Hi all! No posts in a while? Yeah, I'm lazy. Can someone look into that shit for me? Thanks! It doesn't matter anyway, it's not like anyone reads this blog anyhow *sobs*.
Anyslacker, I'm going to enlighten you peeples about the little-discussed gem of the 70s and Mr. Pachinko at his finest: Scarecrow. Also starring a dude called Gene Hackman. ("Name rings a bell... Can't place him.")
I just saw this movie and my jaw hung open the entire time. Shut up! I know what you're thinking! You're sick! What I mean is that I was completely engrossed the whole time. Yes, it was that good. Pacino was that good.
Basically Gene Hackman (his name in the movie, duh) is a weirdo drifter who runs into good-natured Lion at the side of some desolate California highway. Max/Hackman was in jail 'n' stuff, and Al/Lion was on some ship with a bunch of gay dudes for 5 years running from "Mouth" from Dog Day Afternoon (Penny Allen) and their baby. Now, I will incise.
Here's our first piece of evidence:
That's Lion laughing at some dumb ass shit humorous anecdote that Max has just related over dinner.
Here's Max at dinner. In all his grace...
Yeah, he's yucky! (Yeah, that's the only picture I have of Gene Hackman! So shoot me! Go to a Hackman website if it's that important to you! This isn't one! etc.)
Max is basically eating dinner drunkily and acting like a jackass. He puts the moves on Frenchy, a girl who looks like kinda pretty but is super floozyish and who I'm too lazy to get a picture of. Lion is a cutiepootietootatlootie and speaks respectfully to Max's sister while all of this funnybusiness is occuring. Vis:
This scene in particular serves to highlight how different Al and Gene Lion and Max are.
I won't draw it out for you, but it is a pivotal point in the film, to me.
So, Lion and Max go around the country with one another, gradually becoming the only person the other one trusts, blah, blah, blah...
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Eventually, they arrive in Detroit, where Lion must confront his baby moms, Whatsername (Penny Allen). This stupid hobag, and this is a spoiler, tells Lion their baby is dead.
(For those of you who need captions, the below picture is of Al Pacino *coughs*; his character, Lion, is getting the news about the 'baby' [Hitchcock style!])
So, of course, Lion takes this, um, hard. I won't ruin it for you, but I will say this: The ending of this film is one of the most haunting, beautiful endings of all endings out there in movie-movie land. Hackman (dare I say it?) is wonderful, and Al is simply -- beautifully -- at his best here. You see a hardened, shell of a man become... well, something of beauty. It's an incredible film... infinitely re-watchable, and a beautiful performance from the greatest actor alive. Okay, enough with the mushiness. *coughs*
Basically, IF you refuse to watch this movie, you might as well go watch an episode of "The Hills" or something, because you obviously have no taste and string noodles for brains. Ithankyou.
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This movie gets a solid 9.995 out of 10! Yet another early masterpiece of our god boy, Al.
The breakdown of the scores (No, they don't average out! AND?):
Al's hotness: 9.997
Story: 9.901
Other Actors Not Sucking: 9
Is Richard Bright in this Movie? NO??? : :(
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