...it was just too damn boring. This is suppose to be one of the greats? Sorry, it left me bored to tears. The only thing I could appreciate was the superficial: Lana's beauty (I wish I could get my hair to look like that!) and John Garfield was kind of cute back then, but that's about as deep as it got for me.
"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
Funky12345; only boring people get bored.
shareI had quite the opposite reaction: I put it on thinking, "I've got other things I should be doing; maybe I'll watch the first half..."
Two hours later I hadn't moved. Couldn't help scratching my head and muttering, "Why haven't I seen this before?"
Riveting entertainment.
Same for me. I love Turner and Garfield, but the story was nothing special.
I didn't see the remake and I tried watching the original in the past but always got sidetracked. Today I watched it from start to finish and was disappointed. I got the feeling the script had too many things going on and they tried to cram it into, what was it, 2 hours(?). They needed Daryl Zanuck to edit it--he was notorious for having more film on the cutting room floor than on the reels.
Anybody on this board see this movie when it was originally shown? Um, don't think so but I am curious what the audiences of 1946 thought when they saw this movie in the theaters. I doubt they hashed it over as much as we are on this board.
"You may as well go to perdition in ermine; you're sure to come back in rags." Katharine Hepburn
Sorry no car explosions or chase scenes except that suspenseful bit with the D.A. following them on Malibu Canyon Road in his 1941 Desoto. Movies didn't move very quickly in the 1940's, especially those with dark plots like this one....the audience was induced to think/worry about where the love affair was going, or what pitfalls were on the road to & from murder, or perhaps who was watching Cora & Frank when they didn't realize it, etc.
shareI completely disagree! I thought the suspense just kept building throughout the movie. Movies used to focus more on character development and plot than action. I prefer it this way, it's intriguing.
shareThis site is becoming almost worthless with complete, know-nothing, would be film critics unable to resist posting nonsense. "TPART" is a classic film noir released during the classic cycle of film noir. The 7.6 rating is absurd! John Garfield and the incredibly gorgeous femme fatale Lana Turner turn in blistering performances which obviate the need for the fireplace on a cold winter's night.
Free advice to the OP, DO NOT watch film noirs in the future. You obviously have no clue what the movie is all about and the story it is conveying to you in classic film noir fashion is way over your head. It is so sad when this aficionado of noir, which conveys to the viewer the world as it really is much better than other "genres", feel the need to put their ignorance on display for all to see.
Stick to CGI flicks man!
The movie went on and on. Every time you thought it was ending, they came up with another plot twist. ๐