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I only just started the list officially this April. I had about 270 that I had seen “casually” before starting the list. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Yes one way or another I have collected a physical copy of every film on the list. I try not to spend too much on them but there have been a few that I have had to pay top $. For me it has been worth it just so I'm not at the mercy of the streaming services. When I first got the book 20 years ago I thought I would just watch the movies I had but after a while I started to watch some of the other films. Then I started to collect them with a view to rewatch them. Then it sort of became an obsession when I realised that with a bit more effort I could actually get them all | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
Wow, that’s an amazing collection. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-16-08 |
It's a fun hobby, but too expensive for me. Of the movies I've seen on the list that I don't own, I would be interested in only rewatching about 1/4 of them, and of those probably only 20-30 that I'd watch more than three times. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-18-08 |
A completely sensible conclusion to reach. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-18-08 |
What I have been doing is watching them and if I enjoy it, I add it to my to buy list | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-19-08 |
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Paramount+, Hoopla, rental. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Is it one of the 1001? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
You can look up where things are available on sites like Letterboxd and JustWatch. According to Letterboxd, if you’re in the US, *Harder They Come* is streaming freely on Pluto and Kanopy, or you can rent/buy on Amazon. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Yes. At least it was at some point.
https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Oh I thought this was a NYT list | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
I picked up some book called the best 1000 movies by NYT and HTC wasnt on it and it pissed me off | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
It seems like they meant where is it in the book, not where to stream, as they refer to some other list by New York Times that it’s not on. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Damn, another huge star bites the dust. Delon is one of those names I was completely unfamiliar with before embarking on the list. Now I see him as one of the main European stars of his era. The guy was devilishly handsome and turned in some fine performances. Which was your favourite?
[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/1ewvo9s) | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
The two Visconti films are beyond excellent as well, but Le Samouraï is simply too iconic to choose anything else | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
Leopard was a snooze fest for me. Rocco was awesome and I almost voted for it, but Le Samouraï is damn cool and this is a post about Delon after all | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
Genuinely my all-time favourite male French actor. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
I also think this dude would've made a great Bruce Wayne. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-21-08 |
Director: George Miller
It’s surprising to me that the original *Mad Max* is included on the *1001 Movies* list when *Mad Max 2* is not; I’m sure most people would agree that the sequel is the superior film. Other sequels, such as [*~Project A Part II~*](https://basilfilm.wordpress.com/2022/09/24/discussion-151-project-a-part-ii-a%e8%a8%88%e5%8a%83%e7%ba%8c%e9%9b%86-1987/) are included without their predecessor, and it's notable that *Mad Max 2* was released in the United States as *The Road Warrior* as most audiences were unaware of the original film. There’s very little continuity between any of the films and they all seem to behave as stand-alone dystopian films, albeit with similar themes.
For some reason, *Mad Max 2* gets overlooked by the *1001 Movies* editors but *Mad Max: Fury Road* was eventually included in the subsequent year’s edition of the book. I actually have no quarrel with the editors about that inclusion because it’s a thoroughly worthwhile action film which shows George Miller has lost none of his talent as a dynamic, exciting, visual director in the intervening three decades. But I’ll leave that review for another time. While I’d rather be talking about *Mad Max 2*, I guess I’m here to discuss the original *Mad Max*.
From what I’ve read, Miller had little control over the production of the first film, and I want to believe that is why a lot of it doesn’t really hold up that well. For most of the film, Max is a happy-go-lucky cop who is finding it difficult to stay motivated at work. He argues with his boss who gives him time off. Where are the stakes? It’s only after his wife is killed rather near the end of the film that the ‘real’ Mad Max starts to show, and the finale is all the more satisfying because of it. I will say that keeping the wife alive for so long does have the advantage of showing real connection and chemistry: a scene where Max teases his wife about touching her with grease on his hands ends in a kiss and embrace where he doesn’t her after all. This sort of tender care was surprising and touching (no pun intended).
But sadly, most of the first half of the film is pretty incoherent. While the lawless worlds of later films need less exposition (one can fairly easily imagine the fallout of a nuclear war where humanity goes tribal again), the dystopia of the original *Mad Max* is harder to understand and there are very few clues offered to the audience. Who are the Main Force Patrol? How much authority do they have? To what extent does civilisation still exist? What has caused this shift? Compared to later *Mad Max* films, it seems bizarre that Max can complain to his boss and receive a vacation in this timeline.
