Top 5 Quentin Tarantino Films

For a number of reasons, over the last few years, I have managed to rewatch all of Quentin Tarantinos films. Pulp Fiction, Grindhouse, Inglourious Basterds and the Kill Bill films I purchased on Blu-ray, so this factored into the rewatching. Indeed, all his films are stunning in hi-def.

It has truly highlighted how good a filmmaker Tarantino is. I wrote a post on Flickering Myth about defining his career in two chapters - the first three films as one chapter whilst the final three projects (I don't think you can really separate Kill Bill because, though it was separated into two, it was conceived as one project, filmed back-to-back) as the most recent chapter. Due to this, I am only choosing the top 5 films from a total of 6. Which one is left out? Grindhouse. Or Deathproof if you really want to separate it. And I really like the film - and prefer it to Planet Terror - but it simply doesn't have the depth of the other films. So, lets shoot through this Top 5...

5. Reservoir Dogs - Simply ground-breaking. We are in the Top 5 and we are splitting hairs amongst all of these. The film would have a solid 8.5 out of 10 - with the next 4 films slightly higher. The first watch, I think, is almost as if you are joining the gang in a conversation - you want to hear what they have to say. It doesn't matter whether it is about Madonna or tipping, because the conversation is "important" to the participants. When we get into the heist you are thrust into asking "Who is the rat?" and, from then, the story has you hooked. Unlike Tarantino's other films, it is short - and, as fast-paced, its a great film to rewatch, and show others. You see how his genius shines through in every facet of the film - from his own conversational manner, the film references and the obsession with pop-culture.

4. Kill Bill Vol 1/Kill Bill Vol 2 - Both these films seem to be more and more ignored since their release. I personally remember, on a first-watch, that Kill Bill Vol.1 was non-stop action, samurai-sword-fighting and hand-to-hand combat whilst Kill Bill Vol.2 was slow and plodding. There is parallels and contrasts between Eastern and Western filmmaking, themes and philosophies - but there is so much more to the films. I re-watched the films recently and both films stand-up. Kill Bill Vol.2 moreso, as suddenly the depth of the film shines through. It many ways, as much fun as Kill Bill Vol.1 is - and it is so much fun - Kill Bill Vol.2 takes itself seriously. It is important where Beatrix Kiddo (Uma Thurman) comes from - and it is important where she is going. And Bill (David Carradine) is a part of both. How do you deal with something that you hate, but is inextricably linked to you - like a family you dislike or a past you don't want to face.

3. Jackie Brown - The most recent watch, it stands so incredibly strong. The film is held by Samuel L. Jackson's Ordell Robbie. Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) herself is central as it is about her escape from a criminal lifestyle, but it is Ordell who is what we watch. His murderous, criminal and deeply-rooted selfishness is what drives the film - as we know he is capable of anything to achieve his own ends. Having said that, he is likable and approachable - and people trust him. It really is crazy to compare this stunning performance to his comic-book characters which, in comparison, seem so bland. Then there is Robert Forster, Michael Keaton and Robert DeNiro - subtle performances that reverberate throughout the film. You know, behind those Jack-Nicholson-eyes of Keaton is a character who is attracted to Jackie, who is desperate to be a good cop and who is young and naive. A brilliant film which is vastly underrated.

2. Inglourious Basterds - Think is Tarantino's epic film. The scale of this film feels bigger than any of its predecessors. Kill Bill is big in scale, but the story is personal. This is dealing with World War II - and it rewrites the story. An exploitation film that exploits the deep-desires many of us feel for the horrors of the War. But, amongst the cliche-Tarantino 'exploitism', is also incredible sequences - such as the opening scene with the French farmer or Christoph Waltz and Brad Pitt 'making a deal' in the final act. These are sequences which are exquisitely shot and incredibly well-written. In term of sequences, I think many of these sequences are the best in Tarantino's entire filmography.

1. Pulp Fiction - Out of respect, you cannot ignore how perfect-a-film this is. Fluidly cutting between stories, out-of-sequence, but subtlety paying-off sequences with a clear connection to another sequence. The set-ups are cliche gangster-stories - the bosses-wife, the ducking-boxer and the hold-up - yet all end in the most unexpected way. You have no idea where these stories will go - and when the twist hits, mid-story, not only is it unexpected, but generally it involves a character form a different story. Tim Roth and Samuel L. Jackson or Bruce Willis tied-up alongside Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Each character has such well-rounded characteristics - the pop-belly, the 'square' Uma Thurman highlights or the 'Royale with Cheese'. Instantly unforgettable and iconic moments in cinema history.

