Beetlei Beetelievich had some sick moves. First some somersaulting and then skiing and then ice skating. We'll done, tovarish!
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Sanjuro 1962
Rewatched in celebration of what would have been Akira Kurosawa's 115th birthday! 🎉🎂
This was even better than I remembered. In some ways, this film repudiates Yojimbo (1960) and deconstructs its message. In the earlier film, Sanjuro saves the town by completely destroying it. He razes it to the ground. In this follow-up film, however, he tries his best to keep a new generation from turning out like himself. It's a really interesting direction for the character. And off course,…
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear 2004
I'll start by saying that this is a sentimental favorite of mine, so I'm not the least interested in being objective. I know this is a silly Indiana Jones knock-off, but it remains my favorite made-for-TV movie. The screenplay displays a surprisingly well-developed sense of of classical narrative symmetry, which creates a wonderful sense of cinematic catharsis at the film's conclusion. The effects are what they are based on its budget, and the title credits being in Papyrus is an unimaginable choice (even if the film does open in a pyramid), but this is way better than it needs to be. I am forever a fan.
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
This movie features one of the funniest cuts in the history of cinema. Indiana Jones, after Donovan says they'll easily capture Marcus Brody:
The hell you will. He's got a two-day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan. He speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the Grail already.…
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