tracks. For instance the one for Resident Evil with Milla Jovovich cracking jokes and making funny observations is more entertaining than the movie's script.Never understood buying dvd's. Almost never watch a movie twice. Saw parts of Jaws on tv years later but you end up wishing you could fast forward to the action scenes.
Never, ever go by cast.TMS actors are top drawer. Always go by cast!
How many times have you watched Limitless it came out last year!The Thomas Crown Affair
Entrapment
Iron Man
Rounders
Ocean's Eleven
Limitless