The Treasure of the Sierra Madre movie review

Directed by John Huston

Starring: Humphrey Bogart
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is an awesome film and offers in depth analysis of greed, friendship, loyalty, trust and betrayal. Coming to movie, it tells the story of an American drifter Fred C. Dobbs, played by Humphrey Bogart, begging for pesos in Tampico, Mexico and searching for work. As story progresses, he meets another drifter like him Curtin, played by Tim Holt & friendship between them. Accidentally both meats old prospector Howard, played by Walter Huston, who excites & inflects Gold fever. Even before going, old timer warns both Fred and Curtin about that if they find gold, it has the potential to ruin their lifes. Eventually all three men go in to the hills for finding fortune. As plot unfolds we will see characters changes after finding the fortune. All actors did a terrific job & in particular Bogart's last scenes were memorable. This is a wonderful movie for character analysis and almost everything about it is extraordinary. Recommended to all & one of the finest movies ever made.

The Man Who Wasn't There movie review

Directed by: Joel Coen
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand

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I am a huge fan of the Coen-brothers. Shot in glorious black and white to bring old style film noir look. Coming to the movie, With late 40’s setup, plot deals with Edward Crane , played by Billy-Bob Thornton, is a barber in a small town in California & very much bored of what he was doing & dissatisfied & unhappy with his life. He has a beautiful wife, working at a department store & an affair with her boss. Suddenly an opportunity comes Ed's lap. If he can get hold of 10K, then it will change his fortunes and his life. So he plans a blackmail plot & rest of the story we will see unexpected twists and turns becase of his actions. As an inner plot we will see beautiful Scarlett Johansson. Story run slowly in few occasions. All of the actors did a terrific job & dialogs were good. Visually, It was one of the best black and white movies after Jim Jarmusch’s Dead man. Story & script & direction was perfect & overall I enjoyed movie. I recommend it to any fan of the Coen brothers and of film noir/neo-noir. I will watch it again.

Last weekend movies

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: [9/10] interesting drama with Fargo shades
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: [9.5/10] interesting story with superb characterization. loved it.
Death proof: [8.5/10] This movie is perfect homage to 70’s grind house movie. Tarantino's use of camera, sexual exploitation perfectly blended with energetic actors, characters and story.