The action scenes are, of course, the main event and are fairly spectacular for a film made on a small budget. When the characters stop talking and start chasing each other, things get better. Miller said he was interested in making a “silent movie with sound” and I honestly wish this was exactly what the film had been. Comfortable scenes in Max’s beachside estate seem very out of place in a film like this.
An awkward start for Max and for director George Miller, the wrongs would soon be righted in the much more expansive sequel two years later, and a saga would be created. Just this year, a new spin-off has been released and is also directed by Miller and I am looking forward to watching it soon. It’s a miracle that this uneven first movie spawned such a successful franchise (and perhaps even a mini-genre of dystopian road movies) but that’s cinema for you.
5/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
I enjoyed Mad Max, though I completely agree with you - the second film should have been the entry.
One thing I find so odd about the film is the lack of any evidence that its a post-apocalyptic film. I even wondered if people watching just thought 'Australia sure is weird' | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
That's what I mean. A few lines of preamble would have sufficed. Just some context so the audience can settle into the madness. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
Director: Martin Brest
I watched this film a decade ago and recall being impressed enough to give the sequel a try. However, I remember the sequel being so bad that I turned it off after half an hour. Having just rewatched the original *Beverly Hills Cop*, I cannot remember at all what I liked about this film in the first place.
Sparring with *Coming to America* and *Trading Places* as the ‘ultimate’ Eddie Murphy vehicle, *Beverly Hills Cop* sees the then-popular comedian as a Detroit police officer, Axel Foley, who makes his way to the location in the film’s title to unravel the mystery of his friend’s sudden death.
There are a number of routes that the film tries to take to differentiate itself from your average buddy cop film: firstly, the use of Eddie Murphy’s brand of comedy to enhance the film and secondly, the clash of Foley’s unorthodox detective methods with the strict, by-the-book ways of the Beverly Hills PD. Both of these routes fail miserably as they are poorly realised.
Eddie Murphy was at the top of his game back then but he is simply not funny here at all. The closest I came to laughing was at his Michael Jackson interview explanation to the hotel receptionist, and her manager fearing looking racist. More risqué humour such as this could have tipped the scales for me, but the film is mostly very flat, with too much emphasis on Murphy swearing.
Then there’s the element of the police methods clashing. Axel Foley seems entirely uninhibited by the Beverly Hills PD and runs rings around them until they start to help him. In fact, the film seems to suggest that all the red tape and bureaucracy of the Police Department is for nothing. Perhaps if the film had shown that there was some worth in both styles of police investigation, we’d have had a more interesting moral. As it stands, the BHPD just seem like a bunch of well-meaning but useless lackeys.
While the film’s plot is a perfectly adequate, if rather dull detective story, there are some strange beats to it. Axel Foley is present (but unconscious) when his friend is killed by a gangster - played by the now-famous Jonathan Banks (aka Mike Ehrmantraut of *Breaking Bad*). Bizarrely, the film waives any mystery around the death by showing us the killing in a fully lit corridor; this seems like the sort of scene we’d normally see in a flashback when the detective found the true culprit. As it stands, we instantly know that gallery owner Victor Maitland - played by Steven Berkoff who just *looks* like a Bond villain (and indeed, played one the year before in *Octopussy*) - is a bad guy because Jonathan Banks is sitting in the room with him. This lack of mystery makes it a very poor detective film indeed, and it could have been changed so easily.
Also, that scene I mentioned with the hotel receptionist is bizarre because it comes so quickly on the tail of Axel’s friend being murdered. You’d think he’d be torn up about this but he continues to crack jokes as if nothing has happened. He honestly doesn’t seem like someone out to get revenge.
This film fails as a comedy and as a detective story, and it’s astonishing that it was so successful nonetheless. Perhaps it was merely Eddie Murphy’s popularity that brought audiences to the cinema and made them believe they were having a good time. Or perhaps it was the electronic score which so thoroughly dates the film but is effortlessly catchy, that got people riled up. I’m not sure, but what I am sure of is that this is definitely not a ‘must-see’.
3/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-21-08 |
Anybody else on Letterboxd? My profile in @holdenreviews and I would love to follow other people working their way through the list.
