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Post by wallsofjericho on Jun 14, 2021 20:52:57 GMT
Which movie do you prefer? The Long Goodbye is the my favorite followed by Lebowski. As much as I love PTA, Inherent Vice just fell short for me and I didn't find it particularly interesting or engaging compared to the other two.
Also, how would you rank the three leads:
Bridges
Gould
Phoenix
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jun 14, 2021 20:56:43 GMT
The Long Goodbye is the only one that isn't mediocre to merely decent.
Used to be a big fan of that Coen tho, when I was like 17.
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Post by stephen on Jun 14, 2021 21:07:23 GMT
Inherent Vice is still my favorite because it captures Pynchon's shaggy-haired stoner aesthete so well, and streamlines a byzantine novel (albeit straightforward by Pynchon's standards) very nicely.
The Long Goodbye is second. A very fine adaptation and PTA definitely owes it a debt, but I dunno, there's always been something about it that kept me from actively embracing it. Not sure what it is, but I have been meaning to rewatch it.
Lebowski is comfortably last. The performances are dynamite, especially Bridges and Goodman, but it feels like it's a collection of great moments without cohering as a single whole. Not a bad film by any means, and indeed the most rewatchable of the three, but I could find as much enjoyment watching individual clips on YouTube than viewing it as a whole.
As for the leads: Bridges > Phoenix = Gould
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 14, 2021 21:09:27 GMT
I'd say The Dude but I'm not a big fan of any of those.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 14, 2021 21:11:26 GMT
I more or less agree with how you have them rated walls for them all........ The Long Goodbye is a great film and it's a deceptive one - you have to be on its wavelength to really get it - and usually I don't have to do that - I can usually get a film fully on 1 watch. On like the first 2 viewings "Now that's someone I love and you I don't even like" was funny......then it was scary and heartbreaking.....  |
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Post by wallsofjericho on Jun 14, 2021 21:18:01 GMT
I more or less agree with how you have them rated walls for them all........ The Long Goodbye is a great film and it's a deceptive one - you have to be on its wavelength to really get it - and usually I don't have to do that - I can usually get a film fully on 1 watch. On like the first 2 viewings "Now that's someone I love and you I don't even like" was funny......then it was scary and heartbreaking..... Have you seen a film called Cisco Pike (1971). I haven't seen it personally but I've heard it's the closest comparison to Inherent Vice than The Long Goodbye. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 14, 2021 21:33:03 GMT
I more or less agree with how you have them rated walls for them all........ The Long Goodbye is a great film and it's a deceptive one - you have to be on its wavelength to really get it - and usually I don't have to do that - I can usually get a film fully on 1 watch. On like the first 2 viewings "Now that's someone I love and you I don't even like" was funny......then it was scary and heartbreaking..... Have you seen a film called Cisco Pike (1971). I haven't seen it personally but I've heard it's the closest comparison to Inherent Vice than The Long Goodbye.Yes - it's ok - I actually think Kris Kristofferson lets the movie down because he's pretty one note to me......it has it's moments........it's more of a grim time to me than it should be ........like what's so special about The Long Goodbye is it's rambling and light but punctuated by key scenes that are specific and pivotal and shape the whole thing - (Hayden walking in the ocean etc.), where I think all these other movies you could say drift away too much from themselves...........in The Long Goodbye your consistently aware of everyone betraying who they say they love for nothing much........it's light but not, funny but not, etc. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 14, 2021 21:47:34 GMT
Problem for me is that I haven’t watched The Long Goodbye in 15+ years so while I remember really liking it, I can’t recall enough to put it ahead of The Big Lebowski.
Inherent Vice is comfortably last as I actively dislike it. But will try to give it a 2nd viewing eventually to see if my opinion changes.
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Post by jakesully on Jun 15, 2021 2:41:38 GMT
Its hands down The Big Lebowski for me. One of my all time favorite comedies featuring so many good to great memorable/ funny performances in that film (also highly quotable between my friends & I). I literally have no clue how the Coen brothers came up with 90 percent of the shit in that film but it hit all the right marks for me and found it to be hilarious.
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Post by Viced on Jun 15, 2021 4:30:08 GMT
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