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After reading the complete Dark Tower Saga (not really in order, but including both the original and revised version of the Gunslinger) and watching Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, I'm in a very Western mindset. Just today, I finished Wolves of the Calla, which is an analogy to the Magnificent Seven (which itself is an adaptation of Akira Kurisawa's the Seven Samurai...I'm such a geek.).
I watched the classic westerns and realized that today's movies fucking suck. Seriously. I could regale you with my review of Transformers (2007) again, but why bother. I haven't seen the sequel yet, but should soon. I'm of course, not paying for it, cuz I honestly don't want Stephan Spielberg getting anymore of my money.
But just last night, my father and I sat down to watch some movies. One of the movies was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The other was the Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
I, of course, have seen "Episode III" before (I was actually shanghaied to go see the premiere. At the old outside theatre at Sarasota Square. Those were the days...) but I wanted to see it again, cuz it's been a few years. That and I watched the Holy Trilogy a few months back.
I had never seen "Treasure" before, but my father has had a habit lately of grabbing old movies from the library and we'd watch them together. Just before he left [for South Dakota], we watched To Have or Have Not, which like this movie, also starred Humphrey Bogart (It was also the first film teaming Bogey with Lauren Bacall, whom he eventually married...I. Am. A. Geek.).
But I must say, Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a much better film. By fucking light years. It also won 2 Academy Awards (for Best Director: John Huston and Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston, the director's father.) which, as quoted in Clerks 2, George "Toy Boy" Lucas has never and will never, win. Bones...oh, sick burn.
It's just that Episode III (along with the other 2 filx) is so fucking cheesy and pandering. Hayden Christiansen is a crappy actor. It's absolutely nothing like the Original 3, with it's massive glory shots and action for the fucking sake of action. And the pandering to the audience with the battle on Kashyyyk, Chewbacca, "Captain Antilles", Senator Mon Mothma (in a deleted scene), it's just terrible. And when Chancellor Palpatine assumes the appearance of what we remember as the Emperor after a fight with Mace Windu (motherfucker!!) that's just too much.
And that's not even counting the opening sequence where Anakin and Obi-wan rescue the Chancellor. When the ship "capsizes" everything turns with it and gets tumbled around. I'm sorry, but that broke my willing suspension of disbelief right off the fucking bat. In outer space, there is no gravity. A fucking 10-year-old could tell you that. On a starship they have "artificial gravity" relative to the ship, not the planet. So when the heroes start tumbling down an elevator shaft, I'm done. See ya.
Interesting enough, the 2 films do have something in common. The main characters of both films go from being the hero to being the villain. I thought that was cool.
But seriously, if you get the chance, watch the Treasure of the Sierra Madre. It's a fucking great movie. It's also the origin of the "We don't need no stinkin' badges" line that's been lampooned over the years by everything from UHF to Salute Your Shorts. Hence the title of the blog.
ThanXXX for reading, and be sure to check out other classic movies instead of giving your money the people who do nothing but remakes and shit.
--------------------------Evil Jaymz-----------------------
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