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I saw it today and it was so overheated campy. Hathaway and Chastain chewed the scenery, while the actors who played their husbands portrayed their roles with realism and restraint. Quite a contrast.
Yes, the script is terrible.
Oh, it was the revenge angle, for sure! I can't imagine Sheila being genuinely in love with ANYONE. If Samantha hadn't come along, she probably would've tired of Darrin and dumped HIM.
Think of the pilot. Sheila was was off gallivanting somewhere during the time Darrin met, romanced and married Sam.
It's the visiting couple I think are so funny ("she always gets this way when she's had a few too many").
Also some nice shots of the angel upstairs.
Overlong, overwrought, overblown and the acting is very uneven. All atmosphere and nothing more.
It's HORRIBLE! So incredibly shallow, so silly at times, it looks like something out of a bad TV show, like "Falcon Crest."
Thank GOD I washed the taste of this turkey out of my system by seeing "A Complete Unknown" the following day. Great film, with great performances.
No, I don't like the movie period. But yes, the diabetes-inducing songs don't help.
Look, isn't the first one bad enough???
"You can call me Nick if you're cool, okay?" How about Cousin It instead?
Astor went into rehab for alcohol several times in her life, including 1949, just after this film was released.
Incidentally, she HATED doing "Little Women" shortly after this, and made no attempts to hide her disdain of both her co-stars and the material.
Can't blame him. He was pretty macho and handsome. Had he been outed as "homosexual" back in the day, it would've destroyed his career.
When people 40 and over can't find an adult film because of constant Marvel franchises, I'd wager "dumbness" in public taste has plenty to do with it. Studio execs are making movies that bring in billions as a result. Pathetic.
Apparently, he was partnered with a man. I always heard he was gay, but didn't know he came out.
Such a fine actor. Great in TZ and "Police Woman", so many other projects.
RIP
Phrase it however you wish, but the fact remains that the dumbing down of American taste is in continual full swing.
No, no, not Dean Martin. The man simply couldn't act.
Loved it. Thought it was hilarious.
But we simply cannot rob gen Z of ANOTHER horror prequel. You see, "Juror #2", a well-reviewed, intelligent film, directed by a 93 year-old legend, featuring a solid cast is taking up theatrical space.
When said generation reaches THEIR 90s, I wonder how they'll look back on their "film" history.
This would be so funny if it weren't so sad.
It's the old adage, "what came first, the chicken or the egg?"
The fact remains that the dumbing down of American taste has been in full force for decades. Of COURSE, WB would've gone for a full release if they thought the film would rake in a huge profit. But due the continual marketing to the simple-minded, who will pay outrageous prices for tickets and snacks, as long as the material they're viewing pierces their ears and numbs the senses, any film appealing to anyone over 35, requiring the use of gray matter won't get proper marketing or publicity.
Older people (40???!) have stopped going to the movie theaters for the reasons mentioned. Who's at fault? I guess everyone.
As for "movie executives", they're investment bankers, not movie makers. Jack Warner would never stop throwing up if he were alive and saw what "movies" are today. So sad.
Oh, and "Cry Macho" is a hell of a lot finer (and more interesting) than "Smile 2."
It IS disgraceful, but Eastwood himself said just a few years ago that movies "are dead." He's right. Every single movie theater is littered with endless horror movies, prequels, sequels, anime junk and Marvel crud. Everything aimed at 14 year-old boys. What was hinted at in the 20-teens has gotten even worse post-pandemic. Embarrassing, frankly. The last movie I went to was last year's "The Holdovers", which, while overrated, was at least a film aimed at adults. I'm sure it hasn't helped matters that Eastwood is a major right-winger in his 90s. Yes, total disrespect for a great, legendary artist at the the helm and such a shame for a talented cast.
Maybe if Spiderman had been juror 2, the film would've gotten a wider release.
No, he did NOT "clearly" want Marty himself. Angie was just like Marty's mother - jealous that he would be that much more lonesome with his friend finding a girlfriend.