Top 5 'Friends' Episodes

For Andy Buckle

Inspired by Andy Buckle writing a Top 10 Seinfield episodes post, I thought that a TV series which I could easily pick a Top 5 from is Friends. My argument against Ryan about Top 5 Lists is when the writer may not be as informed - so, how can you write a Top 5 about Martin Scorsese films if you haven't seen them all, etc. Friends  for me though, I know exceptionally well. I initially got into the show when my sisters watched it in, roughly, 1995. I recall the complete shock when Ross says "I take thee.... Rachel..." as my best friend Pete and I watched the closing minutes of Series 4. Then - and I remember this vividly - I was stuck for a DVD to buy on one payday when I was 16. Best friend Tom gave me the sage advice that I should 'begin' a Friends DVD collection (after all, I'd had never seen the first few episodes of Series 1). I collected them all, and watched them all, up until Season 8, whereby they re-released the series in sweet packaging at a low price. I sold my Series 1-8 and re-bought all the Series 1- 10. And rewatched them all again. When we first started dating, Sarah had not seen them either, so we watched all ten-series (for me, it must've been the fifth time by this point) and then they sat on a shelf whislt I saw a better boxset released with special features on. I sold the box sets again, safe in the knowledge that as the complete series boxset drops lower and lower in price - roughly £40 now - that I will buy it again when I know I am prepared to watch them all again. Suffice to say, this has not happened yet and so I currently own no Friends DVD's whatsoever but know the whole series exceptionally well.

This is also correlates nicely with the end of Friends repeats on E4 in the UK - an end of an era because, whenever you were stuck for something to watch, E4's constant playing of Friends would always be a source of amusement.

5. The One with Russ (Series 2, Episode 10) -

This episode-choice, in itself, clarifies how this list will be made up. I think, for all the highs and lows - and yes, Monica crying as she tries to propose to Chandler makes me cry too - my Top 5 will primarily be the funniest episodes and I think this episode is an example of when the series plots a whole episode around a well-thought-through gag. Rachel starts dating a character called Russ who is virtually the same person as Ross (both are played by Schwimmer) and the whole episode shows the two face-off to comedic effect. Additionally, the episode ends so well when the actress who plays Julie makes a cameo and bumps into Russ almost wrapping up the background charactrs lives too.

4. The One with the Routine (Series 6, Episode 10) -

The later seasons get a lot of stick but I think, as my favourite character is Ross, this is another great example of how the Gellar family are complete screw-ups. Throughout the series you find hints and are shown flashbacks to their childhood but this is one whereby clearly Schwimmer and Cox must've prepared for weeks to get the routine right. And it works. Ross as wet-blanket is good ... but Ross as manically-depressed and a bit nuts is when he truly comes out of his shell.

3. The One with the Nap Partners (Series 7, Episode 6) -

I originally watched this as the 'uncut' episode on the DVD and it is a brilliant episode. The very nature of two guys enjoying sleeping on top of each other with no homosexuality undertones is unlikely - but I think Mr Heterosexual Joey and Always-In-Love-With-Some-Girl Ross mean that this episode plays for jokes throughout. On the uncut episode, I vividly remember a section whereby Ross and Joey are 'testing' Phoebe and Rachel on being Bridesmaids and Joey attempts to force Ross into a nap - I was in tears watching it... but alas, I have not seen the sequence since that joyful viewing.

2. The One with the Stoned Guy (Series 1, Episode 15) -

Jon Lovitz makes two appearances in Friends. This is his first appearance, whilst his second comes in the ninth or tenth season as Rachel goes on a date with him in The One with the Blind Date. The funny thing is, he is the same character in both. In this first appearance, he plays a chef owner who is high on drugs as Monica attempts to show-off her culinary skills as Rachel plays waitress. Funniest line? "Tarlets .... Tartlets ... Tartlets ... the name has lost all meaning".

