"Which one of you nuts has got any guts?"
Directed by Milos Forman
1976
Viewed On: Friday March 20,2010
Directed by Milos Forman
1976
Viewed On: Friday March 20,2010
There are so many "classic" movies that people ooh and aah over how amazingly good they are. I make a point to try and watch them, going in with high hopes. More often than not I end up disappointed. The biggest offenders were Annie Hall (which now I've discovered that I just plain don't like Woody Allen), Taxi Driver (SO boring, and nothing happens!), The Shining and Dr. Strangelove (I knew it'd be weird, but come on) just to name a few. I know that movies are made differently now. Everything is so quickly paced that going back to old movies sometimes feels like you're trudging through that thick mud of the Swamp of Sadness in Fantasia (The Neverending Story). That doesn't go for all older movies though. There are plenty that I've LOVED such as 12 Angry Men, Rashomon, The Sting, Full Metal Jacket to name a few. I decided to watch One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest because it kept coming up in conversations with Bobby and my brother and I think my sister talked about it too. So last night I finally was going to see what everyone was going on about. Needless to say I was a little disappointed. It was boring. And long. But I kept watching through it because I knew that it had to get better. I was right. It picked up about an hour in and then got really really exciting about 30 minutes from the end. Looking back I think I enjoyed it as a whole. The acting was super amazing and it was kind of interesting seeing all these old actors in their younger days. Especially Brad Dourif who was just a kid! Jack Nicholson plays R. P. McMurphy who is sent from prison to a mental institution to find out if he's really crazy or if he's faking it. He meets and sort of befriends the other patients in his ward and shenanigans ensue. There's evil Nurse Ratched who lead their therapy sessions and, for lack of a better word, is just a vicious hateful bitch. Even though it started out slow, I still give this movie a B-
First, so funny that this movie just came in my Amazon order (I have seen it but I'm writing about it for my "Insanity- A History" class...Second- what you didn't like Annie Hall...and don't like Woody Allen?? And Taxi Driver?!!? I owned the screenplay to that one when I was younger, I loved it so much!!! Third, you don't love One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?? Wow. I'm shocked my movie guru friend.
ReplyDeleteBut, I love, love, love your movie blog!!!!!
Sorry to disappoint! I think that I've been so overly entertained by fast paced ADD movies that I have a hard time watching older movies since they're paced so much slower. I am definitely not a Woody Allen fan, I don't know what it is, but I just don't like him.... Glad you like the blog though!
ReplyDeleteOK, I feel it necessary to throw in my two cents about this topic. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a great book, I didn't love the movie but didn't dislike it either. Secondly I agree with you on Shining and Dr. Strangelove(and anything Stanley Kubrick did for that matter).
ReplyDeleteahh! This is one of my all time favorite movies! ha.
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