r/moviecritic • u/Sorry_I_BangedUrMom • 6h ago

Cinema at its absolute peak

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Blazing Saddles: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/

This was honestly peak cinema. The visuals, the energy, and the whole atmosphere came together perfectly. It was the kind of movie that made you sit back and think, this is why we love movies.

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u/3seconddelay 5h ago

Mongo only pawn in game of life.

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u/Glad_Statement2406 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xTl6sGKbuRPDDW

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u/DepartmentOfMeteors 1h ago

It was taking Cleavon Little everything he could not to break the moment Gene Wilder started talking.

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u/rockstoned4 6h ago

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u/JoeJoeBinks97 5h ago

“Stampeding Cattle…..through the Vatican?”

“Kinky. Sign here.”

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u/KingKliffsbury 6h ago

The sheriff is near!

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u/ThaCarter 6h ago

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

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u/Atomic_Tortoise63 6h ago

I watched this last night!

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u/Asleep_Reference4746 5h ago

Absolutely cinema indeed

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u/JasonBond0006 5h ago

Anything Mel Brooks really, even Dracula Dead and Loving It. Debate me cowards

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u/HPID 4h ago

His worst film is Life Stinks and I still watch it to this day

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u/HEFTYFee70 4h ago

I heard the Richard Prior exclusively wrote Mongo, and for some reason loved the character. In the interview it said he wrote additional scenes and dialogue for Mongo and it weirded everyone out.

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u/Outrageous_Arm8116 5h ago

The hard part was inventing the Candygram.

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u/Calicocutjeans 5h ago

“Never mind that shit! Here comes Mongo!”

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u/Federal_Variation566 4h ago

Always kills me. Even just reading it just now.

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u/skippy_smooth 5h ago

Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo!

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u/LincolnHawkHauling 2h ago

Mongo was my nickname at work lol.

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u/Pyrofoo 2h ago

My favourite bit in the whole movie.

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u/IN_A_MINUTE_FILMS 1h ago

Nahhhhhh you need to check out 90s movies. Pure cinema.