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Old 29th December 2015, 11:10 PM
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No Nos i haven't, as far as John Ford goes The Searchers is my only point of reference.
If you don't like it, that's fair enough, but there's much more to his filmography than that one film and his other westerns were really good. If I had to pick a non-Western which was almost compulsory viewing, it would be The Grapes of Wrath.
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Old 29th December 2015, 11:22 PM
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I was considering whether to pick Clementine up from Arrow's sale while the Ltd Edition is still available. My issues with The Searchers were that it started off well then around thirty mins in becomes dreadfully dull with more aimless meandering than actual searching. John Wayne's performance frequently seems to descend into self parody and Jeffery Hunter just seemed to be in the wrong film altogether. Add to that the bizarre shifts in tone, the silly songs and Wayne's character's sudden change of heart in the last 2 minutes i just thought it was a mess. So i suppose what I'm asking is if i feel like that about The Searchers do i stand a chance of liking Clementine.
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Old 29th December 2015, 11:27 PM
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John Wayne's performance frequently seems to descend into self parody
That's John Wayne in a nutshell for me. I can't stand him.
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Old 29th December 2015, 11:36 PM
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That's John Wayne in a nutshell for me. I can't stand him.
I've only seen Searchers, Rio Bravo, True Grit and a long time ago The Quiet Man. Rio Bravo and True Grit are brilliant. Particularly the former. Can't really remember The Quiet Man.
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Old 30th December 2015, 08:54 AM
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just bought the following games and films.

Alien vs. Predator PS3
Mortal Kombat (remake) PS3
Thief (blu-Ray)
Maggie (Arnie Blu-Ray)


are they any good?
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Old 30th December 2015, 09:02 AM
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I thought Maggie was the most mind-blowingly boring movie Arnie's ever made!
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Old 30th December 2015, 11:23 AM
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just bought the following games and films.

Alien vs. Predator PS3
Mortal Kombat (remake) PS3
Thief (blu-Ray)
Maggie (Arnie Blu-Ray)


are they any good?
Maggie's not bad but it is quite slow. Why Arnie is in it I don't really know.
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Old 30th December 2015, 12:37 PM
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just bought the following games and films.

Alien vs. Predator PS3
Mortal Kombat (remake) PS3
Thief (blu-Ray)
Maggie (Arnie Blu-Ray)


are they any good?
Thief is excellent - along with Manhunter it's my favourite from Mann.

I can't comment on any of the others.
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Old 30th December 2015, 05:16 PM
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just bought the following games and films.

Alien vs. Predator PS3
Mortal Kombat (remake) PS3
Thief (blu-Ray)
Maggie (Arnie Blu-Ray)


are they any good?
Thief isn't good, it's great. Brilliant film.
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Old 2nd January 2016, 06:32 PM
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Does anyone know what the 23rd Century release of Fear in the City starring Maurizio Merli is like quality wise?
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