| Corman's masterpiece.......ludicrously underrated. (by Poison-River) |
| Despite an lengthy and variously successful career in sci-fi and horror movies, it is this movie that I personally feel is the crowning glory of Roger Corman's career. It is also, I feel, one of the greatest and most underrated gangster movies of all time. It should definitely be held in the same high regard as movies like 'Goodfellas', 'Once Upon A Time In America' and, dare one even suggest, 'The Godfather'.Everything about this movie is superb. The lush, opulent, colour-saturated widescreen cinematography; the fantastic acting; the meticulous attention to period <more> |
| I Liked It!! (by dataconflossmoor-1) |
| This movie is a film which every Chicagoan should love. The historical account of the St Valentine's Day Massacre was on which mesmerized millions of people, and how it restructured the syndicate's power back in the 1930's.! The 1929 catastrophe underlined the ruthless struggle with which the Irish and the Italians were engaged in. Presently, Boston is the only city in the United States where the Irish rule organized crime. The Italians run the most prominent criminal mobs in virtually every other city! Bugs Moran and Al Capone were two criminal leaders who operated very <more> |
| Jason Robards as Al Capone (by cmt7302) |
| I think Jason Robards was great as AL Capone he was neat and at the end close to the end of the movie he said why don't you Rodd in Hell. He was one of the great people to play a gangster from Warren Beatty doing Clyde Barrow. I think Jason Robards could had made a great Clyde Barrow maybe the will pick Alec Baldwin to play Clyde barrow and Jason Jennifer Leigh to play bonnie Parker . But maybe some day they will make a biography about Jason Robards and Jennifer Jason Leigh can be Lauren Bacall and as Jason Robards can be Alec Baldwin or Stephen Bogart as his step dad. I think maybe if <more> |
| gangster films don't get much better than this (by non_sportcardandy) |
| When the untouchables were first broadcast on tv I enjoyed them.This movie is a continuation of that kind of entertainment even having some of the guest stars that were on that show like Paul Richards,Leo Gordon and Frank Silvera.Jason Robards plays Capone in his own style,not comparing him to other actors who have had the Capone part I would say his performance showed he was talented.A talent that would really show itself about a year later when he played the part of Cheyenne in"once upon a time in the west".In this gangster film a lot of quality is shown in the dress, cars and <more> |
| Great Gangster Flick (by James Cagney) |
| Although this movie does not rate like the Godfather epics, it is not that far behind them. It is a very good gangster movie. I originally saw it on the big screen when it first appeared at the theaters, back in the late 1960's. As far as I'm concerned, it has not lost it's appeal. It is as entertaining today as it was back then. I can watch it over and over again, and have. It contains a good cast, and great narration throughout the film. If you like gangster movies, especially those that involve the Roaring Twenties, and the Al Capone era, you will enjoy this movie, and it is a <more> |
| Corman's Classic Look at the Chicago Mob World (by BoomerDT) |
| Roger Corman could never be accused of excessive subtlety. And in "TSVDM" he doesn't disappoint his audience, with violence galore in extended shots. There are several scenes where the mob guys come out blasting with tommy guns and Corman gets his money's worth on each of them. Corman also lets a terrific cast have fun chewing up scenery, most notably George Segal as the vicious Peter Gusenberg. Segal has an unintentionally well, maybe not hilarious scene with the sexy Jean Hale as his wife, when they are having a spat because she's spent $3K on a fur. Segal smacks her <more> |
| Bang bang!!! Yer dead!!! (by qrt7) |
| Taking a step back from the intellectual surmising involving Godfather, Goodfellas et al., I thought this was an enjoyable film, 'a live action cartoon' as it was put.Yep, sure it was a tad formulaic with characters going about their predetermined business and the armchair historians knew the conclusion of the film before it happened. I accept this as valid criticism, but I would stress more that it is supposed to be a quasi-documentary, with the solemn narrator venting sparse mechanical facts about each character and their relevance to the bigger picture as they were introduced. The <more> |
| Realistic and mostly accurate (by waynec50) |
| "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" is a very good gangster movie, released five years before the all-time great "The Godfather". It's pretty accurate in its chronology, according to the books and documentaries I've seen about the incident, only a couple of dramatic licenses taken. The film unfolds like a documentary, showing the dynamics of the rival gangs and their blood feud. Opening with the killers leaving the garage and then the neighbors discovery of the massacre, it proceeds to detail the buildup to the crime. The victims are introduced, along with the <more> |
| Factual and Cartoonish--what fun! (by patrick.hunter) |
| Why is it that people quibble about Jason Robards not looking like Capone? Many actors who have played him, from F. Murray Abraham to William Forsythe, really didn't resemble him. Maybe it's because this film attempts a semi-documentary approach. Perhaps it's the most accurate Hollywood drama on Capone, but the other semi-documentaries of the time such as Fox's own THE LONGEST DAY , had the look and lighting that reminded a viewer of a documentary, while this one doesn't. In fact, its style is more evocative of a 1930's Warner Bros. gangster film. Even George <more> |
