PLEASE NOTE: there is a major difference between the scale with which modern movies are being judged and the "classics scale" with which the...well...good ones are being judged.

*******SPOILERS BELOW*******

the sting (hill, 1973)

this is why i love the movies. there's something magic about a good film--something that sucks you in and convinces you that the world you're seeing around you is real, and somehow you're a part of it. it's the same pleasure i got from magic as a little kid. as an adult, nothing comes closer to twistedly emulating that pleasure than con artistry, and nothing is more perfect at combining all those than a well woven con movie. and that brings us back to the sting. incredible; just...incredible.

stark list scale: 8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735/

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