Starring: Paul Newman
A pool room con man comes to grief when he falls in love.
A classic movie, although to my mind, a little disappointing. Newman is excellent and utterly believable and the pool scenes are brilliantly done. This gives the movie a strong beginning and end. All the love affair stuff in the middle is single paced, too wordy and basically, a little boring. Has memorable scenes, but all in all, a little disappointing. 4/10
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Kind hearts and coronets 1949
Starring: Dennis Price
An impecunious heir eliminates eight D'Ascoynes who stand between him and the family fortune.
This movie is famous for Alec Guinness playing eight different roles. I expected to be sick of the sight of him, but in actual fact, he's not on screen for all that amount of time. Three of his characters, Lady Agatha, Admiral & General are glossed over and hardly seen at all. Dennis Price is the lead and true star and is not given enough credit for a good performance. I'm not a huge fan of black comedy, but this is a well penned script with a most satisfactory conclusion. A classic British film, well worth a look. 7/10
An impecunious heir eliminates eight D'Ascoynes who stand between him and the family fortune.
This movie is famous for Alec Guinness playing eight different roles. I expected to be sick of the sight of him, but in actual fact, he's not on screen for all that amount of time. Three of his characters, Lady Agatha, Admiral & General are glossed over and hardly seen at all. Dennis Price is the lead and true star and is not given enough credit for a good performance. I'm not a huge fan of black comedy, but this is a well penned script with a most satisfactory conclusion. A classic British film, well worth a look. 7/10
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The Agony and the ecstasy 1965
Starring: Charlton Heston
Pope Julius 11 persuades Michelangelo to leave his sculptures and paint the ceiling of the Sistine chapel.
Charlton Heston's quest to play all the World's most famous people continues with this movie. The film captured well the huge personal sacrifices made by Michelangelo and the drama and longevity of his work was well portrayed. I thought Heston put in a good performance, but I never really bought Rex Harrison as the pope, his voice just seemed all wrong. Intersting subject though. 6/10
Pope Julius 11 persuades Michelangelo to leave his sculptures and paint the ceiling of the Sistine chapel.
Charlton Heston's quest to play all the World's most famous people continues with this movie. The film captured well the huge personal sacrifices made by Michelangelo and the drama and longevity of his work was well portrayed. I thought Heston put in a good performance, but I never really bought Rex Harrison as the pope, his voice just seemed all wrong. Intersting subject though. 6/10
Sunday, June 04, 2006
The Long Riders 1980
Starring: David Carradine
The story of Western outlaw brothers named Younger, Miller and James.
I've seen what seems like dozens of different movies about the James brothers, all with different interpretations and I still don't have a clue what they were really like. Walter Hill directed this version, so I expected graphic violence in slow motion which was effective if somewhat predictable. The film was beautifully shot with extremely authentic locations. This was a watchable movie, but I felt like I was visiting well-troden ground. 6/10
The story of Western outlaw brothers named Younger, Miller and James.
I've seen what seems like dozens of different movies about the James brothers, all with different interpretations and I still don't have a clue what they were really like. Walter Hill directed this version, so I expected graphic violence in slow motion which was effective if somewhat predictable. The film was beautifully shot with extremely authentic locations. This was a watchable movie, but I felt like I was visiting well-troden ground. 6/10
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