If you aren't familiar, Letterboxd is a site for watching, rating, and reviewing movies. A great way to keep track of list progress.
My profile on Letterboxd [https://boxd.it/es1l](https://boxd.it/es1l) | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
Great idea. Though weirdly enough I only use Letterboxd for the 1001 list. I never add any other films or review any on there other than to give it a rating.
One day i'll get around to it. But feel free to add if u want
https://boxd.it/1Cn13 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
I haven’t used mine in a while but I guess I’ll use this opportunity to link it:
https://letterboxd.com/kenrusselldogma/ | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
I signed up a few months ago but didn’t do anything with it, I started moving my movies over to it but haven’t finished it yet.
[Here’s my profile](https://boxd.it/9Uocf) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
I use Letterboxd a lot, and I try to write some thoughts on most films I see. But it comes goes in periods. As does my list-checking.
[Here's my profile!](https://boxd.it/gZx9) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
id love to!
[https://letterboxd.com/DeadEyeKnight/](https://letterboxd.com/DeadEyeKnight/) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-24-08 |
Here’s mine: https://boxd.it/2x2jp would love to exchange with fav movies recommendations etc. 😇 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-24-08 |
Hoo boy, if you thought Un Chien Andalou and 2001: A Space Odyssey were 1 star movies, you are going to have an interesting time with the list! (This is not to critique your taste, but simply to say that the list has a lot of experimental and slow movies on it that may try your patience.) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-24-08 |
yea, I couldn't stand the lack of a through line.
there are simply better films out there in my opinion 🤷 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-25-08 |
No, none. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-26-08 |
The Ooga Boogie Chronicles is a pretty good movie on HBO Max | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-26-08 |
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Peeping Tom (1960)
The Haunting (1963)
Black Sunday (1960)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Psycho (1960)
Vampyr (1932) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-26-08 |
Did you and your boyfriend have that threesome you posted about in your only other post?
My question is about as relevant to this sub as yours. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-26-08 |
No I had a 3sum with someone else after he wasn’t my boyfriend anymore 🤷♀️ | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
Director: Victor Fleming
I decided to rewatch this film on a day when I needed to enter a bunch of data manually and needed something long and dull in the background to pass the time. Long and dull, that’s how I remembered this film. But by the time thirty minutes had passed, I was so caught up in the drama and performances that I realised I had only entered three lines of data. I decided to save *Gone with the Wind* for another day when I would have time to watch without distractions.
First things first, it’s impossible to overlook the fact that this film - and the 1936 novel it is based on by Margaret Mitchell - glamorises the American South and the Confederacy, and it’s only right that we should admonish it for doing so. Compared to other films that support the Confederacy, it sits roughly at the halfway point between [*The Birth of a Nation*](https://basilfilm.wordpress.com/2022/08/05/discussion-3-the-birth-of-a-nation-1915/) and [*The General*](https://basilfilm.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/discussion-153-the-general-1926/) in terms of its racism, where *Birth* had its racist elements essential to the plot while *The General* naively took the side of the South when the story could have really been about any two warring armies.
*Gone with the Wind* is a romantic drama that doesn’t lean into racism - in fact, some of the Black characters are more well-developed and integral to the plot than most other films of the time - but slavery is nevertheless an underlying theme of the film and all of the Black characters are problematically portrayed as being content with their lot in life. Worse still is the carelessness with which white characters discuss slaves on occasion, using horrible slurs and talking about them as if they were property. In one particularly egregious scene, Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) slaps her timid slave Prissy (Butterfly McQueen) before threatening to “sell her South”.
Often, people and organisations trying to defend the Confederacy will try to distance it from the upholding of slavery as one of its central tenets, but here we are shown racism by characters who support it and would be willing to die for it. It’s fortunate that the civil rights movement and other progressive reforms have been successful in abolishing this kind of portrayal of black people and their rights, and that if you stream *Gone with the Wind* today, you’re likely to see a disclaimer about how racism is not okay. Still, it’s rather grim to realise how segregation and racism were still normal enough to feature in a major motion picture nearly 80 years after slavery was abolished. How did it take the human race this long to overcome these obstacles? Why is it still taking so long?
