The Great Lie (1941; Edmund Goulding) 7/10
Florid melodrama with rivals Bette Davis and Mary Astor competing for the same man, and how a tragedy and a baby bring them together. Best sparks occur whenever Davis and Astor (in an Oscar-winning performance) are at each others' throats.
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A Little Night Music (the film version) is crap. Holy shit. I didn't think it could be that bad, but it was. How can they raise the key on EVERYONE and cut some wonderful songs (Liaisons, The Woman Is Mine and The Miller's Son) and then give parts of songs to people that shouldn't have had them (no chorus?) and changed lines around that didn't sound right.
I mean, it says something about your film when you hear the line "If she'd only been fat..." and all you can think is "but she is..."
Diana Rigg was the only thing about the film I even liked and she seemed a poor fit for her part.
Gah. That's 2 of 3 Sondheim films I've seen and 2 of 3 that have been absolute trash.
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I mean, it says something about your film when you hear the line "If she'd only been fat..." and all you can think is "but she is..."
Diana Rigg was the only thing about the film I even liked and she seemed a poor fit for her part.
Gah. That's 2 of 3 Sondheim films I've seen and 2 of 3 that have been absolute trash.
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Madame Butterfly (1932) Marion Gering 4/10
Tanks a Million (1941) Fred Guiol 4/10
The Last House on the Left (2009) Dennis Iliadis 3/10
Fireflies in the Garden (2008) Dennis Lee 2/10
Sing You Sinners (1938) Wesley Ruggles 4/10
Funny People (2009) Judd Apatow 2/10
Tanks a Million (1941) Fred Guiol 4/10
The Last House on the Left (2009) Dennis Iliadis 3/10
Fireflies in the Garden (2008) Dennis Lee 2/10
Sing You Sinners (1938) Wesley Ruggles 4/10
Funny People (2009) Judd Apatow 2/10
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
It is always very interesting to me when i see how differently people may react to something, or how a person, a film fan, can be totally delighted and amazed by seeing a movie and the other person, a film fan too, would say ''This is the worst thing i've ever seen in my life''.
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Edited By dreaMaker on 1253052583