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This country has an obsession with mobsters and mobster movies/shows. Look how far The Sopranos just made it in the tourney, and didn't a Godfather movie win the movie tourney outright?
Watched Heat again last night, and I came away once again with the same impression I've had after the other ten times or so I've watched it: If there's a better crime movie, I haven't seen it. Acting/writing is top notch (Dennis Haysbert, the Allstate guy, is super underrated in his small role here), it's technically brilliant (this was film and not digital, so not sure if Michael Mann was already doing his high shutter angle filming at this point, but most of the movie takes place at night and looks perfect), and pacing is a slow burn that pays off if you stay with it. Also, it's not just a movie in which "stuff happens, then it ends." Characters are well developed, there's an excellent narrative arc, an amazing amount of underlying tension throughout the second half, and there's a theme of the interconnectedness of the "good guy" and the "bad guy" and the blurred lines between.
The Godfather can't carry Heat's jock strap. Fight me.
Watched Heat again last night, and I came away once again with the same impression I've had after the other ten times or so I've watched it: If there's a better crime movie, I haven't seen it. Acting/writing is top notch (Dennis Haysbert, the Allstate guy, is super underrated in his small role here), it's technically brilliant (this was film and not digital, so not sure if Michael Mann was already doing his high shutter angle filming at this point, but most of the movie takes place at night and looks perfect), and pacing is a slow burn that pays off if you stay with it. Also, it's not just a movie in which "stuff happens, then it ends." Characters are well developed, there's an excellent narrative arc, an amazing amount of underlying tension throughout the second half, and there's a theme of the interconnectedness of the "good guy" and the "bad guy" and the blurred lines between.
The Godfather can't carry Heat's jock strap. Fight me.
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There's no fucking way South Park is the best television show of all time by any 'normal' metric or learned critics.
Sopranos probably isn't either.
Lady Antebellum good
That said, I have rewatched Scarface and I could describe it the exact same way - amazing in every respect...including the sensational 80s digital keyboard music soundtrack. It is worth a re-watch if you ever happen to find yourself stuck inside for an extended period of time.
- Called out Catholic rape coverups
- Called out Mormonism
- Called out Scientology
- Made fun of evangelicals
- Made fun of Jews
- Called out militant Islamists and showed Muhammad
- Had an episode featuring "The Super Best Friends" in which Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, Joseph Smith, Buddah, Krishna, Laozi, and Sea Man fight evil
- Called vegetarians pussies
- Called Tom Cruise a fudge packer, made fun of Barbara Striesand, made fun of ultra liberal Hollywood in general, Russel Crowe, Kane, Snookie, Paris Hilton, etc.
- Featured the characters Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave
- Made fun of Al Gore
- Made fun of Prius drivers
- Made Mr. Garrison's sexual identity crisis a running joke
- Had the characters Timmy, Jimmy, Nathan, and Mimsy, who collectively brought us cripple fighting for entertainment, using steroids to dominate the Special Olympics, and summer camp at Lake Tardicaca
- Had a Trump analog fucking the Canadian prime minister to death
- Made fun of film festivals and Robert Redford
In between fun harmless romps (and some of the funniest episodes were just that), the show was chock full o' political and social commentary in a way that's dangerous if you're looking for love from Hollywood (or fanatical disciples of either political party). For over two decades, they mercilessly mocked and offended the very people that create official "greatest shows" lists and nominate and vote on awards, yet they consistently were nominated for such awards, named to such lists, and sometimes brought home hardware because the show's genius is too difficult to dismiss.If all that makes a show the greatest is inclusion on a bunch of old Hollywood circle jerk of critics' lists, then I guess nothing's good but Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding, in black and white, filmed in front of a live studio audience.