I sought it out because I had the mega-hots for Mel Gibson.
He *was* ridiculously beautiful when he was young, for all the crazy stuff that came after.
Gallipoli is also super-slashy. I didn't have a term for it when I watched it 20 years ago, but boy, was it ever.
I love Mel in
Mrs. Soffel.
He is wonderful in it and so is Diane Keaton as the warden's wife who falls for a prisoner. [link] Based on a true story and filmed in the prison where it actually happened.
It is hard to see it and think of what a wreck of a human being he has become.
Greatest Movie Entrances Ever? Spoiler for Seven, but otherwise most of us likely have seen/know these movies
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I feel like there are huge gaps in this list.
Greatest Movie Entrances Ever?
Frank N. Furter - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Schindler's entrance in Schindler's List was about 20 minutes long.
Harry Lime's in the Third Man. Just the glimpse of his shoe and the cat in a dark alley way.
Frank N. Furter - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Seconded.
My vote for the silver medal would be Vincent Price in House of the Long Shadows.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
has an 81% on RT. Damn.
Greatest Movie Entrances Ever?
Beating up dudes with a deer carcass: [link]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes has an 81% on RT. Damn.
The NPR reviewer called it a sophisticated blockbuster. I'm still not going to see it. I haven't even seen Super 8 yet, much less Captain America. And I kinda wanna see HP7.2 again...