Deer Hunter

One of the greatest movies ever and probably my favorite movie of all times.

The game sucks, though. :P
 
My favorite Christopher Walken is still probably "The Dogs of War."

Everybody pays their dudes, ya know.
 
welsh said:
My favorite Christopher Walken is still probably "The Dogs of War."
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Same here, but my favourite Christopher Walken scene is his cameo appearance in Pulp Fiction:

The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any of the slopes were gonna get their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
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Fucking comedy gold that one.
 
Kharn said:
Deer Hunter is overlooked?
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I wouldn't be so sure that Deer Hunter is overlooked simply because Malkavian says it is so. That has not been my experience, and I have seen a steady stream of material that references Deer Hunter.

I remember there was a longer article on Christopher Walken in the Washington Post (by Stephen Hunter no less, read or die), though Hunter doesn't really like Deer Hunter.
In "The Deer Hunter" he's one of a trio of hard-believing Pennsylvania steel workers who go to Vietnam full of macho bravado and end up playing Russian roulette for the amusement of some Viet Cong debauchees in a riverine prison. It was pretty stupid -- don't get me started on that movie! -- but he got to go nuts toward the end of the thing. This was the birth of essential Walken: haunted, almost spectral, twitchy, dark-eyed, very, very strange. It is said he ate nothing but rice and bananas to get in the mood for the shoot, as well as to get that boney look. It's also said he actually spit into Robert De Niro's face at one point, and the reaction from De Niro, true rage, isn't performance at all; it's just the reaction of a man whose face has been spit into.
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Chris Walken is not a very talented actor, but he's likeable in many things.

I like him in the Cow Bell sketch, though that's some way shitty acting.

He's good in King of New York. But that movie depends 100% on its cinematography. Which is great.

I wouldn't be so sure that Deer Hunter is overlooked simply because Malkavian says it is so. That has not been my experience, and I have seen a steady stream of material that references Deer Hunter.
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It surprised me because Deer Hunter is no more overlooked here in Euroweenieville than, say, Apocalypse Now or Platoon.
 
Yeah, it's pretty cult.

Walken is a great actor but probably has a sucky agent. He gets bad roles in mediocre movies so he doesn't try too much, but when he does it's always stellar.
 
King of New York is a lot of fun. But the problem for Walken is that it's always the same basic part.
 
Kotario, shut up.

Anyway, I would consider The Deer Hunter severely overlooked. I don't think I've met many people who aren't way into film or Vietnam who have seen it. It just doesn't have the respect and popularity in America that flicks like Platoon and Saving Private Ryan do. I guess because it's not a traditional "war' film in any sense of the word. It's not too easy to watch and there's not a constant stream of violence and action, so the American public doesn't care. Not to mention the fact that it's more than thirty years old. Your average guy at a Blockbuster would rather rent something new like Jarhead than go and rent a dusty old VHS copy of The Deer Hunter.

I mean, I love The Deer Hunter. One of my favorite films of all time. I'm just saying that it's not the most popular film over here, which is a shame.
 
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