Shockingly bad movie

I disagree. I say it's a good film noir. =o)

Don't everyone freak out (OK, most of you already have), but Buff is right; The Postman Always Rings Twice is an overrated film. The cinematography / lighting / camerwork are notably bland by noir standards (see The Killers for a comparison from the same year). The acting isn't all that great, and face it, by noir standards the story and it's execution just aren't very interesting. Doesn't hold a candle to Double Indemnity, The Killers, Out of the Past, and The Big Sleep, to name a few (and two from the same year). All of these "for it's time" excuses are pretty weak when you start comparing the film to its own contemporaries. The dialogue between Bogie and Bacall in The Big Sleep is far racier and "steamier" than anything in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and it was made, as I've already noted, in the same year. Double Indemnity squeezes a lot more juice out of the noir "kill my husband" theme and is a lot more unflinching in its subversion of the production code, and it was made two years earlier. Yeah, Lana Turner was a big star, but so was Jane Greer (Out of the Past), and Jane Greer could act.

The Postman Always Rings Twice is not an outright bad film. It just doesn't do anything particularly well - plot, style, characters - and certainly doesn't hold up the way quite a few noirs do.

Whoever said that the OP has a right to their opinion and then goes on to say that it sucks, sorry but you're incredibly ignorant. Opinions are neither right nor wrong and everyone is entitled to their own, some people need to understand that, unfortunately they don't.

As for mine; I give this film a 2/5, I thought I was going to be intrigued but it turns out I wasn't. It just went nowhere for me and I like a movie to keep me intrigued and fascinated throughout and this one didn't. Starting to get into film noirs and this one won't be a favorite.

"I promise you, before I die I'll surely come to your doorstep"

I saw this last night and must admit I was disappointed. I agree with some other poster who said the story and script doesn't hold up to the best film noir. The plot simply lacked any direction. The plot twists were endless. At first, it looks like the movie will only be about the murder, like Double Indemnity. Then after the accident, it looks like the D.A., Sackett, will be the one to bring Cora and Frank down (sort of like Keyes in Double Indemnity). But THEN we're introduced to the lawyer, Keats who gets them off free. Then there's that burly guy who typed the confession who wanted to blackmail Cora and Frank. Then there's that woman Frank went to Mexico with and is never heard from again. And then, at the end, it turns into a tragic love story sort of making Cora a sympathetic character. What?! It's a very messy and unfocused script.

Let's see if you bastards can do 90.

This is a good movie. Your entitled to your dumbass opinion.

Earlier today, I posted my review of this movie on the Internet Movie Database.

Then, I read other people’s reviews. I couldn’t believe it as I read one positive review after another. I thought to myself ‘am I insane or is everyone else insane?’

Then, I clicked onto Postman’s message boards, and I was cheered that there is a section titled ‘shockingly bad movie.’ My faith in civilization revived as I noticed that there are other people who saw what I saw. This movie is indeed shockingly bad.

It seems trite to say that Postman has innumerable stupid plot turns. In fact, there were several positive reviews that mentioned there were several ‘plot holes’ and ‘endless’ plot twists.

The magnitude of how bad this movie is can’t be communicated by just saying there are too many plot holes and absurd plot twists. When you start listing them, it becomes clearer and clearer how bad the movie is. That is what I sought to do in my review (Posted by zwrite2). I listed 10. I could have listed more, a lot more.

I am still pondering this – what would have happened if the trial continued and the prosecutor had to interrogate the chief witness? In other words, himself. This movie is truly special.

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