What a colossal bore.
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Readerman — 11 years ago(August 05, 2014 01:22 PM)
My favorite film. The cinematography is exciting, Valli is gorgeous, the setting is wonderful, and the acting and script superb. Easily Carol Reed's best direction. The final scene is spectacular. I even love the weird music.
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Quest_Shield — 11 years ago(March 09, 2015 02:23 AM)
The first half of the film I thought this isn't that great. Joseph Cotton was so bland and the story wasn't that great. Then Orson Welles appeared and straight away the film improved. Every scene after that famous appearance with the cat at his feet was enhanced by his presence. That's why I give it 8/10 after first viewing.
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degree7 — 10 years ago(May 12, 2015 02:09 AM)
This is why we should not let 12 year old children on the internet to review classic cinema.
Your post is probably one of the most pointless of all time and was a colossal bore to read.
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Taeivon — 10 years ago(December 19, 2015 10:01 AM)
I have now seen Laura, The Maltese Falcon and The Third Man, and I have yet to be impressed. They're not a colossal bore, but I just find them average. These movies are supposed to be thrillers and I'm simply not thrilled. The stories just aren't engaging enough for me. So, after three attempts at 40s noir, I give up. I'll go watch Dial M For Murder and Read Window again instead. Now that's how you do edge-of-the-seat thrillers.
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InfiniteMonkeysTyping — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 09:44 AM)
I like the film because the "hero" of the film (which I suppose would be Holly Martins) is a sad sack and a loser.
He is by no means a heroic-type individual, and he is in fact not very likable. I should clarify there is nothing "bad" about him, but he's just so "blah"
and that's what makes the film so good. Holly sees himself as the heroic figure who sets out to do heroic things in trying to help Anna and attempting to talk some morals into Harry, but he isn't that hero he things he is. He likens himself to one of his dime-store novel characters he writes about in his not-so-great books, even thinking at the end that he will "get the girl" (because the hero always does).
Heck, one could argue that the most likable character in the film was Harry Lime and he was responsible for the deaths of little children. But again, that was all intentional. Harry Lime was SUPPOSED to be a likable kind of chap someone with whom you'd like to share a drink and a cigar and some stories.
That was something very very unheard of in films up until that time. In that way, this was one of the first modern dramas that most other modern "antihero" dramas have followed. -
PygmyLion — 6 months ago(September 29, 2025 01:24 AM)
Just finished watching
The Third Man
. I have seen it several times.
I think it is a pretty outstanding movie and would rate it 9 out of 10.
Joseph Cotton is really good in his role, and I like Trevor Howard in his role also.