films seen
3
average score
1.50*
nationality
status
Alive and kicking

Movies


The Guns of Navarone

1961 / 158m - UK
Action, Adventure
2.0*/5.0*
The Guns of Navarone poster

A war film that plays like an adventure, albeit a very talkative one. I expected it to be worse, I'm not big on classic war cinema after all, but the film certainly has its moments. It's a shame they dragged it out to stretch beyond the 150-minute mark, that really brought down the overall quality.

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There are some great set pieces and the action scenes do get pretty tense. The characters are pretty drab though and there is way too much dialogue. The moral dilemmas aren't that interesting either, they just drag out the film even further. A slimmed down version would've been preferable, as it is now there were too many dead moments.


What a Way to Go!

1964 / 111m - USA
Comedy, Romance
1.5*/5.0*
What a Way to Go! poster

Cape Fear

1962 / 106m - USA
Crime, Thriller
1.0*/5.0*
Cape Fear poster

The problem with seeing more and more noirs, especially with most of them failing to make any kind of impression, is that they start to feel like parodies of what they are supposed to be. Cape Fear is a good example. What should be a tense and dark crime/thriller, is really just a tepid and spun-out revenge plot.

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It's a pretty simple setup, followed by a lot of dialogue and postponing the inevitable finale. I was a bit surprised to see the big finale on the boat wasn't even present in the original (the most iconic scene from Scorsese's remake), but truth be told, it wouldn't have made much of a difference. Pretty dull.