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Spudulis

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To be honest, dissing Scorcese is the only thing in film that can really rile me up. I've noticed a trend of it really from young people who think that he's that guy who does gangster movies. they saw Gangs of New york (which admittedly was an absolute mess) and think they know his work and can criticise it.

Scorcese is just completely fucking stunning in his versatility. Yes, he does have a bit of a thing about macho stories, but he's done comedy, drama, thriller, romance, religion, music etc etc better than most could ever dream. The guy has only ever made 5 gangster pictures out of over 30 films.

For me even fluff like Cape fear is 100 times more worthy and memorable than its contemporaries (Basic instinct, Primal fear, presumed Innocent etc).

With a career as varied as to include stuff like Last temptation of Christ, Age of innocence, After hours, mean Streets, raging bull, The Last Waltz, King of Comedy, Kundun and the Aviator i seriously believe there should be a law against calling him a bad director.

Totally. Scorsese has got to the point where if he does something other than a gangster film he gets critisised as its not as good as his famous classics (which are mainly gangster films) but when he does a gangster film he gets called a one trick pony. The man can't win.

He's made consistently brilliant films and more importantly he made probably the best films of the 70s and era that had more impact on what we see at the cinema today than any other I'd say.

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Chow

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Bruce Lee's films mightn't have been all that, but he is easily one of the 3 coolest people in the history of the world. I DEFY you to name me 3 cooler people in fact.

Andy Lau

Chow Yun Fat

Kurt Russell

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lordcookie

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Andy Lau

Chow Yun Fat

Kurt Russell

Pfft, Tony Leung is infinitely cooler than Andy Lau so your list is wrong already. Fair play on Kurt Russell though.

Don Rosco is right, there are few people cooler than Lee. Alain Delon deserves to be in any cool list though.

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Chow

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Pfft, Tony Leung is infinitely cooler than Andy Lau so your list is wrong already. Fair play on Kurt Russell though.

Don Rosco is right, there are few people cooler than Lee. Alain Delon deserves to be in any cool list though.

I didn't pick the 3 coolest people, I just picked 3 coolER people. Everyone knows that Tony Leung > Andy Lau.

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Bruce Lee's films mightn't have been all that, but he is easily one of the 3 coolest people in the history of the world. I DEFY you to name me 3 cooler people in fact.

Bill Hicks, Jimi Hendrix, Che Guevara. They're all far cooler than Bruce Lee. Have you seen the man in interview? I saw him once spouting off some cobblers about water. He was a New Age kook!

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Darragh

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Dont forgot sports drama The Colour Of Money!

Bah, "The Hustler" was far better.

And chalk up another one for Citizen Kane love. It's absolutely astounding how well it stands up (just like 12 Angry Men, for example). That first appearance of the young Kane, swivelling on his chair, to face the camera, that shot that travels through the sign on the top of the bar, through the window, and down indoors, the cavernous interiors of Xanadu.....it's all so, so, achingly, good.

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Bill Hicks, Jimi Hendrix, Che Guevara. They're all far cooler than Bruce Lee. Have you seen the man in interview? I saw him once spouting off some cobblers about water. He was a New Age kook!

Decrying Lee as a new-age kook while having Guevara in your list makes you sound a bit fucking mental. As does including someone who died by choking on their own vomit and someone whose comedy routine largely consisted of baseless unadulterated rage and only became famous because they died (see also: Eva Cassidy, Jeff Buckley...). And before you say anything about the last bit I've read a biography and though while he's interesting and did have his funny moments he certainly isn't what I'd consider 'cool'. Everyone's definition's different anyway.

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And that breakfast scene. I had never seen Citizen Kane before last year. I'd heard so much about it, "...best film ever... blah...", but always thought it was just critics spouting off. So wrong. I was shocked at how up-to-date it felt.

I can only recall one scene that didn't work. It started with a parrot flying away with a horrible sound, with a beach in the background that looks horribly out of place. The rest of the film is quite flawless.

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I can only recall one scene that didn't work. It started with a parrot flying away with a horrible sound, with a beach in the background that looks horribly out of place. The rest of the film is quite flawless.

Yeah, that was a bit off. And the "special effect" of the parrot was kinda ruined by the fact that you could see the backdrop through the space where the parrot's eyes should have been. Also, in the party scene (as I noticed upon it being pointed out on a commentary by some guy on the DVD) has fucking dinosaurs flying around in the air! Apparently they re-used background effects from King Kong.

But lads, we haven't mentioned the scene where Kane goes batshit crazy and fucking thrashes that bedroom, all in one take. Absolutely incredible. Hell, even the ageing make-up Welles wore looks pretty damn good today.

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someone whose comedy routine largely consisted of baseless unadulterated rage and only became famous because they died

Hicks' comedy is just about the least baseless thing on Earth, and was about the most relevant thing out there at the time.

As for being famous for being dead he was a hell of a lot more famous when he was alive, with the added bonus of not having been turned into a saint by mawkish fans. The fact he died befor George Bush got elected deprived us all of some fine commentary.

The only person that got more famous for Bill Hicks being dead was Dennis Leary.

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Yeah, that was a bit off. And the "special effect" of the parrot was kinda ruined by the fact that you could see the backdrop through the space where the parrot's eyes should have been. Also, in the party scene (as I noticed upon it being pointed out on a commentary by some guy on the DVD) has fucking dinosaurs flying around in the air! Apparently they re-used background effects from King Kong.

But lads, we haven't mentioned the scene where Kane goes batshit crazy and fucking thrashes that bedroom, all in one take. Absolutely incredible. Hell, even the ageing make-up Welles wore looks pretty damn good today.

And to think he was only 26 when he made it.

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