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Bad Movies / Re: 'Best Picture' Oscar... go...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:42:50 AMIf I love something, I don't want it to end - so I tend to prefer longer Great films than short ones. That said, my favorite film of all time is only 93 (dense) minutes.
However no one wants to have a bad time for a long time. I've endured a lot of long and critically acclaimed movies I disliked and maybe if they were (considerably) shorter I'd have thought a bit more highly of some of them. Even ANDREI RUBLEV (in my top 10) could easily be 75 minutes long instead of 3 hours.
I always skip the first 105 minutes!
As a now middle- or post-middle aged theatergoer, I'm happier when I find out a play is 90 minutes or less - even if I paid a lot for the ticket, I don't want to sit there for 3 hours unless it's really good. The same is starting to go for watching movies in theaters, too. OBSESSION had serious issues that couldn't have merely been solved if it were just shorter - however sitting there for 109 minutes exacerbated the anger and discomfort I felt. I'd probably be less p**sed off at it had it wasted 30 minutes less of my life.
However no one wants to have a bad time for a long time. I've endured a lot of long and critically acclaimed movies I disliked and maybe if they were (considerably) shorter I'd have thought a bit more highly of some of them. Even ANDREI RUBLEV (in my top 10) could easily be 75 minutes long instead of 3 hours.
I always skip the first 105 minutes! As a now middle- or post-middle aged theatergoer, I'm happier when I find out a play is 90 minutes or less - even if I paid a lot for the ticket, I don't want to sit there for 3 hours unless it's really good. The same is starting to go for watching movies in theaters, too. OBSESSION had serious issues that couldn't have merely been solved if it were just shorter - however sitting there for 109 minutes exacerbated the anger and discomfort I felt. I'd probably be less p**sed off at it had it wasted 30 minutes less of my life.
#12
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:17:35 AM39. Léolo (1992)
#13
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:13:33 AM
"GOTTA GET OUT" by the Linda Lindas
#14
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:08:13 AMI think it's easier to distinguish Art from Commerce than to argue that someone's paintings or sculptures aren't Art. This film, for instance, is Commerce:
BUCCANEER'S GIRL (1950):
I came for fourth-billed Elsa Lanchester but I wanted to stay for the Kitty Pryde-like plot about an ethical female pirate kicking arse and Robin Hooding about the high seas. Yvonne DeCarlo plays the titular Girl, who unfortunately is more dedicated to being a Pirate's love interest than in being a Pirate herself.
DeCarlo looks nice and gives a decent performance, but she didn't sufficiently set the big screen on fire to maintain a leading lady career and is best remembered today for playing Lily Munster in the 60s. Her character has more vocal solos than fight scenes, which seems counter-indicated... 
Elsa also looks great (obv!) and is onscreen a lot as the Prep School mistress (or Madam?) who tries to put DeCarlo over in New Orleans high society. There is some clever dialogue, the costumes look okay, and all of the acting from the supporting cast of nobodies is competent. It isn't much of an action-adventure so I guess it was intended as a romance, but I don't like the message it (implicitly though weakly) transmits to its presumed target audience of young women: look purdy, sing nice, and support your roguish boyfriend so maybe someday he'll dump his blonde fiancee and take up with you?
3/5 Only for Elsa, probably a 2 or 2.5 otherwise. Directed by Fred DeCordova, who also made BEDTIME FOR BONZO
and whose name was ubiquitous on late 20th century tv, particularly for his work on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show". That's about the level of "art" this flick is pitched at!
BUCCANEER'S GIRL (1950):
I came for fourth-billed Elsa Lanchester but I wanted to stay for the Kitty Pryde-like plot about an ethical female pirate kicking arse and Robin Hooding about the high seas. Yvonne DeCarlo plays the titular Girl, who unfortunately is more dedicated to being a Pirate's love interest than in being a Pirate herself.
DeCarlo looks nice and gives a decent performance, but she didn't sufficiently set the big screen on fire to maintain a leading lady career and is best remembered today for playing Lily Munster in the 60s. Her character has more vocal solos than fight scenes, which seems counter-indicated... Elsa also looks great (obv!) and is onscreen a lot as the Prep School mistress (or Madam?) who tries to put DeCarlo over in New Orleans high society. There is some clever dialogue, the costumes look okay, and all of the acting from the supporting cast of nobodies is competent. It isn't much of an action-adventure so I guess it was intended as a romance, but I don't like the message it (implicitly though weakly) transmits to its presumed target audience of young women: look purdy, sing nice, and support your roguish boyfriend so maybe someday he'll dump his blonde fiancee and take up with you?
3/5 Only for Elsa, probably a 2 or 2.5 otherwise. Directed by Fred DeCordova, who also made BEDTIME FOR BONZO
and whose name was ubiquitous on late 20th century tv, particularly for his work on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show". That's about the level of "art" this flick is pitched at! #15
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:03:27 AMWhen will I see you again?
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Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:00:29 AMI thought "Yukon" would be hard to match, but apparently there is a long-running series of Mountie movies from the 40s with "Yukon" in the title.
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Bad Movies / Re: 'Best Picture' Oscar... go...
Last post by Alex - Today at 07:56:37 AMI've found that with books people tend to praise longer ones just because of the effort it takes to get through them. Maybe you get the same thing with movies.
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 05:41:47 AM38. JACKIE BROWN (1997)
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by bob - Today at 05:07:30 AM37 Barbie
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Bad Movies / Re: 'Best Picture' Oscar... go...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 04:24:15 AMoops, shoulda posted this in 'good movies'... (debatable I know)