Once you put your 1930s goggles on and take the racism as a product of its time, the film is charming and entertaining enough to almost make you forget all about it. It’s amusing to me how bad they make the Yankees look compared to the gallant Southerners. The Yankees we see are filthy, unkempt and inhumane, stealing food and burning down houses. The characters in the film lament that the Yankees have destroyed their way of life. “Yeah,” I retort at my screen, “because you support slavery.” They’re not fooling me.
What immediately intrigued me when I embarked on this film is that the central character is a spoiled immature brat, certainly not the type you’d expect to be the centre of a four-hour production. Her attitude comes because men are extremely attracted to her and it’s not hard to see why; Vivien Leigh, like Elizabeth Taylor a few years later, simply had that ‘Hollywood beauty’ which meant they were destined for superstardom. When you see all the men at the initial party surround Scarlett, you can definitely believe their adoration for her, despite her bratty attitude.
The film moved a lot quicker than I had remembered, with Scarlett marrying her first husband just half an hour in before he dies a few minutes later. I was laughing at how feeble he was shown to be, calling himself clumsy whilst falling all over Scarlett, then receiving an almost comically bad death that’s only revealed to us in a letter. The story seemed to have the makings of a telenovela but I was here for the drama.
Olivia de Havilland plays Melanie who has to be one of the most unrealistically optimistic and positive characters we’ve ever seen on screen. She doesn’t think badly of anyone and her refusal to be drawn into drama seems to eat away at Scarlett. Leslie Howard plays Melanie’s husband Ashley, who Scarlett is in love with. Scarlett believes that Ashley has just married Melanie out of duty, but by the end of the film, it seems clearer that he has a different sort of love for Melanie than he does for Scarlett, both of which are legitimate. With Scarlett, there’s more passion and lust, but with Melanie, there are shared trust and values.
I was astonished by Clark Gable’s portrayal of Rhett Butler. At the outset, I thought he was going to be the archetype of the love interest but in fact he’s the opposite of that. While handsome and debonair, he’s extremely toxic and self-centred. He sees Scarlett at the party and becomes infatuated with her, despite her impetuousness and her fixation on Ashley. He doesn’t really care about her feelings at all and sees her as a conquest. When he can’t have his way - and to her credit, Scarlett puts up a great fight for most of the film - he forces himself on her, first by kissing her and later by raping her. I was astonished that a 1930s film would portray such a deeply problematic character, and worse, glamorise him. Usually, older films have more clear-cut heroes and villains, and while it seems clear to me that Rhett is, on the whole, pretty villainous, he does have some positive attributes that start to appear towards the end of the film. Indeed, the film concludes by positing that he was the right man for Scarlett all along, which I vehemently disagree with.
For me, I was fully impressed by the story for the first 2½ hours of the film; all the characters and their motivations seemed to make sense, even if some elements were glossed over quickly. Especially impressive was the tonal shift before the intermission where Scarlett vows she will never go hungry again. The war has changed her from a rich brat into a determined grifter who will stop at nothing to advance her station. This results in her marrying her sister's beau, which seems pretty harsh, and is also probably the most rushed part of the film. Fortunately for Scarlett, he dies and leaves her with a successful mill and money to look after her homestead, Tara, which seems to be Scarlett’s main priority. She has also kept all of Rhett’s advances at bay until this point.
The final hour of the film puzzles me greatly, however, and I cannot stop thinking about it. Scarlett’s decisions stop making sense and I have to start making up unsatisfying theories as to why she behaves the way she does. Firstly, Rhett approaches her straight after her second husband’s death and intimidates her into marrying him. While earlier in the conversation she was at odds with him, she suddenly seems okay with being his wife. My unsatisfying theory: she was partly scared of him, partly playing out the role of a woman in the 19th Century by going along with whatever she’s told and partly interested in his money.
They have a predictably awful marriage with many arguments and fights as there is no true love here. Scarlett, after all, still pines for Ashley. Seeing their marriage not work out made me calm again, as the writer had not lost all her senses, seemingly. The couple have a child, and the normally selfish Rhett turns into a surprisingly doting father. I realised rather quickly that he was treating Bonnie as a miniature Scarlett, someone he could love and show attention to and who would actually love him back. It’s a bit sad and creepy but a very interesting dynamic for the story.
