# What Movie Have You Seen Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Movie Discussion\ **Created:** [September 17, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343 "2017-09-17T03:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 125
**Author:** ![Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/orion/32/1276_2.png) [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2502 "2025-04-05T17:06:29Z")
> [@MrKiddWint](#): > > I would add THE STING as well to your 1973 film festival. Not as raw, but a male-male love story. Interesting to compare it to Redford/Newman’s previous outing. I never need an excuse to watch The Sting! Oddly, given you mentioned it, a film I came to after falling in love with Hustle as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/orion/32/1276_2.png) [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2503 "2025-04-05T17:09:03Z")
> [@MrKiddWint](#): > > I do not get heartbreak at the end I found it heartbreaking because he’d done all that, just to be put in the position he was before just with a different overlord. ---
**Author:** ![MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/mrkiddwint/32/1772_2.png) [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2504 "2025-04-05T23:09:24Z")
> [@Orion](#): > > I never need an excuse to watch The Sting! As one would expect of a cinephile of your stature, who fell in love with HUSTLE as a teenager. > [@Orion](#): > > I found it heartbreaking because he’d done all that, just to be put in the position he was before just with a different overlord. Now, I understand. Thanks for the clarification. TLOS is a tawdry little film. Such a delight. Also, thanks for the comments. They have helped me understand what I find so attractive about the movies made during this brief window of cinematic history (DAF prominently included). ---
**Author:** ![jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/jamesb007nd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2505 "2025-04-06T08:23:27Z")
I love TLOS and if I’m honest I don’t like KO. Sorry I just don’t. I know almost everyone here loves it, so most of the time I just be quiet about it. I don’t like Craig with his fake Texas (?) accent as the main character and the overly portrayed other characters. I want it to be more serious. I watched TLOS for the first time in the eighties on Dutch television, recorded with my first VCR, a Video 2000, and watched it several times, most of the time in the middle of the night to get a more mysterious cruel vipe. The strange thing is when I bought the Region 1 dvd years ago I could swear that the character played by McShane was the murderer, so sometimes your mind is playing tricks with you and it was a surprise to me that the final was completely different than I remembered. I don’t think there are more than one version with different endings, are there? ---
**Author:** ![Stbernard](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Stbernard](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Stbernard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2506 "2025-04-06T09:48:09Z")
Not quite 73’ but I would include Klute in that rich 70s tapestry. Hustle is a great movie, arguably Burt Reynolds greatest performance and Catherine Denuve is extraordinary in it. Did a list … The friends of Eddie Coyle The Yakuza The Long Goodbye Nashville The Beast Must Die Day for Night The Anderson Tapes Klute McCabe and Mrs Miller Sheamus Night Moves Play Misty For Me The Beguiled The Wickerman ---
**Author:** ![raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/raylan.givens)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2507 "2025-04-06T21:12:20Z")
Getaway The Killer Elite Bite the Bullett ---
**Author:** ![MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/mrkiddwint/32/1772_2.png) [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2508 "2025-04-07T02:24:18Z")
> [@jamesb007nd](#): > > I love TLOS and if I’m honest I don’t like KO. You and I share those two opinions. I did like GLASS ONION more–Johnson seemed to have relaxed a bit, but neither have the visceral power of TLOS, where the characters are so close to the originals. There is no pastiche to diffuse the recognition. > [@jamesb007nd](#): > > I know almost everyone here loves it, so most of the time I just be quiet about it. As Mama Rose says: “Sing out, Louise!” No reason to hold back. Our community allows for all opinions, even dissenting ones regarding DAF (we are that welcoming). > [@jamesb007nd](#): > > I don’t think there are more than one version with different endings, are there? Not that I am aware of. ---
**Author:** ![MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/mrkiddwint/32/1772_2.png) [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2509 "2025-04-07T03:04:48Z")
Great lists @Stbernard and @raylan.givens Thank you. I had forgotten about THE ANDERSON TAPES (as so many do), and love it–Martin Balsam included. I often cite Lumet’s EQUUS and THE WIZ as two endpoints of 1970s cinema. Going to Europe, I would add: Leone’s film DUCK, YOU SUCKER!; Antonioni’s THE PASSENGER; Fellini’s FELLINI’S CASANOVA, and Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE and LUDWIG. For Peckinpah: BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA. For Eastwood: THE GAUNTLET–one of his best in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/dustin/32/7_2.png) [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2510 "2025-04-07T06:08:10Z")
Add MARATHON MAN to the mix. It’s one of the fascinating thrillers of that era and Goldman’s novel is excellent in its own way. ---
**Author:** ![raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/raylan.givens)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2511 "2025-04-07T20:55:56Z")
Forgot to mention Thunderbolt and Lightfoot for Eastwood ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2512 "2025-04-09T15:47:54Z")
**The Yakuza** I love Sydney Pollack´s work, and this one (hadn’t seen it in ages) is wonderful, too: a reflection on duty and responsibility, using the clash of Western and Japanese culture as a framework for a very personal story of entwined history, deeply rooted in tragedy, lost opportunities and betrayal. These days it would be a simple Liam Neeson/Jason Statham revenge actioner. Back then it was so much more gripping to really have the characters feel the sum of their regrets and the hope for redemption. Dave Grusin´s melancholic score supplies a lot of subtext and mood, Robert Mitchum is fantastic, and Pollack´s grip on the material once again is in evidence: every scene builds on the former, raising the stakes right to the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/yellow-pinky/32/582_2.png) [@Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Yellow-Pinky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2513 "2025-04-09T17:25:54Z")
The Yakuza is one of my absolute favorite movies. I’ve owned it on a WB made-to-order DVD for years. And the novelization is really quite extraordinary as well. It is written by Leonard Schrader, brother of co-screenwriter Paul Schrader (plus Robert Towne). Schrader lived in Japan for years, so his knowledge of geography and customs is very authentic and really adds breadth to the story. Between this and the excellent Jeremiah Johnson, I wish Pollack had done more intelligent action-oriented movies. ---
