Quote from: M.10rda on Today at 01:41:04 PMCase in point:
I really like SCROOGED... maybe I love SCROOGED... however all of ZNO's criticisms resonate for me. SCROOGED was directed by Richard Donner, who I think was a largely mediocre, sometimes utterly inept, and certainly often strident director who would aggressively direct scenes at maximum speeds and volumes down the throats of his viewers over and over again, usually with no appreciation for nuance whatsover! I find all the LETHAL WEAPON sequels to be borderline nonsensical - all of the actors might as well be shouting Cantonese at each other incoherently, with Mandarin subtitles superimposed along the bottom of the screen.
Yet I like the original OMEN, somehow, and I like SCROOGED a lot, even though those two films still very much bear the Donner touch. Bill Murray is a masterful screen personality and performer, and he puts SCROOGED over for me....... quite persuasively. ZNO, it's too bad you didn't make it to the closing song/credits, which (on its strength) makes me willing to forgive SCROOGED any other Donnerian excess.
Quote from: Alex on November 13, 2025, 10:17:59 AMLovely Bones. One of my bosses at work tried to force me to read the novel despite me telling him I would not be able to read the subject matter.

