I went into this knowing I wouldn’t enjoy it on a personal level. I watched it for educational purposes; I just had to know, first, what cinematic accomplishments it had, and second, how they portrayed Arabs (which, of course, would obviously be a horrible portrayal, but I had to see the different levels of ignorance for myself).
It is one of the most influential movies, and even though there was little chance I could be entertained by an offensive and…
not only is this movie impressive for its time, but it beats a lot of modern films when it comes to large-scale action choreography, lighting (💔), and having likable enough characters carrying the plot despite them being basic/stereotypical.
it had good writing, there were a lot of one liners that stand out. there were also a lot of callbacks to previous scenes without it having to be painfully spelled out again. the four virtues were only ever said once in…
total nothing burger. so empty it’s not even at least shallow.
you don’t expect it to be horrible like the acting is good and it looks good, but it just severely lacks any substance that you feel like you’re wasting your time.
who are these people, why should i care, does the movie even know that it should have themes ? does it realize it failed its main protagonist so horribly by giving her zero character zero depth? does it…
Fucking shit horrible movie. I am not sorry for saying this, you are delusional if you enjoy this movie.
It’s not good in any regard, I’m not even trying to write it off for being problematic (because it is just fucking nasty romanticized violence against women), it’s just literally dogshit. Terrible script, mediocre acting, terrible directing. atmosphere my fucking ass.
