Profpointy
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If that's not the sexiest performance ever, I don't know what is. Wow !
Atrocities Committed in Hollywood.
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If that's not the sexiest performance ever, I don't know what is. Wow !
simon the viking
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What really annoys me is the term "Re-boot" if you are going to remake a film at least call it what it is a REMAKE....... Arrrrrrggghhhhhhh it really P****s me off.. 
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John the Canuck
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What really annoys me is the term "Re-boot" if you are going to remake a film at least call it what it is a REMAKE....... Arrrrrrggghhhhhhh it really P****s me off..
Das Boot was superb.........................................................
threebikesmcginty
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Talking of debuts, Sydney Greenstreet, the Fat Man in The Maltese Falcon (one of your faves), that was his first film, and he was only 62 at the time!
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Absolutely spot on ARM!. Although you thought were watching really horrible stuff, it was very rarely on screen, just suggested and unseen, with an enormous sense of menace. Somewhere, I think I still have the badge from the cinema foyer in the mid-Seventies...
"I survived The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
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A fantastic film. I took delivery of Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep on DVD today. £15 all up.That's pretty good value if you are not that keen on CGI shite.
Flying_Monkey
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Shhh... I've been trying to keep that quiet.
Shhh... I've been trying to keep that quiet.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
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I'd argue that The Maltese Falcon is actually the weakest of the three as a film, but still contains some wonderful performances. Never mind Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre is simply one one of the greatest actors ever to grace a screen.
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Profpointy
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That's a bit like saying King Lear isn't as good as Hamlet
(I agree with the rest of your comment though)
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AndyRM
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That's a properly cool piece of cinema memorabilia, hope you've still got it.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
No it's not. The Big Sleep is a great movie, and Casablanca even better, but The Maltese Falcon is a stinker, great performances from Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre notwithstanding. The main problem with it is that the relationship between Bogie and the female lead is crucial, but it's non-existent. She has the screen presence of a tyre lever. Apparently she was someone's sister or something. It just kills the movie. For me anyway.
Gravity Aided
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Speaking of Peter Lorre, 1950's remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" was in all ways inferior to the original. Que Sera, Sera.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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I have read the book based after the film original and TBH it sucked , mind you " Do androids dream of electric sheep " was not the most thrilling read .
Is it always the case that a good book makes a bad film ? The Dune series is fantastic and yet Lynch`s film was pretty dire .
cyberknight
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I wonder if anyone can better Gerad Doopidoo in Cyrano de bergerac ?
