Was it the one with the giant sea monster/Loch Ness thing where she also played the stoic but also crying mother? She's way too good for this shit.

Indeed, good answer. "Mean Streets" is pretty concerned with moral questions of faith in a world of violence. Does "Last Temptation of Christ" count? Of course, there's also DiCaprio beating someone over the head with a portrait of the Virgin Mary in "The Departed."

Cimino has similar shit in Heaven's Gate, the Harvard sequences, I think. IT NEVER FUCKING ENDS.

Nope. In fact, my area is trolling for extras right now for a movie he's in with Zac Efron called "Dirty Grandpa." I mean, what the actual goddamned fuck.

Indeed. The ending is…odd. I'm not sure if it is supposed to be thought-provoking, subtle OR heavy-handed. Certainly ambiguous and makes the film limp across the finish line.

His scene in the bar, as as been discussed earlier on this board, is both irredeemably awful and amazingly awesome at the same time. "Are you a boxer? We got some trophies over here, memorabilia over there…"

I did really like his stretch of work from the Bruce Lee film he was in all the way into the "Missing in Action" shit. I think it was that Indiana Jones rip-off he did with Lou Gossett Jr. or some such that I jumped off board.

But…but…"Lone Wolf McQuade"! "The Octagon"! Oh, hell. You're right.

Just imagine…a movie full of Moments, great and small, about characters we know and love. Could be out of this world amazing. And no moments with the fucking Trade Federation.

Ha! *Phone rings…German officer walks to comically large phone in foreground*

LOVE Top Secret…so many bizarre and funny moments. "Good-bye Deja Vu, I'll always remember you!"

Thank you for this response. It's hard for me to let go of overanalyzing sometimes!

So true…the lines and insinuations about the past in the original trilogy were all we needed to know of the past. I'm glad Ford seems to have found peace with returning to this role and this universe. I

Indeed…you are so right. They all have to know how we all feel so kicked in the balls for so long. There is actual effort here, already, and a respect for the Star Wars universe that we didn't get before.

Me too! I was watching it on my little phone, enjoying it and all of that, and then BAM…instant whoop like a little kid and all kinds of joy. I don't know what it says about me or us as a culture and all of that crap that an image in a movie can conjure up all these damn feelings, but, of course, I've spent the last…

But there were so many things happening in all the frames!

That's the remarkable thing about that film. Taking one of the sexiest women in the world and making her a fucking scary cypher instead.

I tend to agree with this. But because they are directors who are well known, I suppose they are more open to criticism. And maybe they should be…I don't know. I mean, Coppola has a career's worth of crap…and maybe some of that would be crap anyway, certainly, but it's all the more sad because we know what he's…

Well, that's a good point. But shouldn't that be part of what makes them good? Certain directors come with certain styles, things we respect and admire, chances they are willing to take. They are known legends for a reason. Aren't we willing to give them some leeway, maybe a certain symbiotic type of thing, where we…

I see a lot of hate for "The Master" in the comments, and I really do appreciate reading these other points of view. It seems to be an incredibly divisive film. I was really taken with it on first viewing and I think it's a masterpiece. But I understand the criticism and understand that some see it as a pretentious…