I found this classic western cartoonish and tedious, and all the main characters looked the same to me.
One Sentence Media Reviews
I found this classic western cartoonish and tedious, and all the main characters looked the same to me.
Maybe not a Pynchonian masterpiece, maybe not always the most responsible or serious of his ouvré, but certainly, if what you're reading Pynchon for is that subtle brain massage coupled with that deep, actually profound understanding of man, and people, and places, Against the Day is a rollicking good time, a confusing and absurd mess of emotions, a variety of trips to a wealth of scenes well worth the effort, so if I could offer only one piece of advice, it'd be to stick with it.
Love Jarmusch and all his friends (swinton, murray, etc etc) and they’re so fun to watch, but it’s baffling how bad the writing is in this silly zombie movie.
I think Ingrid Bergman really outshines everyone else in this classic old Hitchcock, so to that extent it’s delightful, and it has all the best Hitchcock subtleties and clues; like most of his movies I’m not always the most captivated by the plot itself but this one is a lot better than North by Northwest.
It’s sad that the talents of such great actors were wasted on this cartoonish silliness.
A fun lark that I had to watch because Ethan Coen, and it’s nice but unpolished; it could never live up to the true Coen classics but it has a little of that old magic.