**Author:** ![MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/mrkiddwint/32/1772_2.png) [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2514 "2025-04-09T18:13:21Z")
> [@Yellow-Pinky](#): > > I wish Pollack had done more intelligent action-oriented movies. You are not alone in that desire. I would add the THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR also holds up. ---
**Author:** ![Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/yellow-pinky/32/582_2.png) [@Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Yellow-Pinky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2515 "2025-04-09T18:33:10Z")
> [@MrKiddWint](#): > > You are not alone in that desire. I would add the THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR also holds up. Yes, absolutely. A glaring omission on my part. Thanks for the reminder! ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2516 "2025-04-09T18:45:35Z")
CONDOR is IMO an absolute masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2517 "2025-04-10T08:27:57Z")
**Colossus: The Forbin Project** A computer expert builds a super computer for the US government in order to take over the decisions to be made for defense purposes because the human element is too unsafe and lacking in sensible and reasonable thinking. But the first mistake they make is underestimate the Russian government which also has built a similar computer. The second is to make both computers absolutely self-sufficient and unstoppable by sabotage. Soon, “Colossus” (the US computer) demands direct communication with “Guardian” (the Russian computer). And when this is deemed too dangerous and the connection is broken up, “Colossus” applies pressure and demands the connection - otherwise a nuclear missile is fired towards Russia. Which “Guardian” immediately answers by firing a nuclear missile, too. From now on, a cat and mouse game escalates, with the US computer expert Forbin trying to outwit “Colossus” and “Guardian”. But the artificial intelligence is not only smarter but also efficiently ruthless… This 1970 movie is a sci fi classic - yet, 55 years later we’re at the brink of a complete rehaul of societal life by AI, and those in charge still think they are smart by allowing and even excitedly implementing AI in every aspect of our lives. The way “Colossus” ends is such a dire warning - and by the way an absolutely courageous ending which would never be allowed today - that one wonders why people still think everything will come up roses. “We can coexist in peace but only my terms”, states Colossus. And this is not even a hostile or evil idea for the AI, it is the logical conclusion. But hey, “Colossus”, “WarGames”, “Terminator”, “Battlestar Galactica” - these are all just kiddie movies, right? Could never happen here. ---
**Author:** ![MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/mrkiddwint/32/1772_2.png) [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2518 "2025-04-10T16:03:28Z")
> [@secretagentfan](#): > > Colossus: The Forbin Project I adore this movie!! 1970s cinema at its best. Directed by Joseph Sargent, who in the same year did TRIBES, and four years later THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE. ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2519 "2025-04-10T16:08:55Z")
**Random Hearts** One of Sydney Pollack´s worst reviewed and received movies, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas as the spouses who have to discover that their significant others had an affair, finding out about it after the plane they took for a getaway crashes. Reviewers hated the movie because it was so downbeat (go figure!) and because it also told the continuing stories of Ford’s and Thomas´ character (his investigation as an IA cop and her campaign as a senator to get elected). But this film is exactly about that: two lives who get entangled through a tragedy but still go on. It´s the moving on part which weighs heavily on these two. And while Ford’s cop feels the unbearable need to find out exactly when the affair started and why he did not find out about it, Thomas´ politician desperately wants to keep her memory of an intact family and forget about the affair. This is such an interesting and adult subject, and Pollack once again expertly maneuvers the characters and their emotions with rawness and honesty in a very subtle way. Pollack always was searching for the love story in every film he did, and this is the most complicated one, yet absolutely riveting in its push-and-pull these characters have to endure in order to deal with the past and the terrible betrayal they suffered, in order to finally find a way to move on. Such a wonderful movie. Shamefully underrated. And Ford and Thomas are absolutely fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2520 "2025-04-10T16:10:22Z")
> [@MrKiddWint](#): > > I adore this movie!! 1970s cinema at its best. > > Directed by Joseph Sargent, who in the same year did TRIBES, and four years later THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE. I especially love how the hero seems to find a clever solution to stop Colossus… only to experience a terrible setback which leads to his and mankind’s enslavement. ---
**Author:** ![Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/yellow-pinky/32/582_2.png) [@Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Yellow-Pinky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343/2521 "2025-04-10T19:40:56Z")
> [@secretagentfan](#): > > Colossus: The Forbin Project I saw this movie the first time on TV one afternoon in the mid-70s and it genuinely freaked me out. I thought it was terrifyingly plausible. Decades later I saw it again and even though somewhat dated, it is SO ahead of its time. And this was before the appearance of AI. I can only assume its prescient foreknowledge has only intensified recently. I used to be able to do a pretty darn good imitation of the “voice” of Colossus back in the day (not terribly unlike the Cylons of Battlestar Galactica (version 1) a few years later). Oh the skills that were never utilized in later life! [Previous page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343.md?page=124) [Next page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-today/343.md?page=126)