whidbeydanielg
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We RARELY disagree with the high ratings given to the classics, but this is dreadful movie is an exception.
It not funny. In fact, my wife fell asleep watching it because it's just talk talk talk talk.
There is that old saying that in movies you can believe the impossible, but not the improbable.
Why any of the three men would want to marry Hepburn is beyond me. She's flighty and shallow. Within the space of 5 minutes she talks about marrying three different men.
And Cary Grant's character? A physically abusive (for real, he punches Hepburn in the face) alcoholic who shows up the day before Hepburn's wedding just to try to win her back by messing up her wedding? And does? He's blackmailing her to get to stay (and she remarries him.....huh?).
Thank goodness there are a few scenes with Jimmy Stewart, who is the only likeable person in the whole cast.
It not funny. In fact, my wife fell asleep watching it because it's just talk talk talk talk.
There is that old saying that in movies you can believe the impossible, but not the improbable.
Why any of the three men would want to marry Hepburn is beyond me. She's flighty and shallow. Within the space of 5 minutes she talks about marrying three different men.
And Cary Grant's character? A physically abusive (for real, he punches Hepburn in the face) alcoholic who shows up the day before Hepburn's wedding just to try to win her back by messing up her wedding? And does? He's blackmailing her to get to stay (and she remarries him.....huh?).
Thank goodness there are a few scenes with Jimmy Stewart, who is the only likeable person in the whole cast.
He was the radio operator, and had no problems getting a signal. He doesn't understand, to this day, why they couldn't.
Soldiers on his chopper were so frightened that they get out of the chopper faster than usual. One soldier fell on our son's arm, breaking it. He said nothing until an officer noticed it and ordered him out.
He also said that none of this would have happened in his Army Ranger unit. When they ran into the civilian, they would have taken him with them, and then released him when they were loading up to leave.
The Seals were incompetent. And people died because of that. It could have been our son.
Soldiers on his chopper were so frightened that they get out of the chopper faster than usual. One soldier fell on our son's arm, breaking it. He said nothing until an officer noticed it and ordered him out.
He also said that none of this would have happened in his Army Ranger unit. When they ran into the civilian, they would have taken him with them, and then released him when they were loading up to leave.
The Seals were incompetent. And people died because of that. It could have been our son.
A very good film. Good story and good acting and directing.
But it's not the best Gangster film ever made.
That award goes to the Director's cut of Once Upon a Time in America. It's a film that has much more depth to it than does The Godfather.
The Godfather is an entertaining evening, but it doesn't move you. You don't really care about any of the characters---they are all just psychopaths with no depth to them. We hardly even known Vito Corleone's wife, for example.
Terrific story, but nothing with much depth. They are gangsters and nothing more. It's a move about 'business" but not about what life would have really been like for them. People die, ho hum. Do we really miss any of them as people? For your sake, I hope not.
But it's not the best Gangster film ever made.
That award goes to the Director's cut of Once Upon a Time in America. It's a film that has much more depth to it than does The Godfather.
The Godfather is an entertaining evening, but it doesn't move you. You don't really care about any of the characters---they are all just psychopaths with no depth to them. We hardly even known Vito Corleone's wife, for example.
Terrific story, but nothing with much depth. They are gangsters and nothing more. It's a move about 'business" but not about what life would have really been like for them. People die, ho hum. Do we really miss any of them as people? For your sake, I hope not.
