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The Ruling Class 1972
The humor struck me as silly but without much wit. The committed performances just barely hold it all together. And too long.
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Tom Jones 1963
Did all the people leaving one-star and half-star reviews watch a different film from what I just watched? I thought it was excellent and greatly appreciated the plucky, madcap spirit. Also the messy/impulsive filming style, which I expect is what turns off a lot of people. You get the sense they had fun making this, throwing caution to the wind, breaking lots of rules. Albert Finney has just the right kind of wild charisma to play Jones, making you feel…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
Spectacular but dour, stilted, overly orchestrated. Everything is vast and monumental, not so much of the human scale. Some great moments of awe like the worm-riding scene but the film is largely people having frigid conversations in giant temples and hallways while staring intensely at or away from each other. Some of the great actors in the cast, like Christopher Walken, have little to do but stand there sunken-faced in every scene. And how many times are you going to…
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