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I& #39;ve heard people talking recently about Friedkin& #39;s SORCERER, a movie I& #39;d never even heard of until about 2 days ago. So, I& #39;m going to watch it now and then scornfully laugh at people tomorrow who& #39;ve never heard of it. "What, you& #39;ve not seen SORCERER? Call yourself a movie fan?"
I& #39;ve been watching this for about an hour and the plot hasn& #39;t actually started yet.
But it& #39;s been a fantastic first hour.
But it& #39;s been a fantastic first hour.
I loved that. It looked incredible. More locations and explosions than a bloody Bond movie. A long buildup taking about an hour just to basically say "Here& #39;s 4 guys who are & #39;bad& #39; guys" taking about an hour until the actual plot starts up. But it was a great buildup.
And when we get going properly it was intense. A relatively slow truck drive through the jungle, but damn, does everything get thrown at them. Cliffs, torrential rain, bridges in worse condition than Temple Of Doom. And more explosions.
Yeah, I loved it. It& #39;s probably supposed to be a & #39;people who have eachother having to work together to overcome& #39; film, but that never really works because there& #39;s not enough time with these guys together for them to get any bad-blood. But that really doesn& #39;t matter.
The 1970s was probably the last decade a film like this could be made. No CG, somewhat lax health and safety laws, a & #39;fuck it, we& #39;ll just do it live& #39; attitude to filmmaking. And a director that really knew how to make the most of his cast, crew and locations. Great movie.
As standard, I posted this thread as my Letterboxd review, but at least I can correct the spelling and grammar there :
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