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QUESTION ANSWERED

My BFE comrade SkeetOnMischa asked me a question on Formspring and I figured I’d repost the answer here.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WALTER HILL FILM? by skeetonmischa

Hill’s run from 1975-1984 is damn near perfect: “Hard Times,” “The Driver” (which never gets the credit it deserves for influencing the entire aesthetic of Michael Mann), “The Warriors” (!!!), “The Long Riders,” “Southern Comfort,” “48 HRS,” and “Streets of Fire.” Not a bad movie in that bunch and of those, only “Streets of Fire” has really dated, and more because of the hairstyles and horrific song score than anything else. This was followed by his whore job “Brewster’s Millions” and the unfortunate Ralph Macchio vehicle “Crossroads,” then somethng of a return to form with the Carolco troika of “Extreme Prejudice,” “Red Heat” and “Johnny Handsome” (“Red Heat,” maybe not so much…). “Another 48 HRS” was a misfire, followed by the amazingly underrated “Trespass” starring Paxton and the Ices T and Cube (with a script by Zemeckis and Gale!) which was marred only by a watered-down studio mandated ending as the L.A. riots were still on everybody’s mind. After that, he made his two thoughtful but, alas, somewhat boring Westerns: “Geronimo” and “Wild Bill” (“Wild Bill” is worth another look for Jeff Bridges’ amazing performance. It was one of those “competing projects merging together” hybrids of a script Hill wrote and a project called “Deadwood” (no relation to the David Milch show) written by Pete Dexter — the original Dexter script was better). The less said about “Supernova” the better. “Last Man Standing” should have been a lot cooler than it was, as should have “Undisputed,” despite a great setup and Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames at their most badass (I blame the Weinsteins for that one). And after that? Just TV stuff. It’s a shame. Even with the misfires, the guy’s batting average was incredible. And now he’s nearly forgotten. A tragedy, really.

But, to answer your question, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. And it is, of course: “Warriors… come out and play-yay.” Can you dig it?

-dc

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“I have a .44 Magnum, I love the .44 Magnum, in fact I still have the .44 Magnum that inspired that line,” - John Milius

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Nicolas Cage just shot a fireball.

Your argument is invalid.

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After a careful memory jog examination of a list of every movie released in America during the during the dread(ed) noughts, I have scientifically come to the conclusion that “Bad Boys 2” is, indeed, the BEST FILM OF THE DECADE*

*(disclaimer: “best film of the decade” that wasn’t “Ghost World,” “American Psycho,” “City of God,” “In Bruges,” “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” “Master and Commander,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Quinceañera,” “Anchorman,” “There Will Be Blood,” You Can Count on Me,” or “Nacho Libre.” Was that just my end of decade wrap-up list? Why, yes I believe it was….)

-dc

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