1. The One Where No One's Ready (Series 3, Episode 2) -

I think this is historically known as the best episode. Completely self-contained and effortlessly acted by everyone involved - as if, at this very moment, all the actors completely understand their characters. Whenever I rewatch the series, I always feel that Series 3 is when the series becomes much more credible. I don't know why, but the look and feel of the show simply becomes more professional. I think they began shooting it on slightly better camera's but, most noticably, Joey doesn't look like he belongs in the eighties.

Writing this post makes me reminisce about the series - and I think, with its disappearance on E4, I think I'll miss it more as I won't be able to sneak in an episode here and there. Maybe that £40 boxset will be more tempting as time goes on ...

Top 5 Pixar Films

For my birthday last Thursday my fantastic girlfriend bought me Disney's Fantasia. I had put off comitting to purchasing the Disney DVD's/Blu-Rays for a long time. I had always planned on only buying them when I had my first child and, when the boy/girl was barely born, we would start to watch all the Disney 'Classic' Collection in chronological order. With this single present, it has started me off early and within days I have watched Fantasia, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Beauty and the Beast. I believe this has no replaced my James Bond marathon indefinately.

So, having noticed that Pixar are credited on Beauty and the Beast (responsible for the, now quite dated, 3D dance-hall Beauty and Beast dance within during the unforgettable song "Beauty and the Beast"...), what better time to reflect on my current favourite Pixar films (especially as their track-record seems to have been stalled by Cars 2 according to the US reviews)...

5. Ratatouille - I have only watched this once and I think it is at '5'. I need to watch it again if I'm honest as, I'm sure you'll see, I've cheated a little and films such as A Bugs Life, The Incredibles and Up shockingly don't get a look in. Bottom-line is that the whole idea of criticism is something very close to my heart and this seems to tackle it in such a way that art - and what is art - is the core of the story. This, in itself is huge, expansive story-telling ... but for kids.

4. Cars - This was the last Pixar film which I have watched and it has always come across as the lesser credible film in the Pixar canon. I have to tell ya' - I completely disagree. This film, like the best of Pixar, focusses on a bigger topic: Capitalism and destruction of small-town America. The fact that we currently see how print-press may be having an exceptional hit in the recent news, again, shows how the bigger fish ultimately eat the small fish in the capitalist business structure. I am a little worried that Cars 2 will tarnish the reputation of this brilliant first outing.

3. Toy Story Trilogy - I'm not going to split them up. They are all, very much, independent films but so many aspects cross-over. If I say how much I love the characters - thats in all three films. If I like the colours and the playful attitude, again, this is in all three. The only thing I could fundamentally separate the films by is the narratives in each film and they are so evenly match I think I can comfortably place them in a third-place tie.

2. Wall-E - I only recently told a pupil that I believed this is my favourite

film and, akin to Cars it is because of the profound themes it explores. Add to this some incredible sequences - most of which do not even require dialogue - and you have an accessible, deeply moving, highly intelligent, artistically-experimental mainstream film. Can you get anything more awesome?

1. Finding Nemo - But, when I think of the story, I look at Nemo. A film with so much heart. Two-characters on the road to discovery and what, I believe, will bring a tear to my eye when I have my own child. I think, visually, it takes you to a place which, on one level you know and feel like you are a part of, but you are shown the ocean in a way you have never seen. In the same way that I believe Jurassic Park is my favourite film, I understand that it is a personal preference - opting for The Godfather as my 'professional' favourite film. Finding Nemo is my personal favourite whilst, Wall-E would reside as my 'professional favourite. But this is my blog... so personal wins out.

Top 5 Best 'James Bond' Title Songs

Ultimately, there are so many good James Bond songs! I whittled out the bad songs on a previous post and now I have to choose my Top 5. First off, all the songs mentioned in this post are brilliant. None of them are specifically bad - in fact, I look at the likes of Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and The Wings and worry that it should be higher ...  but then I look at my Top 5and can't see how it could be squeezed in. Chris Cornell's You Know My Name was incredible but is it as iconic as the Top 5 I chose? I think not. Even Matt Monroe and Tom Jones I decided against because Tom Jones i merely a male version of Shirley Bassey whilst Matt Monroe, though a great song, has very little correlation with the Bond songs that followed Goldfinger. The James Bond Theme from Dr No and the the title credits for On Her Majesty's Secret Service are both instrumentals and we have to have some rules - namely a singer-theme-song.

