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cultfilmfreaksdotcom — 12 years ago(September 08, 2013 05:00 PM)
I have to agree, I felt this movie was really overrated.
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muppetmollystargleek — 12 years ago(January 25, 2014 09:32 PM)
First time I watched this, I was alone. Second time, it was showing in an old movie house and there were a LOT of people there.
Energy. A crowd gives it energy. In fact, I think on the first test screening of this Billy Wilder was asked to change it because the laughs weren't coming; he refused. When the film was then presented to a large audience, the theater was an uproar of laughter.
I don't know. I found Jackie funny, at least; "I'll THROW UP!" hehe, just the way he said that line. XD
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rogueforte — 11 years ago(May 09, 2014 08:00 PM)
To a certain extent, the OP is right. Compared with, say, the Marx brothers best, this isn't very funny. But it is entertaining and watchable, in the romantic comedy way, and there are some great action with the gangster sequences. So, it's an entertaining movie that is a classic, particularly when it was released in 1959. It just hasn't aged all that well. For a lot of people, one viewing is plenty.
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hansenmv2002 — 11 years ago(May 22, 2014 01:30 PM)
I found this on a list of movies to watch/discuss for a film class. WOW. "Ok" is being gracious. Curtis is horrible - i've never gotten MM as being some "Cultural Icon" - this did NOT help.
All girl bands? Seriously? Dated is charitable - a 50s flick set in the 20s - THAT is the definition of dated.
Could barely watch it first time thru - 2nd time i started to skim - before it popped out of the DVD player. Oops.
It's on TCM fairly often - no wonder i never watched.
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coolbrett — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 05:56 AM)
Serious people wouldn't enjoy this movie. To enjoy it you've gotta be laid-back and be open to a bit of fun. If you over analyse and judge it it's no wonder you didn't like it. I liked it because I found their energy infectious, so it was a joy watching it, which made me more prone to laugh than I usually would. Today's humour is a lot different to the humour usually going around in the 50s/60s. I usually hate older generation movies, but I watched this with an open mind and tried to enjoy it, and I did, once I got used to the style. Maybe I'll enjoy more 50s/60s movies now.