And then there’s another problematic scene which I cannot wrap my head around. After a drunk argument where the two of them fight, Rhett takes Scarlett up the famous red velvet stairs to have his way with her. Bewilderingly, the next scene opens with Scarlett in bed smiling and singing to herself. For the rest of the film, she’s more happy to see him than ever. In a film that has been so emotionally deft up until now, am I really supposed to believe that the drunken rape was so pleasurable that she suddenly likes him a lot more? This is where I think the choice of director starts to matter, as Victor Fleming believed that the central character was an unnuanced bitch who had it all coming to her. Vivien Leigh had to fight for her character to be more like the courageous woman in Mitchell’s story. I would have loved to have seen original director George Cukor’s take on this scene.
There’s enough time for more satisfying drama, however, when Bonnie dies tragically in a manner similar to her grandfather by falling off a horse. I had been closely watching Hattie McDaniel who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Mammy in this film, becoming the first Black person to do so. While her achievement was incredible, I wasn’t quite sure what had tipped the jury’s scales in her favour as her performance had been pretty one-note for the entirety of the film. This changes, however, when she tearfully informs Melanie of the arguments that Rhett and Scarlett have been having about the death of their daughter. Her performance is so heartfelt that you can practically feel the pain of those arguments and you feel for the three of them. It’s an excellent scene.
While many people love the film’s ending, it’s not a satisfactory one for me. Melanie passes away telling Scarlett to look after both Ashley and Rhett. Scarlett realises Ashley’s feelings for Melanie were true all along, and then suddenly has an epiphany about Rhett. I don’t understand this part at all, and my unsatisfactory theory here is that she’s so sad about the death of her friend that she subconsciously makes up her mind to keep her last wish and manages to convince herself she actually loves Rhett. Or perhaps, realising that she can’t be with Ashley after all, she throws herself towards someone who she does have a chance with. But it’s simply untruthful that she ‘loved Rhett all along’. For much of the film’s running time, he was a total ‘cad’ and a ‘varmint’.
Of course, if you choose to believe that she does suddenly love Rhett, the final scene is excellent and very well acted, with Rhett deciding he’s had enough after seeing her still pine for Ashley while Melanie is dying. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” is definitely one of the best film quotes of all time, but I wish it wasn’t predicated on such a foolish ‘love’.
Scarlett, reeling from Rhett’s departure, doesn't know what to do with herself, and suddenly remembers Tara. It’s a bit unsatisfying that it took her this long to remember Tara after she was supposedly fighting so hard for it in the central portion of the film, but got distracted by Rhett and his wealth. But sure, she finally remembers that Tara is her purpose in life. “And I’ll think of some way to get him back.” NO! Why?! Why do I have to accept that she will keep pining for a toxic person who never cared for her feelings? How is this ending so revered by so many? It’s so utterly unsatisfying.
The last hour of the film is so perplexing to me that it threatens to overshadow the first 2½ hours which are excellent. The film was made on an enormous budget and it shows, with vast colourful sets, tons of extras and lots of attention to detail. There is something so wonderful about being able to see a film from the 1930s in vivid colour as well. I was very intrigued by all of the visual effects, such as having the action happen next to a matte painting to give the illusion of a more impressive scene. Sometimes, the effect was very convincing, other times, not so much. The musical score by Max Steiner is impeccable and the main theme perfectly captures the grandeur of the screenplay. It’s an earworm too - I haven’t gotten it out of my head since. It’s problematic and a little bit unsatisfying at times, but *Gone with the Wind* is still an amazing film experience to this day.
8/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
Ive seen it once many years ago, prior to starting the list and its on my shelf waiting patiently for when i have a spare.. *checks runtime* ...day.
The one part i do remember is that I wished the film cut straight to credits after Rhett's famous line and exit. That felt like a good place to just leave it.
Im curious what my opinion will be on my rewatch! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
> The one part i do remember is that I wished the film cut straight to credits after Rhett's famous line and exit. That felt like a good place to just leave it.
Definitely would have been better and more brutal than the bizarre note they do end it on, although I think it would have been short-sighted if they didn't return to the theme of Tara which is what is impressed on Scarlett as being the most important thing at the beginning of the film. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
I’m just gonna quote the late great Roger Ebert on this one.
