Posts by Harold Hayes47

Man, there are so many good ones, 🙂 ali if I had to pick just one, it’s definitely Seven—specifically that part in The Usual Suspects where the cop finally realizes he was played by Keyser Soze himself 😁

The whole vibe of The Usual Suspects is just... weirdly magnetic. You've got this character who is supposedly so "terrifying" that people doubt he even exists—like he's pulling all the strings from the shadows. That touch of mystery, making him feel like the devil himself... man 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUGhxy9kno

Since we’re talking about those old-school actors—and since Kirk Douglas just came up in the conversation regarding Spartacus—I’ve gotta mention Marlon Brando. He was basically Kirk Douglas's best friend and his worst enemy all rolled into one 🙂

Look, for me, Mad Max is sacred—specifically those first two films. I don't even know what else to say about these movies that hasn't already been covered, but there’s definitely a sci-fi element to it since that world doesn't actually exist. But let's be clear: it isn't some The Matrix or Star Wars situation with lightsabers, and it's certainly not Star Trek with Jean-Luc Picard's lasers. It’s just a post-apocalyptic look at a possible—and honestly, pretty terrifying—future. Looking at the film itself, I don't see anything that couldn't realistically happen if things actually went that south.

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Look, I’m mostly on the NO side here—mostly because the three existing films are basically sacred ground to me... But I did stumble upon some stuff on Wikipedia about this hypothetical fourth installment. Apparently, the idea was to center everything around Vincent Mancini Corleone, who—according to Francis Ford Coppola—would have had this mix of traits from Santin, Michael Corleone, and Viti... And then, just to top it off, he’d get taken out in some street shootout, kind of like how they handled Pablo Escobar. 🙂

Personally, I think The Godfather trilogy consists of the greatest films ever made. Like most people, my favorites are the first two—those are untouchable masterpieces. As for the third one? I’d say it was a decent movie. People love to trash the third part, but in my book, it isn't bad—it just doesn't hit the same heights as the first two, and that's no reason to hate on it.

So, I was watching The Godfather Part II last night—probably the 15th time I've seen it in my life 😁—and I had this random thought to Google "The Godfather Part IV" just to see what would come up... Turns out, I found some stories about how Coppola was dropping hints about making The Godfather Part IV about ten years ago, but then everything just went quiet, especially after Maria passed away in 1999. If Hollywood actually started taking talks about The Godfather Part IV seriously, I don't even know how I'd feel. Part of me really doesn't want it because there's a huge risk of ruining a cinematic perfection like The Godfather saga, but then again, because I'm such a sucker for these three films, another part of me actually wants to see it... So yeah, just curious what you guys think about all this. 🙂

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