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Archive for May 16th, 2006

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) imdb yahoo rt mrqe bad link
too literary

Posted on May 16th, 2006
didn't like it

overall, by the time the movie is done i found the story decently satisfying.  basically a nice little story about how people’s lives get ruined with mostly understated pathos.  but along the way the scenes did not interest me at all.  partly i think it’s pretty dated - the idea of a big family name […]

i’m a huge pogues fan and this was a nice overview of their history, with some decent insights by people along the way.  they mix old footage and talking heads well with current footage of macgowan stumbling around.  the moments in his current life with his wife give a little bit of what’s going on, […]

the first date ending at the pier was nice and evocative.  when it became clear that booze was going to be the cause of all their problems it got tedious.  but the goal i guess was to get to rock bottom so they needed to economize.  still i think they could have not simplified things […]