5. Goldeneye - Written by Bono and The Edge from U2, this again set the standard after the hiatus between Licence to Kill and Goldeneye. Tina Turner comfortably sings her way trhough, as Bassey sang many years prior. The opening credits sequence, additionally, introduces Daniel Kleinmann to the scene - taking the mantle from Maurice Binder by using Russian symbols and iconography linking with the plot itself. I was very tempted to put Tomorrow Never Dies at this very spot but thought, ultimately, Sherly Crows voice is nowhere near as strong as Tina Turners making it inferior. Though, I may be tempted to claim that Tomorrow Never Dies, as a song, is better ...  but shame about the delivery.

4. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra singing the Asian-themed tune of You Only Live Twice. A brillaint song which, in fact, was so good it was sampled by Robbie Williams for his song Millennium.

3. Goldfinger/Moonraker/Diamonds Are Forever - Yes, I have put all of Shirley Bassey's songs together because, even though Goldfinger set the standard, the songs which followed it became equally distinctive and impressive. Diamonds Are Forever sampled by Kanye West and, with Moonraker, John Barry even had a dance-version placed over the end-credits. Shirley Bassey can do no wrong.

2. Nobody Does It Better - Prior to Carly Simon's theme to The Spy Who Loved Me, other than Matt Monroe in From Russia With Love, the themes were bombastic, grand and loud ... Carly Simon sang a song that sounded personal and romantic. The side to 007 we never truly see ... 

1. A View To A Kill/The Living Daylights - by Duran Duran and Aha respectively. These two songs could be played continuously and they still have two things in common - both catchy pop songs that, even at the time, were highly successful singles. Secondly, the songs are rooted in the 80's scene - that I believe seems to give the songs a little retro edge now. If only Spandau Ballet sang Licence to Kill! I couldn't decide on which one is better, so I cracked and - again - but them both at Number 1.

Top 5 Worst 'James Bond' Title Songs

I was all prepared and ready to complete a Top 5 Title Songs blog post, but alas, there are many good songs. I had to clarify, in the first instance, the good and the bad. From doing this, inevitably, I made an entire list of all the title songs and thought, why not prepare you for the Top 5 by revealing the worst 5 first!

The near-misses are The Man with the Golden Gun (though, ultimately a bad song, there is something funky and, dare I say it, "spunky" about Lulu), Die Another Day by Madonna - I have to concede that it is a bad song, but I respect that Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and David Arnold on signing off such a weird and electronic track.  If you are thinking of a song I haven't mentioned and it does not turn up on the list, then I deem that song to be ultimately good, but have yet to arrange where it would be placed - and whether it would even get a look-in regarding a Top 5 songs.

Lets move on though! First off, the worst James Bond Title songs...

5. For Your Eyes Only/Sheena Easton - too romantic and too longing ... not much Bond-like charisma. I think it is more a song for the girl in the film, not for 007...

4. Licence to Kill/Gladys Knight - I can see how Michael Kamen wanted to move back to the Bassey style of vocal, with an 80's edge, but alas, it did not work.

3. All Time High (from Octopussy)/Rita Coolidge - so dreary. It sounds like she's high on drugs singing this boring song. No no no.

2. The World Is Not Enough/Garbage - How sad that the band is called Garbage. I can't even remember the song that did make them famous. 'Ready to Go' was Republica ... 'Neighbourhood' was Space ... from a band like A-ha and Duran Duran to crap-brit-rock-band Garbage. Upsetting.

1. Another Way To Die (from Quantum of Solace)/Alicia Keys and Jack White - What on earth happened here. I think Alicia Keys is great - i have three of her albums and I have no problems in getting another. I think The White Stripes are cool, but this just doesn't work. Especially when you have the whole is-it-a-guitar-solo section ... only to find out that the juttery, incompetant guitar player was actually the solo. In its entierety.

Top 5 Leonardo DiCaprio Films

I have mentioned many times how I believe, currently, Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor in Hollywood at the moment. More importantly, he is better than Matt Damon. Filmspotting regularly have their own debates whereby Matt Ballgame, as I recall, defends Damon whilst Kempanaar supports DiCaprio. I am firmly standing on the latter side. Can you see DiCaprio in an Ocean's film? No. Why? Because he is better than that. Can you imagine DiCaprio playing Jason Bourne? No. Because he is better than that.