“A politically correct “GWTW” would not be worth making, and might largely be a lie.” | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
It's problematic position on slavery certainly makes it more interesting and unique | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
I couldn’t get into this movie sadly. I can praise the technical aspects, acting, score, directing but i don’t find the story interesting, it’s way too long, and i found the main characters to be very unlikable and not interesting | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
Other than Star Wars, this is my favorite movie of all time. It is my favorite book of all time, and the only book I finished and immediately restarted. I absolutely love its story and setting and romance.
Scarlett is a terrible person and I hate her, but I love her story. Rhett is profiting off the idiocy of these people and you’re supposed to find him a scoundrel, but he’s offsetting the racism.
Is the casual racism of the happy slave a problem? Yeah. But much like how you bring up Birth of a Nation, I just judge a film on its merits not on how we view its ideals. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-28-08 |
Exactly. I still found this film very enjoyable despite its racism and ideals. Scarlett isn't a nice person at all which makes her so fascinating to watch. I like when I can understand her and feel frustrated when I can't and because it seems like the filmmakers are making assumptions about women that simply aren't true | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-28-08 |
Director: Chris Noonan
A film I grew up with and a rather technically ambitious one too, combining animal action, puppetry and primitive CGI to create the illusion of animals talking to each other. I cannot imagine how absurdly difficult it was to pull off, or why it was seen as necessary to try and create a live-action film when a cartoon would have easily sufficed. What I do know is that there is a lot of heart and some positive messages wrapped in a rather unusual little bundle.
Darkly, the film opens in a battery farm where pigs are bred in a sunless environment before being sent off for slaughter. As cute as the film seems from its poster, the film is not afraid of taking its audience to some dark places. The titular pig is saved from the fate of his brethren because he is a runt and is instead won by Arthur Hoggett to live on his farm. He is taken in by a family of sheepdogs and starts behaving like one but finds that he doesn’t fit in. Through determination and adapting, however, he manages to become pretty successful.
Because it’s not your typical kids' story, there’s always a hint of the unpredictable about this film. Just how dark will it go? How about when the cat reveals to Babe that pigs are only used by animals for their meat and Babe goes into a state of depression? Or when it’s revealed that Rex is part deaf and nearly drowned trying to save a flock of sheep? These are pretty deep, dark concepts but I think it’s important that children’s films don’t shy away from some of these more difficult themes.
There are some side plots that don’t really add much other than entertainment value, such as Babe trying to help the duck get rid of the alarm clock. However, it does serve the overall theme of trying to find a use other than becoming meat for humans. The duck is similar to Babe in that he is trying to mimic the rooster so that he has a purpose in life. But I’m not sure exactly what this film is supposed to teach kids; that it’s not okay to just be yourself if you don’t have any purpose? I’m sure that’s cynical, and that the ‘right’ message is that you can be anything you want to be if you try. Yawn.
What I truly love to watch in this film is the dynamic between Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) and his wife (Magda Szubanski). Arthur is quiet and stoic while his wife is extremely talkative and overly interested in food and cooking the animals. It’s really fun to watch. Cromwell received his only ever Oscar nomination for this role and it’s not hard to see why. For a ‘silly kids film’ he takes the character of Arthur incredibly seriously, looking forlorn or wistful most of the time. When Babe is depressed, Arthur begins to sing and dance for him and it’s the most stunningly passionate thing he does in the film. It’s phenomenal really. While I’ve seen him in so many other films, I’ll always identify James Cromwell as Arthur Hoggett, as that is his most iconic role.
That being said, I cannot say I love this film. The effects are a bit dated and some of the CGI mouths are rather uncanny. The story and tone are all over the place and it certainly doesn’t catch my feelings the way a Pixar film would. A truly bizarre pick for the *1001 Movies* list, but definitely a cultural touchstone of the 90s.
6.5/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
I still have fond feelings for this movie. It’s definitely a 1001 pick for me!
