zooeyglass70
Joined Jan 2013
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A classroom of kids missing save one, all running off in the night. And where this story ends is so far from where it starts in the viewer's perspective.
The storytelling is broken up by several different perspectives of overlapping time frames -- the pieces of the puzzle fall into place as you advance through the characters. This is one of the more innovative films in the mystery/horror (I guess, thriller too?) genre and definitely worth a watch.
There were some distractions -- the movie was a little too slow of a start (and I love slow burns) and odd jolts of graphic violence that could've been just as startling with a little less gore.
I'm also not sure how I feel about the strength of the ending, I understand the reviews saying folks were disappointed. But it made sense and totally worked on one level, what else could the ending be?
The storytelling is broken up by several different perspectives of overlapping time frames -- the pieces of the puzzle fall into place as you advance through the characters. This is one of the more innovative films in the mystery/horror (I guess, thriller too?) genre and definitely worth a watch.
There were some distractions -- the movie was a little too slow of a start (and I love slow burns) and odd jolts of graphic violence that could've been just as startling with a little less gore.
I'm also not sure how I feel about the strength of the ending, I understand the reviews saying folks were disappointed. But it made sense and totally worked on one level, what else could the ending be?
One of the best if not THE best of the 1930s/1940s screwball comedies. There are so many funny lines through content or delivery it's hard to pick a favorite.
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and the stellar supporting cast (oh, for the day when character actors were truly characters!) are perfect in their delivery of the fast-paced but sharp dialogue and action.
All you need to do is pay attention and laugh!
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and the stellar supporting cast (oh, for the day when character actors were truly characters!) are perfect in their delivery of the fast-paced but sharp dialogue and action.
All you need to do is pay attention and laugh!
I ADORE Rod Serling's work so I was primed to love The Loner -- and rather disappointed to find it an average western on par with others of its kind but really nothing special.
That's not to say it's bad, it's interesting enough and not as preachy as some seem to find it. In fact, it's no more moralistic than the superior Have Gun Will Travel. Each has the same premise of a man dropped into someone else's circumstances that they will attend to according to their own moral code -- but, as much as I like Lloyd Bridges, he's nowhere as compelling as Richard Boone as Palidan.
Bridges's Colton is never fleshed out enough as a character, that's a big downside making it hard to feel invested in what happens or why.
Worth a one-time watch for Serling fansbut I can't see watching it again once you have.
That's not to say it's bad, it's interesting enough and not as preachy as some seem to find it. In fact, it's no more moralistic than the superior Have Gun Will Travel. Each has the same premise of a man dropped into someone else's circumstances that they will attend to according to their own moral code -- but, as much as I like Lloyd Bridges, he's nowhere as compelling as Richard Boone as Palidan.
Bridges's Colton is never fleshed out enough as a character, that's a big downside making it hard to feel invested in what happens or why.
Worth a one-time watch for Serling fansbut I can't see watching it again once you have.