I will never have the sun in the morning and the moon at night.ando wrote:Can't remember if Merman sings.. be a casting waste otherwise!
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I will never have the sun in the morning and the moon at night.ando wrote:Can't remember if Merman sings.. be a casting waste otherwise!
Fact Check: Why, yes it is.cdnchris wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:35 pmAlmost 5 years since the last post, I just wanted to share Mickey Rooney's opinion on the film: I was listening to Rooney on the Indicator disc for Drive a Crooked Road and he had this to say about It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: he considers it one of the worst comedies ever made.
I must admit that upon rewatching this film it hasn’t held up to what my childhood remembers. But saying it is the worst in the main line when we have films like Border Radio is a bit of a stretch. There are scenes that drag on endlessly, especially the elongated sequence of Sid Caesar and Edie Adams locked in the basement, and Milton Berle/Terry-Thomas mishaps. I can see what Kramer was trying to achieve, which is both an epic comedy film and a celebration of the history of comedy from the silent era to today. But moments of that film feel painfully unfunny, such as the whole bit of Spencer Tracy’s dysfunctional family.RitrovataBlue wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:02 pmThis is to me, uncontestably the worst film Criterion has ever released in the main line.
Whereas I saw the film in elementary school and have traumatic memories from the experience of being forced to sit through the entire thing on a Saturday morning by my friend's dad, for what seemed like a lifetime. It's very possible that it's better than my childhood memory, but this thread gives a nice thumbs up to my cinematic impressions at age eight, and I have no reason to mess with that.
I think that, in that particular case, that problem is made significantly worse by the way most people watch on video at home - as opposed to in its theatrical release. The intermission happens while they're in that basement. If you do the equivalent of house lights coming up, going out to the bathroom or back to the concession stand, chatting with your companion(s), and having the lights go back down and the movie start back up ........ the time that they spend in the basement gets split into two separate episodes and doesn't feel as long.
I think the film would definitely be improved by taking a break in the middle - and never going back to it.PillowRock wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:42 amTo a lesser extent, that may apply to the movie as a whole. It may benefit from taking a break in the middle - as it originally was intended to be seen.