I can see why it looks dated now though. I can’t imagine future generations of young people loving it as much as others have. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
I have looked everywhere. In order to complete the 1001 list, I normally check all the older movies out at the library or record them off TCM. So far I haven;t had any trouble tracking any of the older movies down except this one. Anyone got a link or know where it streams? | r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
https://archive.org/details/le-jour-se-leve-carne
You just need to find your own subtitles, if you dont know French | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-27-08 |
Thanks! This is definitely helpful but nah--dont speak french. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-28-08 |
https://www.opensubtitles.com/en/all/search-all/q-Le+jour+se+l%C3%A8ve/hearing_impaired-include/machine_translated-/trusted_sources-
Download the Movie and check if one of those subs works | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-28-08 |
And you 2 are why i looove reddit! thanks! | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-29-08 |
Director: Michael Curtiz
A difficult film to review for me because I didn’t walk away from it with particularly strong feelings, despite its gigantic reputation. It’s a slick, intelligent film that doesn’t belittle its audience and is particularly quotable. It features the unique, interesting setting of Morocco during World War II and perhaps part of the film’s appeal is that it was made during the war when the outcome had yet to be decided. But at the heart of the film is one basic premise: a love story between two individuals who are kept apart by circumstance. And somehow I don’t find it to be all that gripping.
Maybe it’s because we don’t get enough of a sense of why these two attractive individuals love each other, beyond the fact that they’re both attractive, charming people. We’re just supposed to take their love for granted. I’m not particularly sure that I bought the chemistry but I did enjoy Bogart’s way with words in this film.
If anything, I enjoyed all the other relationships more, such as Rick and Captain Renault who are on different sides of the law but have a good mutual understanding. Renault closing the bar due to gambling before getting his chips was a highlight. Similarly, Strasser is a particularly fun baddie, the type you could boo every time he’s on screen. While Rick is initially jealous of Victor Laszlo, he comes to understand that Laszlo truly does love Ilsa and would do anything for her, which is what helps push him to make his famous decision in the finale.
Because of all his slick, aloof, womanising characters in film noirs from this decade, it was unusual to see Humphrey Bogart play a character who is so hung up over a woman, but he played it very well. Still, the flowery language and old Hollywood stylisations made everything feel less real. Perhaps knowing the ending also took away the stakes. Perhaps it’s so classic that it has come to undermine itself. Or perhaps I just can’t appreciate a good film. As I said, I liked it, but I didn’t have strong feelings.
7.5/10
| r/1001movies | post | r/1001Movies | 2024-30-08 |
I just finished watching this and I too rated it 5 on IMDB. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
This link is still working as of 25.08.24. Thank you. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-25-08 |
Did you find the movie? Where? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-11-08 |
Yeah... i heard also it was fake, you can try this i watch on this one https://web.stremio.com/#/ | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-31-07 |
Everybody the new bflix is bflix.gg | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
For me that one just says there's no streams for whatever I've tried to watch. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
Do you know of any other sites now that bflix is down? I know [moviesjoy.is](http://moviesjoy.is), but their streaming servers are acting up for me rn.
Edit: Nvm, found [bflix.gg](http://bflix.gg) | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
dont work for me | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
try [bflix.pw](http://bflix.pw) it might work but the servers are shit
well its the only bflix we got working so take it or leave it
update: my internet connection was a piece of shit because of sons of the forest so nvm its working perfect | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
by the way date 1st of august 2024 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-01-08 |
This doesn’t work on my fire stick but it does work on my phone I don’t know why that is but I’ll just watch the movie on my phone lol | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
This still works but it only has 14 movies on it but all of the movies are new | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-02-08 |
Hurawatch 2.to | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-05-08 |
Is it still working for u, I've been trying to use it recently and it doesn't load anymore | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Is it trustworthy? I'm just trying to watch films from my childhood for nostalgia. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Sadly they been closed up by copyright infringement and I can’t find their alternative website but I been using https://dollshouse.tv | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
Maybe it's not wise to show these Bflix links here as it might make taking down these sites easier. This site worked over year with no problem. Now after 6 days link up here the site has been shut down. Maybe I'm wrong and events aren't connected then sorry in advance. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-07-08 |
I haven't had problems with it. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-08-08 |
bro you cant get a virus from chrome this is not 2004 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-09-08 |
Pls tell me your serious. Been so anxious these past couple days because of a stupid popup on the site. I thought I had gotten a virus | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-17-08 |
