I love Michael Mann's film version of LotM so much, there aren't words to express, etc., etc. Sure, it has its flaws like everything does, but it is still one of my all-time favorite films. Even though I've lost count of how many times I've seen it, the ending never fails to choke me up. If I see it on tv, I have to stop and watch because it just draws me in. :)
(although as a sidenote, I will never, never forgive Michael Mann for editing the film for the DVD release, so it's not the original theatrical version. While I still have my old widescreen VHS of the movie, I had to buy a copy from the UK in order to find a DVD version that hadn't been hacked at. His horrible "director's cut" which is, last I heard, the only dvd version available in the U.S., is missing some of my favorite scenes, and is missing some of the music that was in the theatrical version. You just don't DO that to a film that had been in the public's consciousness for ten years prior to the DVD release. >.<)
And I hate the book. Actually, I just really dislike Cooper who invented the mythology of the "american hero" and yet wrote awful books that I just don't like, and often can't stand.
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Date: 2007-10-17 11:17 am (UTC)(although as a sidenote, I will never, never forgive Michael Mann for editing the film for the DVD release, so it's not the original theatrical version. While I still have my old widescreen VHS of the movie, I had to buy a copy from the UK in order to find a DVD version that hadn't been hacked at. His horrible "director's cut" which is, last I heard, the only dvd version available in the U.S., is missing some of my favorite scenes, and is missing some of the music that was in the theatrical version. You just don't DO that to a film that had been in the public's consciousness for ten years prior to the DVD release. >.<)
And I hate the book. Actually, I just really dislike Cooper who invented the mythology of the "american hero" and yet wrote awful books that I just don't like, and often can't stand.