Oh, Birth of a Nation is amazing--terrible, unconscionable, but it's a real movie and surprisingly exciting.
I'm doing both lists as well. I haven't managed to watch Dances with Wolves either. It doesn't help that a few years ago for Christmas I got the "extended edition" on DVD, where Costner has added an extra 1.5 hours onto the movie. I...don't really want to watch that, but I don't really want to rent a movie I own, either. (What a problem, I know.)
Worst labour on either list: The Jazz Singer. It took a lot of breaks to get through it and it's about 80 minutes. If it had some kind of cinematic merit (that I could see) besides proving to Hollywood etc. that sound films are possible/profitable it might have been easier to manage.
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I'm doing both lists as well. I haven't managed to watch Dances with Wolves either. It doesn't help that a few years ago for Christmas I got the "extended edition" on DVD, where Costner has added an extra 1.5 hours onto the movie. I...don't really want to watch that, but I don't really want to rent a movie I own, either. (What a problem, I know.)
Worst labour on either list: The Jazz Singer. It took a lot of breaks to get through it and it's about 80 minutes. If it had some kind of cinematic merit (that I could see) besides proving to Hollywood etc. that sound films are possible/profitable it might have been easier to manage.