Question....
I love this movie, but I was just wondering how popular it was and how well it was received in 1966. And how popular it still is today. Do a lot of people know about it?
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Thanks! I only found out about this film because Natalie Wood is in it. I wonder why the critics didn't like it...
shareThe critics hated it because they took a one-act Tennessee Williams play and turned it into a two hour movie that ended up with no resemblence to Williams' play at all. The thing was written by what was known as "a writing comittee" meaning, everyone and his dog had a shot at trying to work out a decent script. It ended up looking sown together from snippets of usable film.
I love the picture. I never care what critics say. Everyone should make up their own mind. I love Southern-type movies in general. The feel of it and the railroad town and the cast was wonderful. Anything centered around Mississippi or New Orleans makes my imagination sing
I also loved "Inside Daisy Clover", a Natalie Wood film that I think came out the same year as this one. It got bad reviews too. I think at that time Natalie Wood was what they referred to in Hollywoodland as "Box Office Poison" meaning, everything she made had an X on it even before it even came out. I don't know why. I don't think she ever killed nobody....
I don't pay any attention to what "critics" say, unless they paid admission to see the film!
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shareNo. Simply because they are too cheap...
shareIt appears that you don't care much for critics.
shareThis is one of my favorite films! Has been since childhood. Critics suck!
I like good film criticism, but only because I like good writing – I don't depend on critics to decide for me whether I see a film. As for this one, it's a very good film with a very disappointing ending, which seemed tacked on to me. I found the "update" on Alva's whereabouts distracting and unnecessary.
shareI say I hate critics but I have an entire bookcase filled with books by Ebert and Halliwell and the like. I used them before I got computerized! I enjoy good writing also. I keep Ebert's site on tap but the guy's failin fast.
Yes, I have a couple of Roger Ebert's "Movie Yearbooks" and love his often contrarian views on films. I'm saddened by his health struggles because there aren't that many good movie writers stepping up to the plate. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone and Manohla Dargis of the New York Times are also good, but we're in the age of self-important bloggers with little history or insight.
shareWell, I love this movie! I don't care whether credits liked it or not!
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