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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
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"I'm not really sure why they're remaking this film. I like most of Tony Scott's stuff, but I don't know what else can be brought to the table after watching this version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Filled with dark humor and New York cynicism, it definitely speaks of the urban climate in the seventies, but also of the attitude most New Yorkers have on a daily basis to this day. I'm also a bit of a trainspotter, so anything dealing with trains/subways I always have a vested interest in. The flick has a brilliant cast from Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw to even Jerry Stiller. More than anything its fun to see these guys as they were more than thirty years ago before Jaws even came out. The choice of giving some of these roles to comedians definitely helped in adding the grim humor to the entire situation. Couple that with the soundtrack and it's a film that screams the seventies. It matches the kind of style everybody was used to during the first half of that decade and pa ... "
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"Why remake this? It's a total classic...It's been on T.V. many times,showed conclusively that Walter Matthau had a broader range than just comedy,although he does bring levity to the piece. Tarantino ripped-off the colours as names thing, Robert Shaw is trulling chilling as the ruthless Mr Blue,next to Jaws it's one of his most memorable roles.This is dark,and humorous in varying doses and i really dont see how it could be improved upon. The last thing we need,for instance is an "up-dating" to include the whole "War on Terror",post 9/11 Scenario... Don't go to see it..get this on DVD,it's probably in the bargain bin! "
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"Joseph Sargent succinctly displays New York's unforgiving harshness in this action-packed hostage film. At face value, it seems preposterous that you could take a subway train hostage and get away with it, but through the machinations of the script, it keeps you on the edge of your seat while Matthau's performance is in turns comedic and serious. It's interesting to see a film that Tarantino has so copiously taken from, not only in lifting the names of his villains in Reservoir Dogs from this film, but also the saltiness of the language spoken by all those involved. There is nothing I found fault with in this film; the cinematography, script, editing - all great. Check it out! "
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"Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns made $20 million this weekend, which wasn’t enough to beat Horton Hears a Who at the box office. Drillbit Taylor opened with just $10 million; Variety vaguely says it’s “the second lowest” opening for Owen Wilson after The Big Bounce, but that statistic must exclude every Wes Anderson film and anything else that’s opened in platform release. Speaking of platform releases, The Weinstein Company has finally has a successful one to speak of: Under the Same Moon broke the record for the biggest opening of a Spanish-language film in the U.S. this weekend with $2.6 million on 266 screens. James Gandolfini will play the mayor of New York City in that remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. The film hasn’t been shot yet, and it’ll st "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeThis movie is just fucking awesome!Everything about it makes it the perfect action/thriller movie. Well it's not strictly an action movie, but the pacing definitely feels like one. It's very tight and exciting from the very moment it begins to the end. It's hard to make a movie like that where the excitement feels real and not manufactured. The film achieves this by keeping a lot of mystery and revealing bits at a time. It also has a lot of humor and charm.One thing I noticed as a motif in this movie was situations was the ways in which people are stereotyped. Someone would get information about one person and make all kinds of incorrect assumptions about them. Here's a few examples. When Garber finally meets Inspector Daniels and you can tell he didn't expect him to be black. People kept sp ... "
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"Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns made $20 million this weekend, which wasn’t enough to beat Horton Hears a Who at the box office. Drillbit Taylor opened with just $10 million; Variety vaguely says it’s “the second lowest” opening for Owen Wilson after The Big Bounce, but that statistic must exclude every Wes Anderson film and anything else that’s opened in platform release. Speaking of platform releases, The Weinstein Company has finally has a successful one to speak of: Under the Same Moon broke the record for the biggest opening of a Spanish-language film in the U.S. this weekend with $2.6 million on 266 screens. James Gandolfini will play the mayor of New York City in that remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. The film hasn’t been shot yet, and it’ll st "
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"Here’s the dilemma. I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB. I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next. In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me. Here’s how it goes.For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006. Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005. Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc. The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting. (I'm going by IMDB as my source for release years)I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films. I decided this might be a good time to start fooling ... "
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