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The Undefeated (1969)
Just Fun
The seven vote is simply an attempt at film criticism objectivity.
But, since I'll always end up watching the darn thing when I spot it surfing channels, and having felt majorly disappointed when I missed all but the end on AMC, it has to be a 9 in terms of enjoyability, to me.
Love the music too. I'll be singing it every so often just by happenstance.
The ending is somewhat ironic. No huge climactic battle against Rojas, but a prior fight against the forces of Mexico the cowboys were intending to supply the horses to.
Not the Wild Bunch, but also not the mean-spirited, bloody movie either that might prevent me from plopping down on a sofa with my kids to watch it. They get tired of me trying to imitate the Duke. I love the Wild Bunch, but its anti-hero, violent nonconformity which was so potent then has lost its luster after so many years of Hollywood trying to imitate its original glamor.
"The conversation sorta dried up." - Duke "You go to hell." - Dub Taylor Great lines. Great cast. Good fun.
Battle of Britain (1969)
Battle of Britain
Inpst from Kentucky: Ditto. I love the DVD version with the greater interpretations and more generous subtitles. They fleshed out the Germans better and also changed many contexts of the film with which I had assumed from the other version. The changes from the versions I have grown up with (VHS) made the movie a far different one that that which I am familiar. I wish that the key dates were displayed simply for those who may not be familiar with the Battle. August 10, September 15, 1940 being the crucial ones. I'm sure the Brits know these dates, but for us dumb Americans, it may help put things in context.
I didn't complain about A Bridge Too Far not spelling out dates, so this complaint is temperamental on my part.
Where did Ron Goodwin go? That's gotta be Ron Goodwin's music if he did 633 Squadron and Force 10 From Navarone (ugh). Because the DVD was so different in credits, it was a new experience watching the film. (The DVD version perhaps is the version shown to British audiences who would have been familiar with the dates???) And I could not agree with you more regarding the end music. That was my only complaint with the DVD other than not assigning credit to Ron Goodwin who had to have had the greater hand in the music. The VHS-broadcast version with the pensive version of the theme music is so much more emotional and appropriate rather than the "upbeat" music at the end.
Either way, no one will ever see another better movie ever depicting the BOB because CG technology still looks like animation. The real planes obtained and models, notwithstanding the cheesy Stuka formation, will never be duplicated on film ever again. Those planes are beautiful. So is this film, minus the Harvey marriage subplot. Bleech!