"When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it."

It has been awhile since I've last watched the Maltese Falcon so when I started a fresh Letterboxd account I thought it would be great to rewatch this classic and to my surprise I love it even more!

The Maltese Falcon is just so damn good for so many reasons. For one, all the dialogue is great. They didn't need any visuals to tell this brilliant story. Secondly, I love that we only see stuff happening through Sam Spade's (Humphrey Bogart) eyes. So many things happening off screen, love it in this film. Thirdly, the acting is superb. The cast does an amazing job. Bogart embraces the anti-hero, Peter Lorre is always fun to watch and he brings such a nervousness to his character, Mary Astor is great at playing the "innocent lady" and how can we forgot about Sydney Greenstreet? What a way to make your on-screen debut!

And lets be honest, what a debut for John Huston right? Such a classic straight off the bat! And damn I'm happy Bogart and Huston found each other right off the bat, so many great films these two made together.

Anyway if you haven't seen the Maltese Falcon yet, what are you waiting for? You could even listen to it in the car while driving to work but you'll miss out on so many brilliant slaps.