Rate the Filmography

It's four dudes in a warehouse swearing at each other. It is entertaining. I like the characters and some of the dialogue, but it's a shallow movie which gets repetitive. The spark is there, but Tarantino would go on to much better things.

Damn, Drac's on top of it!

You gonna revisit Bamboozled when the Criterion hits?

I might be interested in watching Bamboozled again given recent events, but it's a bit of a messy film which somehow manages to be both wildly unsubtle and still unclear. It's also just kind of ugly to look at since it was shot on consumer grade camera for some stupid reason

Well, this dampens my excitement.

1. Heat
2. Collateral
3. Thief
4. The Insider
5. Manhunter
6. Last of the Mohicans
7. Public Enemies
8. Miami Vice
9. Blackhat
10. Ali
11. The Keep

8-10 could be rearranged in any order, they're all mostly unenjoyable and forgettable.

1. Heat
2. The Last of the Mohicans
3. Collateral
4. The Insider
5. Manhunter
6. Thief
7. Ali
8. Public Enemies
9. Miami Vice
10. The Keep

Here’s what I posted in my thread from a few years back....

Mann's next effort is as different from his previous filmography as The Keep was from Thief. Mann's first project of the 90s eschews the street setting and the 80s techno soundtrack. Mann instead builds cabins, forts and hires a composer to provide an orchestrated score. To this day The Last of the Mohicans is probably Michael Mann's least Michael Mann film. It's a historical drama with a touch of romance which I'll build on shortly. While the movie was well-received upon its release I have to admit that it's not my favorite movie. It's great to look at and at many times it's suspenseful and exciting, it just seems like it's moving too fast for its own good which after four Michael Mann movies seems to be a common trend.

I'm getting the impression that Mann, who also serves as co-writer on his films, doesn't know how to write romance or women very well. It's almost as if he thinks that if he just includes a woman character then he can have the protagonist hook up with her and that's that. There is never much if any chemistry between romantic characters and Last of the Mohicans suffers from the same. We’re introduced to Cora Munro (Madeline Stowe), the daughter of Colonel Monroe who travels with a group of soldiers to the fort her father commands. En route the soldiers are attacked by a band of Huron warriors. She, her sister and a British officer who fancies Cora are all rescued by Hawkeye and the Mohican brother and father who adopted him as a young boy. They escort the Munroes to the besieged fort where Magua, the war chief of the Hurons, hunts for vengeance against the sisters and their father. In the midst of all this, with very few words or even quick glances, Cora and Hawkeye fall for each other however again the lack of chemistry is evident. It might not sound like a big deal but it makes you begin to question the motivations of the characters. The only person in the movie with a real sense of person is Magua, one of great character actor Wes Studi’s first roles, a man hell-bent on revenge which is as good a motivation as any.

The Last of the Mohicans is a beautiful film to look at. The performances are solid and it moves quickly almost to a fault. At the same time it feels very uneven at parts which results in a movie that feels anticlimactic and rushed. The runtime was just shy of two hours. It makes me wonder how polished it could have been had it been given another thirty minutes to develop the characters, flesh out what the gist of the movie really is and have it not feel like it has to cram in as much as possible as quickly as possible. It also makes me wonder if this is another case of studio interference affecting Mann’s overall vision. Not a great movie but it’s a good watch that succeeds regardless of its imperfections.

Mohicans is probably the one I've gone the longest without seeing. Might well go up on a rewatch.

1. Heat
2. Heat
3. Heat
4. Heat
5. Heat
6. Heat
7. Heat
8. Heat
9. Heat
10. Heat

Not sure how many people here watch his movies, but now that I've seen all of Hayao Miyazaki's feature works.


1. Princess Mononoke
2. My Neighbor Totoro
3. Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind
4. Porco Rosso
5. The Wind Rises
6. Castle in the Sky
7. Kiki's Delivery Service
8. Spirited Away
9. Howl's Moving Castle
10. Ponyo
11. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro