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| I watched the original last night (1951) by pinback 10/22/2024, 11:37am PDT | ||||
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| It's very highly regarded, so I came in with an open mind, even understanding that it was just gonna be a guy in a suit.
It had one effective 5-second scary moment with the door. I found the rest of it ponderous, with a bunch of wise-cracking jerks cracking wise and being jerks the rest of the time, plus the horny babe which had nothing to do with anything (though, I'd do 'er.) Everyone just yap-yap-yap-yaps the whole time. Nothing ever happens until the last half hour, and then only barely does anything happen. I struggled to find any redeeming qualities. Perhaps it was "good for its time", but that was a pretty lame time, if so. Caltrops, what did I miss? I'm throwing a fit over here!! |
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I watched the original last night (1951) by 10/22/2024, 11:37am PDT  I liked the Hawksian dialogue and the Hawksian woman. by 10/22/2024, 11:48am PDT I should clarify my terms. by 10/22/2024, 12:13pm PDT Thank you. I didn't know anything about "Hawksian" anything. by 10/22/2024, 12:18pm PDT The Thing isn't the greatest example. by 10/22/2024, 12:41pm PDT Thank you for this. I had no idea this was a thing. NT by 10/22/2024, 1:18pm PDT I sensed a definitely rhythm to the dialogue, the overlapping, ratatat style. by 10/22/2024, 3:45pm PDT |
