It Could Not Be Better
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hafabee — 17 years ago(September 04, 2008 11:43 PM)
I agree, it's an amazing movie. I can't express just how much this film cracked me up! For something that's 40 years old now I'm surprised at just how hilarious this is
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colbhoy — 17 years ago(October 18, 2008 07:34 AM)
I sat one Saturday afternoon a few years ago and watched this film on TV. I had heard of it, possibly even caught little bits of it before but had never seen it. What a film, pretty perfect in every way. When I invested in a DVD player, it was one of the first movies that I bought.
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RobHama — 16 years ago(November 17, 2009 04:35 PM)
Agreed. This is chemistry in its most quintessential form; And I'm not just refering Lemon's and Matthau's back and fourth, but every aspect of the movie. It's ridiculously well balanced, to the point of perfection.
Now I'm not going to be completely bias and overcome over how much I like this flick and rant about how every stand alone aspect of this movie has yet to met its equal, because - let's be fair here - the main ingrediants are the terrific writing and acting; But in so many other movies that have had the same attributes going for them, some parts of the production usually comes up short. Not in this beauty, from the cinematography to the imagery to the score, everything carries the script and actors in the most effective way possible.
That's what I love about this flick, it's all perfectly in sync, turning the result into a single entity, not just different components assembled to their extent.
That, and the fact that it kicks the proverbial ass.
On that note I have to be a douchebag and bring up the rating. We all know that there are thousands variables to the ratings on imdb, and that it implies a grain of salt in any situation. But since is this movie, I'm going to have to be thickheaded and redudant; "Only 7.7? what the hell!!" -
goopah — 11 years ago(November 29, 2014 05:44 PM)
Actually, on IMDb, 7.7 is a pretty damn good rating, though I myself would rate it close to a 10.
Some of my favorite films have only rated 5.9 to 6.8, and those are not even considered bad scores here. Only when you drop below a 5.0 do I consider it to be a questionable film. And even some of those have been okay.
In other words, I don't put much stock in the scores here, or anywhere else for that matter. This would be a perfect case in point.
But anyway, yeah, great film. I was just reading some of the lines, hjaving not actually seen the film in years, and yet just reading the lines, and picturing the actors saying them, was enough to crack me up big time. A real classic for sure. -
HiFiAudioGuy — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 09:02 PM)
The only thing I would have changed in this entire movie (I suppose if I was the editor) is the apartment scene near the beginning when they first show Oscar in the kitchen saying, "Out, pussy cat, out!"
Matthau's grand entrance should have been when he came out of the kitchen with the tray of food. So his 'pussy cat' line should have been uttered off screen.
Just my opinion