Anyone has any working sites? I've tried a couple sites that has the movies, but the search bar literally doesn't work, like you search anything it will come up as no results even though the site has the movie and I'm not going to scroll through pages and pages trying to find that one movie. Any ideas? | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-21-08 |
no man unless you start up a app from the download button you are good and windows defender is going to block the app if its bad bro you are good ALSO chrome blocks any viruses that are downloaded and says\[This file contains a virus\] so you cant launch it | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-21-08 |
you dont get a virus from Xing the ads out or even the pop up tabs... so maybe be quicker next time!! or ad block | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-23-08 |
[bflixhd.to](http://bflixhd.to) is down, does anyone know the updated link | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-25-08 |
I used 'nites' streaming service. It probably gave me a virus or 2 but i got to watch wall-e 💯 | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-25-08 |
last emperor, american history x, persepolis, your name, when marnie was there, perfect blue, mary and max, nightmare before christmas, galaxy quest | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-15-08 |
I just watched Ben-Hur last night because of the list and I also gave it a 6/10. The last half hour or so felt like homework. I knew very little about it before watching other than the chariot scene. The Christianity/Jesus stuff could have been left out and this movie would have been an hour shorter and a full 2 stars better IMHO. | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-18-08 |
Any idea where I can watch it | r/1001movies | comment | r/1001Movies | 2024-20-08 |
Ahh I ended up being hospitalized for horrible food poisoning. Got thrown off track entirely. No problem. Restarting it tomorrow. | r/100dayschallenge | comment | r/100DaysChallenge | 2024-09-08 |
I am in India, 25M, I used to make ~2K a month, right now it's $0-100 lol. My end goal is to live simply below my means and earn 4-7x that, so that I can retire early and end this cycle of the "need" for money.
I have 9 years in sales and marketing, I used to basically work 3 months a year and coast off that for rest of the year. As little to no cost of living.
Now I need to save up ~$7-10K in 100 days to prove to myself that I don't need to change course of my life. If I don't do this, I'd be forced to do an MBA and start that corporate life (which I am repulsed by).
Financial Goals Breakdown: (with conservative estimates)
- Take performance marketing to maturity: It can make me ~$2-5K in 100 days
- Job: somewhere with some freedom, will test waters with overemployment as I work remotely. (Either Job + Job or Job + Freelance within the same hours): $1-3K a month
- Side ideas with other connections in my network: short term gains I've been too lazy to act on, can net between $1-2K in 100 days
If I don't do this, best thing would be to do an one year MBA and get placed for a corpo ~$25K job at Big 4 consulting firms. As I plan to get married in an year or two, I can't coast with my usual earn for 3 months. I will be moving to a different city after 100 days too.
Biggest hurdle(s)
- Not showing up or getting started: I just want to set a consistent routine and put in the hours
- Add supporters: I have a decent sleep routine, good nutrition, need to workout a bit more (currently at 2x a week), meditate and read
Updates: I'll try daily but last time I didn't do much, so I'll see as it goes but I will do my best to stay commited to this. | r/100dayschallenge | post | r/100DaysChallenge | 2024-12-08 |
Good luck! Keep updating, I'd love to see how you progress through this challenge | r/100dayschallenge | comment | r/100DaysChallenge | 2024-14-08 |
Well said I hereby declare you as the wiseman of the 00 girlfriends universe | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-27-08 |
This is exactly why I watch the dub version of any anime I watch. | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-09-08 |
These guys are aware that they are fictional | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-09-08 |
rentarou | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
Exactly hopefully they can rapid fire the new girlfriends with each new season (largest harem wedding is my prediction after girlfriend 100 is introduced). | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
Karane Supremacy | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-16-08 |
Kusuri is the best girl | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-25-08 |
Only thing that gets me is that damn smirk he has when he's about to burn the photos | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-31-07 |
Bro I just, I MEAN JUST now noticed it 🤣🤣 I was like holy shit | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
Legit "Everything according to plan/ Keikaku douri" moment | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-02-08 |
One last AI post. She’s awesome | r/100girlfriendsmanga | post | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
Peak scene | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
Yee | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-01-08 |
# Hey everyone, I'm looking for recommendations for websites where I can watch anime for free. I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have | r/100girlfriendsmanga | post | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-02-08 |
I don't think that I can give specifics, given that I think that Reddit is pretty touchy to showing people how to pirate things like anime and games and every platform that has the show requires some kind of subscription to watch legally. Though I can say that most pirating websites have it on, but I am not encouraging it. | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-03-08 |
wcostream.com | r/100girlfriendsmanga | comment | r/100GirlfriendsManga | 2024-03-08 |
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