Yes, the ~30 year-old movie with Burt Reynolds. I never saw it when it came out (obviously). I think the most interesting thing about this movie is it shows how movie direction has changed over the years. If this was made today, there’d be all kinds of super-close-ups, the river would be twice as powerful, the action scenes would be played out to their fullest extent, and there’d be explosions somewhere. This movie proves that all of that stuff is just crap. We don’t need it. I loved the portrayals of the hillbillies in this movie – are they screwed-up or what? I liked the way the movie ended too… they pretty much got away with it. Although they really didn’t do anything that was too wrong. They just screwed up a bit. I did often wonder though… didn’t they bother to check if there were unappeasable rapids on the river before they went out? That’s just stupidity.
Deliverance
Yes, the ~30 year-old movie with Burt Reynolds. I never saw it when it came out (obviously). I think the most interesting thing about this movie is it shows how movie direction has changed over the years. If this was made today, there’d be all kinds of super-close-ups, the river would be twice as powerful, the action scenes would be played out to their fullest extent, and there’d be explosions somewhere. This movie proves that all of that stuff is just crap. We don’t need it. I loved the portrayals of the hillbillies in this movie – are they screwed-up or what? I liked the way the movie ended too… they pretty much got away with it. Although they really didn’t do anything that was too wrong. They just screwed up a bit. I did often wonder though… didn’t they bother to check if there were unappeasable rapids on the river before they went out? That’s just stupidity.