My New Years Resolution to watch more classic movies has been put on hold for a little while, for no better reason than the fact I forgot about it (oops). Then the other week at the library there was a horde, a horde! I tells ya. These are but some I got.
Thoughts:
12 Angry Men: I think I prefer the Jack Lemmon one, actually, that was made in the 1990s. Although Henry Fonda is terribly good I always find myself, when I watch him, thinking, “Goodness your daughter looks like you.” It’s distracting.
Confidential Report: On IMDB I saw a note about this movie where someone complained he felt this movie was arty for arts sake only and that it didn’t have much ‘depth’ (or words to that affect). I turned it off half way, so maybe that person was right. Or, I just wasn’t in the mood. But the screenplay was jerky and became tedious to bother following. A shame, as I adore Mr. Welles.
The Night of the Hunter: Goodness…how to describe? Hmm…At the halfway point it occurred to me that this movie could be seen in two ways; first as a ‘straight’ narrative and second as a allegory of the ‘good vs evil’ war. If one were to watch it as an allegory I feel perhaps it’s a more successful piece. Bob Mitchum is good – a tad corny, in bits, I would argue, but good.
I haven’t watched Captain Blood yet. I put in The Faerie Tale Theatre piece for my sister – look what our library’s suddenly got! I also borrowed The Princess and the Pea with Liza Minnelli! Oh, the memories!
