- Casino Royale Review
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- Mirror, The (1974)
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- Report (1967)
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- Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943), Or 28 Angry Men
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Spring in a Small Town (1948)
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- Vinyl (1965)
- Seconds (1966)
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- A Hollywood Invasion of Casino Halls
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- In The Heat of the Night (1967)
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Sound Of Music, The (1965) * Favourite Review *
Maria's joy is like Holy Water poured upon the Anti-Christ
Genre: Musical
Starring: Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins • Torn Curtain), Christopher Plummer (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • Starcrash)
Directed By: Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still • West Side Story)
Overview: When a nun becomes governess to the seven children of an Austrian naval officer, rather than harsh discipline and strict order, she brings them childhood and song, much to their father's dismay.
Certainly NOT one of my favourite things
Holy flying Christ on a pickled stick do I ever hate Musicals.
The Sound of Music is not so bad. At least it's in line with the Geneva convention rules of torture.
Performance: 7 Cinematography: 9 Script: 5 Plot: 7 Mood: 9
Overall Rating: 74% (Please Just Do-Re-Mi To The Madhouse)
Aftertaste:
Let me honestly sum up what was wrong with The Sound Of Music for me, to quote that best-line-spouting mooch, Max Detweiler:
Yeah, Sound of Music is a really nice film, and that one is likely to remember for a long time - if not for anything else, at least for the memorable songs. Great review there!
Okay, this review was equally hilarious and baffling. I absolutely loved reading it, but I have to bring this up--you gave this film a 7 out of 10 but it sounds like you hated it. Can you elaborate on your scoring?
The cinematography was absolutely astounding. The mood was also perfect, perfectly a mood I hated, but completely one that put me there, in the genre, in the theme, in the moment. When scoring, I always try to be at least a LITTLE unbiased, and that was my admitting how perfect a film it was for most, though not myself.
I'm sad for you, Squish... well...for anyone who doesn't care for musicals. But it was still a fun review to read. TSOM hits me squarely on my nostalgia nerve - so I can't agree in the slightest - but I respect your opinion. :)
Haha! What a fun review! I like how you plainly demonstrate your loathing of the genre yet still conclude with a fair rating. Well done!
Of all genres, I think musicals could safely be at the top when it comes to love-em-or-hate-em. And I think I would also select TSOM for the cave dweller. It is the McDonald's of musicals.
hahaha "the McDonald's of musicals." - well done :D
This may have been the first movie I ever saw in a theatre. I cried when I found out that Lisle was at least 60 in real life and I couldn't marry her. To all you kids out there, that's why you should never watch movies that are more than 4 months old! Life is so cruel.
Despite the fact that this tips my hand of the review I'll likely be writing in a couple of days, The Sound of Music and Das Boot are the only two films I can think of that make me root for the Nazis.
Sorry, but kids traipsing around Nazi Austria singing about deer and sunshine just ain't right.