NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2000)

What superlatives can I hurl at this film that you haven't already heard? Okay. Let's try this one....The night before they strap me into the electric chair, I'm demanding TWO things...a big plate of cheesy homemade lasagna and one more screening of "G2" (which should bring my cumulative total up to about 53).
This is it. The filmmaker's bible. The ne plus ultra of American cinema. "TEN" ain't a high enough number for a vote on this one. This is in a category by itself and should be viewed as a one-piece unit with "G1" as THE reason that they invented film in the first place.
Not a word out of place. Not a shot that isn't perfection. Indelible. Wanna impress other life forms in the galaxy? Put "G2"and "G1" in the capsule and send it up. And besides, I understand they need a good recipe for meat sauce on Alpha Centauri.
When they look back at our civilization a thousand years from now...they'll recognize this film as our generation's contribution to the development of the culture of all mankind. And maybe they'll forgive us for "Titanic".