Inevitably, as DiCaprio gets older and new actors take his mantle, this opinion will change in due course, but while the iron is hot, I shall name my favourite DiCaprio roles. In fairness, I haven't seen The Quick and the Dead, Basketball Diaries or The Man in the Iron Mask. So, if these are in fact his 'best' roles than I may have missed a trick. But I believe that they are not. The one glaring omission is What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Marvin's Room - two films I have not seen, but I know he has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Oscar-nomination for Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and Screen Actors Guild-nomination for Marvin's Room) so forgive me if these are gaping holes.

5. Romeo in Romeo+Juliet -

Young, in love and romanticised. I have a feeling that if I watched Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, this film would be shuffled out. But I'm hardly going to put Titanic as better than his performance in Romeo+Juliet.

4. Frank William Abegnale Jnr in Catch Me If You Can -

The film which crossed him over from teen-idol and into credible actor. Happy days. An actor playing a role, playing a role. We shall come back to this type of role again ...

3. Dom Cobb in Inception -

Why on earth for this year did DiCaprio get so little love from awards folk. This was a blistering performance that ensured that the emotional-heart to the film was firmly beating.

2. Teddy Daniels in Shutter Island -

Yeah, not a big fan of The Aviator. I appreciate the effort on his part, but I think the role - and the film - seemed prolonged and all-over-the-place. This role required him to be conflicted and real whilst also appearing as if he has lost his grip on his sanity. We were seeing everything from his perspective and, if he faltered, the whole film would fall. And it did not fall - it stood majestically high due to his performance. The scene as we see him come home and find his children is flawless and the best acting I have ever seen.

1. Billy Costigan in The Departed -

Again, an actor playing a character who is playing a role. DiCaprio seems to often find himself playing these double-sided characters. The reason why he plays these so well is because he can pitch a perfect balance between how he is presenting the character - and what is actually going on inside. My favourite performance as DiCaprio is so comfortable in the role - Costigan is going against the grain and trying to work his way up from the criminal-background his family has brought him up within. Not a shred of arrogance - just a desire to escape.

Top 5 'U2' in Cinema/Television

With all this music-talk continuing in the blogosphere thank to Castor at Anomalous Materials, I have been thinking more about music myself - hence this list. First off, before this Top 5, I shall lay dow some ground rules. Obviously 'Live' DVD's or films don't count - so no U2:3D, ZOOTV or PopMart. Additionally to that, the tour-film Rattle and Hum directed by Phil Joanou doesn't count because, though released theatrically, it's a live DVD deep down. Finally, having only recently discussed The Million Dollar Hotel, its fair to state that as U2 and Bono actually wrote the whole soundtrack, thats discounted. Also, Goldeneye, is only written by Bono and The Edge, but alas is not performed by U2, so that doesn't count either.
Blog Cabins always mentions the 'notable' films he hasn't seen when analysing years in reflection. In the same way, it appears that a bunch of film I have not seen use U2 songs. Namely, The Heartbreak Kid ('One'), Elizabethtown ('In The Name Of Love'), Brothers ('Winter') and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ('Ultraviolet'). Sorry Ben Stiller, your Heartbroken Kid, I'll bet, slaughters the song.

Before I rank the Top 5 Best use of U2 tracks in songs, lets note the horrendous uses of some songs: 'Bad' in Taking Lives ('Bad' is possibly one of U2's best tracks and it was used in sex-drama with Ethan Hunt and Angelina Jolie. Tragic), 'Beautiful Day' in anything - it is always used and, though I have only seen its use on sports programmes in England, I have additionally seen it used in the film Bandits (Though IMDB notes the use of the same song in Smallville, CSI:NY and Nim's Island). Obviously, we cannot forget the atrocious 'remix' of 'Elevation' in Lara Croft:Tomb Raider. In fairness, I reckon thats more to do with fact that 'Elevation' is a crap song anyway - its just U2 trying to recreate Blur's 'Song 2'...

Lets Countdown ...

