When I was younger I might have had the patience for this dumb thing. I used to watch every 1940s movie I could find and enjoyed most of them. I rarely gave up on a movie unless it was wretched, but now I'm older, more impatient and have more stuff to do so if I'm not feeling it I usually bail pretty quickly.
This is why I only watched perhaps 20-25 minutes of this movie, which struck me as very dumb Hollywood hokum. The movie seems to start in the middle, with a text intro that describes what has lead up to the present circumstances. Perhaps there's a good reason for this, but it gives the film an odd start. There were a couple of songs in the movie that were utterly tedious, one of them sung by Marlene, who seemed like an odd choice for this film (Marlene should be in a smoky bar or a brothel, not a palace). Everything about this movie just seemed dumb and false.
Still, I won't rate it because I haven't seen it all and don't want to unfairly lower its average rating. But I certainly wouldn't give it more than a 5 based on what I saw.
This is why I only watched perhaps 20-25 minutes of this movie, which struck me as very dumb Hollywood hokum. The movie seems to start in the middle, with a text intro that describes what has lead up to the present circumstances. Perhaps there's a good reason for this, but it gives the film an odd start. There were a couple of songs in the movie that were utterly tedious, one of them sung by Marlene, who seemed like an odd choice for this film (Marlene should be in a smoky bar or a brothel, not a palace). Everything about this movie just seemed dumb and false.
Still, I won't rate it because I haven't seen it all and don't want to unfairly lower its average rating. But I certainly wouldn't give it more than a 5 based on what I saw.