Everything about this film, I thought was phenomenal, especially, as you mentioned, the acting and the fight sequences. 1980 was such a great year for film. It was the year that released some of my absolute favorite films: The Blues Brothers, The Shining, Ordinary People, Airplane!, The Empire Strikes Back, and this. All of which I’d give an A+.

I think we all have that problem, don’t we? Sometimes in different ways. I often look back at my reviews and wish I could just cut and paste the entire screenplay/film into the review to share the experiences I’ve had with readers, albeit good or bad experiences. But that’s illegal. Worse, it spoils the fun.

I am most likely going to see The Godfather quite soon. My ‘rents are always hesitant when it comes to letting me watch crime movies (even when they’re from the ’70s), but they finally approved The Godfather just yesterday morning. I might make my horse-obsessed sister watch it with me just for that one scene, haha. She always stops by and tries to watch movies with me anyway, so I may not even have to try!

I’m glad you love my reviews. It goes the other way around, as well.

The Raging Bull followup is to be a combination of a prequel and a sequel. Scorsese and De Niro are being replaced by two figures I’ve never even heard of. Still, I’m interested to watch…how they screw up. I can’t imagine The Departed with a sequel, but a prequel (or better yet, two prequels, one showing Billy Costigan and the other showing Colin Whatshisname) would be great. As I remember, hadn’t the entire cast been shot down by the end? I’m still dying to give The Departed another watch, just to find a better comprehension of the last scene, where Matt Damon’s character gets shot down while bringing in groceries. Hell, I’m dying to give it another watch just because it’s such a great film!! I think with a lack of so many characters, a SEQUEL to The Departed, as opposed to a prequel, wouldn’t work out as well as a prequel. Just my thoughts I’m throwing out there, but it’s nearly inevitable that I’ll see both the Raging Bull followup and the Departed followup (if and) when they hit theaters. Raging Bull II is set for 2013…my biggest anticipation of next year, personally, is “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of ‘Psycho’”, a biopic starring a well-known cast as the cast and crew (and, of course, the director) of Psycho.

So glad you saw Jaws. I was shocked when I read the comment on your blog that said you hadn’t seen it. It’s one of those films so many people think you have to see to be a defined film fanatic. But then again, I have a few classics to see, like The Godfather and almost every film by Ingmar Bergman and Roman Polanski. Have you read the novel it’s based on?? I first saw Jaws about four years ago, maybe five, and ever since then, I’ve been trying to get my hands on Peter Benchley’s source material. I haven’t been scrambling so vigorously now as I was when I first saw it, but now that you’ve reminded me of the film, I think it’s possible I might try and seek out the novel again. Thanks for commenting, as usual, Alec!