5. Gangs of New York ('The Hands That Built America') - I have specifically hunted down the version with an orchestral beginning - opposed to the slightly less-epic version featuring on 2002 'Best Of 1990-2000'. I persoanlly like Gangs of New York at any rate (though I was in absolute shock that Andy and John from The Hollywood Saloon only recently spoke about films that should never-have-been and specified Gangs of New York as the worst Scorsese film! No sir.)



4. About A Boy (Zoo Station) - I like About A Boy for a number of reasons. Its virtually a rom-com for boys. Hugh Grant lives the perfect life and, having said that, you know he has the sweetest sound-system known to man... meaning Zoo Station would sound incredible in his flat. I couldn't find the scene itself, but it is used in the scene as the young lad is ringing Hugh Grant's doorbell...



3. Three Kings (In Gods Country) - I have been desperate to rewatch Three Kings for a long time but have yet to do so. But rarely does a film use a song so effectively that it finishes the film with such a positive buzz. In keeping with highlighting the songs being use in the sequence itself I have a section from the film which shows the final 10-minutes. Skip to 04.15 to see the use of the song...



2. Friends (With or Without You) - I know its a little bit cliche, but forgive me for having a heart. I think it is one of my favourite U2 songs, if not the favourite song. Unfortunately I couldn't find the scene itself but I found one of those silly 'dedication' videos that uses the song itself... the closest I could get considering...



1. Batman Forever (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) - I think this song is Number One for a bunch of reasons. First off, the video is incredible. Apparently Bono was actually considered for Batman, but I think its safe to say that he should stick to what he knows and leave the animators to create the only version of Batman Bono will ever play. Secondly, you could only get this track either on the soundtrack or on a single (remember them) before 2002 ... so it remained one of those incredible songs that was difficult to get hold of - alongside Oasis' 'Whatever' and multiple others...

Top 5 Best Picture Oscar Winners

I have professed my distaste for many a Top 5 list in the past but there are always exceptions to the rule and, having watched a fair few of the Best Picture Oscar winners I feel I am in a good position to state the Top 5 Best Picture Winners, according to Screen Insight is ...

5. The Departed

Martin Scorsese should've won an Oscar much earlier in his career - losing out to Dances with Wolves when he had Goodfellas was shocking. The Departed is proof that filmmakers can not only remake a foreign film exceptionally well, but additionally, if they are good enough they will eventually win an Oscar. An incredible cast, a hugely entertaining film - this is an example when Oscar gets it right and everyone who watches the film will agree with their decision

4. Annie Hall

Oscar is not a big fan of comedy. I am a huge fan of Woody Allen and Annie Hall is much more accessible than the vast majority of his work. Even with Manhattan, Woody Allen has the semi-pretentiousness of a black-and-white palette whilst one of the female love interests to Woody is a 14-year-old girl. You get none of this in Annie Hall, just some incredible jokes and some facsinating innovative techniques in use - subtitles to expain what the couple really mean, tthe ghost-like Diane-Keaton leaving the bed as Woody tries to seduce her whilst the opening and closing direct-to-camera monologues show how great a showman Woody Allen truly is.

3. Casablanca

Having recently mentioned this on the A-Z, there is only so much to say. It still remains a classic with stunning performances from everyone involved. Like the best classics - Gone with the Wind, Night of the Living Dead and Easy Rider - the end of Casablanca can never be remade, retouched or improved upon. It was made at a specific time, representing a period with actors that could only deliver those specific lines at that time in history.

2. West Side Story

Musicals and Epics dominated fifties cinema. Other winners during that time period were The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur. On one level, West Side Story is a musical which is very personal as Tony and Maria fall in love - but set on an epic backdrop as the two families are against each other. A remake of-sorts (based on Romeo and Juliet) it has energy, pace and tragedy. One of my favourite musicals... and one of my favourite Oscar winners.

1. The Godfather/The Godfather Part II

You can't separate them first off. The only sequel to win Best Picture is only as good as it is because of its predescessor. Francis Ford-Coppola famously turned the films down when first approached. Mario Puzo needed the money. Al Pacino was unknown and Marlon Brando bailed on the sequel. So many stories behind it, so many personal connections and I think it is all these incredible facets that make the film even more watchable. It has class, it has style and it deserves its Best Picture win. As it also deserves its place as one of the Best Films of All Time.

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