Shockingly bad movie

"I know, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but yours suck!"


LOL!!!!!!!!! This is too hilarious. :-)



btw..Postman is sheer brilliance. Period.

Well I didn't like it. She's not a good actress, and the story and script don't in the least stand up to the best film noir.

The scenes after the death are incredible bad.

1. A district attorney is the first one on the scene? A district attorney following people?

2. Having a man who just survived a near death accident with a head injury sign anything.

3. The Hume Cronyn character, stupid.

4. Why was the lawyer Hume Cronyn handing out a life insurance check? It is none of his business.

5. Double Jeopardy, an attempt to extort $15,000 for a confession that is worthless. She was already charged with manslaughter for the crime.



And then all the things before that. A business that is never open. That type of business would be open 12 hours a day 7 days a week but they never work.

A husband who can't tell the obvious that his wife has feelings for this man. 50 year old men are retarded invalids? If anything he would be hyper jealous of his wife.


There are many good and tense things about the film but these things ruin it.

@Iceman
Obviously you sat through the DVD commentary. You repeated it almost word for word.
This is an extremely famous B&W movie, right up there with the Third Man and a few other noirs. I watched dozens and dozens of crime noirs before finally catching up with this one. I was sorely disappointed. I thought it was terribly contrived the way the DA conned him into signing the complaint against Cora. From that point on the plot just seemed forced. That plus the film ran long two hours is too long for these kind of films.

I've seen much better movies that most people never heard of. Some of the cheapest poverty row crime noirs are the best.

Whoops! I just realized I responded to an 11 year old post. Still with us Iceman?

Sorry buddy, but you're wrong. The Third Man, Sunset Blvd., 'M' and The Maltese Falcon are film-noirs to remember. This is not.

Disagree with the whole Femme Fatales = Beautiful. I can list a couple examples proving the best Femmes weren't the most conventional beauties:

-Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon)
-Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity)
-Mary Windsor (The Killing)

I'd *beep* 'em. And I'm female (and straight)

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Lana Turner made a lot of lousy movies. She was a competent actress
most of the time, a horrible one when unmotivated, but when given
a great script, role and director (and Garnett was wonderful), she
was extremely effective. I think her PERFORMANCE (not just Garfield's)
is terrific. If you watch Turner, she LISTENS - to each word - of
the other actor's line and subtley reacts. She's shaded, coy,
frustrated, overwhelmed with guilt, and underplays wonderfully.

It's one of the best examples of the glories of black-and-white film.

The only thing wrong with this film is the colorized version.

Gee whiz folks, if this was a bad movie... why was it remade ? Good movies and great movies get remade. Bad movies don't even get message boards. I just watched another Nicholson flick, Five Easy Pieces. I think it deserves to be remade/ updated.
By the way, is 'Five Easy Pieces' a post-noir film ? Does that term exist ? And if so, what are some other post-noir classics ?

this is like the hottest movie i've ever seen! both lana turner and john garfield are hot, and this is a perfect example of film noir and this movie got me to watch all the other noir films...

I am new to the 'boards' but I do like reading them. On this topic I have to agree. This movie is so totally improbable, as it was made, as to be ridiculous. First; Who believes that a Cecil Kellyway type could ever wind up with a Lana Turner? And then pay no attention to her! Then second; Picture Lana frying a few burgers in that get up she is wearing in the first scene where she appears. And third; This is the first time Lana really gets into the whole Ice Queen persona she displays throughout the rest of her career. Beautiful, yes. Approachable, not to this little black duck! Belief is just totally suspened here. We are supposed to believe that this gorgeous woman is going to kill her not handsome, not wealthy, not generous, not interested, husband for a good looking but broke, unemployed, uneducated, drifter who is so uninspired that he doesn't even think to just get rid of the old guy himslef and then follow through with a workable plan. And then, having done the old guy in, why would either of them hang around? In this movie, Garfield does the only really good job. And Cecil Kellyway is good. But Lana Turner is just too cold.
I am always so surprised when anyone talks about what a great movie this is. They all talk the talk but none of them walk the walk.

These comment forums on imdb are intended for us to comment on the films, so it's a misuse of this valuable and entertaining Website to start commenting about those who post things here. It is an absolute fact that not everyone likes any given motion picture. As is the case in most aspects of life, one man's art is another man's garbage. Understand that and leave the personal comments about anonymous people who post things here alone--no one really cares.

As for "Postman", I had never seen it before watching it on DVD last night. I've come to appreciate John Garfield much more after seeing a couple of his films recently, so I picked this one up because of Garfield and Lana and because I'd heard so much about it for so long.

That early scene with the rolling lipstick and Cora's first appearance was simply wonderful. The contrast between the initial setting at the somewhat run-down gas station/restaurant and Cora's sizzling blonde and white presence in the doorway was stunning. And Frank's priceless reaction--the guy practically had apoplexy, which was what was intended for every guy in the audience to feel. Holy smokes! "Man Wanted". Yes, MA'AM! This scene was a close match to that equally wonderful, astonishing, surreal scene in "Vertigo" when Judy (Kim Novak) emerges as Madeleine in the hotel room after Ferguson (Jimmy Stewart) convinces her to dress and put up her hair like Madeleine. Talk about a man transfixed! Different tone, different story, but a great singular scene in the film with the camera and non-verbal acting providing the emotional impact.

This film was nothing more or less than a simple & direct depiction of a man spiraling into a type of depravity as the result of pure sexual desire and lust.

I would agree with some of the negative comments about the direction, but the story and performances keep it afloat for me, and it was quite enjoyable.