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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Just watch it and don't read the comments
Plod on into the film. The first bits are hard to watch. Then, IF you are an adult, the amazing range of emotions expands and you get to watch real life, ODD for many of us of course, but real life, enter your mind and the play becomes the movie and then, goes beyond the play. Now here is a problem with this sort of thing, comments by untrained authors as most of us are. We CAN be both accurate, on target, OF VALUE to viewers and banned by the silly rules. DO YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO YOU, for you?
For instance, no one IS you. Yet, Someone, or someones may be saying EXACTLY what you need to read in a comment AND, according to IMDb rules, be banned. One could completely ignore plot, review rules etc. yet say EXACTLY, what YOU need to read to enjoy or reject a film... Who KNOWS? Perhaps the rules are wrong...
Robin with no hints on the themes, plots, but with what you NEED to know to watch good flicks...
Into the West (2005)
Just a comment on the series, not about the story itself.
For me, this was one of the VERY finest limited run series in TV history. I first saw TV in 1953. That is a LOT of shows ago. Into the West likely had more accurate representations of life in that time, 1829 and forward, than any history book that was forced on me in school.
The writing, depictions of interactions among the various peoples etc. simply astounded and pleased me in the watching. There were horrible things too, likely accurate. Beauty, love, responsibility aplenty. Betrayal for some.
Forget about the atrocities, indigenous and Europeans both had their share. Just watch, learn, think and do your own reading, your own research, then watch the series again.
And enjoy it.
robin
The Killing (1956)
never a spoiler line and the policy of no caps is inane
For some reason this barely adequate and seriously overblown film has reached way beyond cult status. Kubricks name has to be the reason.
Folks, think for yourself when you watch movies. IS it really good, FOR YOU? If so, and you wish to learn more, check professional and amateur ratings, stars, writers etc. BUT think for yourself first. Otherwise spoiler's, other's views etc. WILL ruin even the best of flicks, and this was, for me, NOT one of my favorites.
Ocean's Eleven was MUCH better for instance if that will make what I wrote more useful.
Robin, movie watcher for 58 years.
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Watch first, read comments next is a good policy.
"An unfortunate lousy attempt at portraying Geronimo" was the featured review. YET, the reviewer, admittedly was NOT Apache, NOT Cheracowa, NOT even an American and obviously was NOT there in person and has NO MORE STANDING to make this sort of comment AND be believed than, say, a Sudanese dentist in Des Moines would, per se.
Folks, history is tricky. We weren't there. We CAN study REAL accounts, judge etc. BUT simply stating a movie is an unfortunate lousy attempt, etc. seems silly to me.
Yes, the subject matter still hurts many Americans. Yes, some American indigenous OF the the Cheracowa group, should any direct descendants be alive, might know things no one else KNOWS, but who else actually does? Entertainment's first duty IS to entertain. IF this can be done accurately, do any of you think the studios don't have the resources to do a LOT more research than most of us? Even the actors often do their homework.
Anyway, I liked the film, photography, star's, viewpoints etc. I never comment on spoilers or even the point of a film since this itself is pointless and potentially spoiling. IT was a grand scale Western, updated, likely researched well and well worth watching.
My personal preference IN watching a film is to follow actors. My joy in watching them is finding new actors OR new depths in one's I have seen before. Wes Studi, Geronimo, was one of the latter.
Robin,