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Youwillhateme — 14 years ago(March 12, 2012 05:42 AM)
Are you suggesting you HAVE To like the characters in order for a movie to be good?
I can name several great films that didn't have "likable" characters, such as the Godfather, Goodfellas, both which contained characters that killed for a living. Even Seinfeld was filled with selfish obnoxious characters. Little Children was also filled with cheaters and a pedophile and it is still a good movie.
I just don't accept your argument that you have to like the characters to make it a good movie.
What about movies like Downfall (which I didn't like, but not because of the unlikable characters) which is all about the nazi empire, and a ton of people find that to be a great movie. -
CindyH — 14 years ago(March 17, 2012 04:03 PM)
I just don't accept your argument that you have to like the characters to make it a good movie.
Where did I say that? I didn't!
I love it when people try to argue over things they perceive rather than using facts.
Spare me your 6th grade Michael Moore logic! ~ Secretary Heller; 24, Day 4, 7:30:00 a.m. -
Gypsy12 — 14 years ago(March 17, 2012 03:36 AM)
Agreed. I only just watched this movie last night for the first time, and I found it boring and very confusing. Holly was an ADHD schitzophrenic mentally unstable nutcase who should have been in a psychiatric asylum. Paul was ok but gullible. And yes, as a cat lover my heart broke seeing cat all soaked in the rain after being dumped. I didn't understand a lot of this movie, nor could I understand the characters. This movie is supposed to be a classic, but its a boring, irritating mess that doesn't mesh well or add up to anything. It was horrible! One of the most throughly unlikeable and nonsensical movies I have ever seen.
I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.
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deforest-1 — 11 years ago(September 15, 2014 07:56 PM)
"I was not just disappointed, but completely disgusted with the film. I too couldn't find one quality in Holly that I liked. She was selfish, shallow and materialistic. She was a thief and even treated her cat badly. Let's just say, I actually began to hate her. I can't find one thing I liked about her. Not one."
Have to agree with you CindyH. I watched this movie (almost) right through for the first time today and struggled to get through the whole thing actually the last hour and a half because so slow moving but mainly because I found Holly/Lula-Mae was insufferable. Far from the "sweet bundle of neuroses" one review here describes her as, I would place her at least one step more destructive into the manic-depressive category, with narcissistic tendencies. The character reminds me very much of a woman I've known who didn't miraculously turn herself around on the spot as Audrey Hepburn does at the end, but is still basically the same person in her mid fifties, still clueless about how to behave with simple consideration for others. -
irishm — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 09:19 AM)
I agree as well. The character of Holly was a total turn-off with no redeeming qualities. I was expecting a charming, wacky young woman based on comments I've read about the movie, and it was nothing like what I expected. It doesn't make it impossible for me to enjoy a movie if I don't like any of the characters, but it does make it more difficult.
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equalthree — 14 years ago(October 23, 2011 11:53 PM)
I also only watched this for the first time the other day and I honesty can't believe what all the fuss is about.
Holly's character (IMHO) is mentally unstable. I don't think it's just a matter of being shallow or pretentious. She's bonkers, and even at the end, you feel that she will just go ahead and dump the poor sod.
At the very start I felt sorry for her when she was window shopping at Tiffany's while eating her breakfast (you'd think that she may have gone there more than once to have breakfast in the film - being the title and all, and also where someone can sympathize with her plight) but not long after I found myself not caring about her at all.
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cyclee — 14 years ago(October 24, 2011 12:06 PM)
I have different opinion on this. I just watched this film over the weekend and was surprised how good it was. I totally expected a film with no substance and only took the fame because of Audrey Hepburn, but instead I got a story that made me think. I too do not like Holly, but I don't think that was the point. I saw an ordinary person desperately wanting to be "somebody" because she hated to be "nobody". Now, look around you, how many of those you know are just like that? Granted not many are as extreme as Holly to go out of her way changing names, moving to places and hunting down only the rich guys, but a lot of people do have that mentality. I know so many people who dislike themselves so much that they would take the chance to be somebody else in a heartbeat. For me, though I know I'm definitely nobody, but I still don't want to be anyone else but myself. Also, the movie gave me the idea of going out to do something I haven't done yet and I'm trying to involve my husband in this game. Life is too short, do wake up and start living before it's too late.
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kkhannah — 14 years ago(December 14, 2011 10:29 PM)
I have to agree with this post, to a point. I thought that Hepburn looked absolutely stunning in this role and I thought the cat was quite sweet but other than that, I can't really imagine what the fuss is about. I found nothing likeable about either main character; I actually found Holly absolutely grating on my nerves. I couldn't empathize with her on any level, even though I definitely tried to.
I must admit that I don't really understand why this film is deemed a classic but oh well. Everyone has different opinions. -
loonieloona — 14 years ago(December 23, 2011 09:35 AM)
I can't say I found anyone all that likeable in this movie either. Holly was a selfish princess, Paul was a doormat, and poor poor Cat I just wanted to take the cat home.
But Audrey Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly was very well done and the acting in general was good. It was a good movie, just not one about likeable people.
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Gustafal — 14 years ago(December 30, 2011 03:35 AM)
Did you not listen to Paul's speech at the end, he clearly states that holly acts in her ways because she wants to claim to be a free spirit but what she is ending up doing is trapping herself in a cage with all the reasons you all don't like her, but she is finally going to give in to love and let Paul love her so that she can be his and he can be hers and also cat can be theirs. AND she wants to have enough money to be able to support her brother when he comes back from the war, which doesn't seem so selfish to me.
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Gustafal — 14 years ago(December 30, 2011 03:38 AM)
*and you can see how much she really does love cat when she starts looking for him she doesn't even go for the kiss right away she looks for cat because she wants him back she made a mistake in trying to protect herself from getting too close to something.
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Gypsy12 — 14 years ago(March 17, 2012 03:42 AM)
Sometimes it takes more class and nous to understand that just because something is classified as a 'classic' by some people, doesn't mean it is. This movie is a CLASSIC MESS. Thats the only thing 'classic' about it.
I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.
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Jakezen — 13 years ago(April 13, 2012 08:07 PM)
keatha has it right, you obviously did not understand the movie. the characters are very complex and conflicted, like a Tennessee Williams play. I don't know what the fuss is about Andy Rooney's character. They did that back then (see Edward G. Robinson in The Ten Commandments) Blake Edwards was great at comic movies and Rooney's character was comic relief in the movie. Whether you think it is a classic or not, is personal opinion but you have boiled these characters down to one dimensional simpletons so it is no wonder you did not like it.
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hka-3 — 14 years ago(January 06, 2012 04:54 PM)
Holly is , to put it simply, rather shallow, superficial and pretentious
That is how she's intended to be, at first. She and Paul were people who were 'lost' and trying to find more legitimate foundations to build their lives on. They were looking in the wrong directions, then discovered they could lean on each other and try to build their lives together.
As for the Japanese character, a lot of people make a big deal about him. I like to think of him as some random crazy person who wants attention. I used to have a neighbor like that -
zebulonguy — 14 years ago(March 20, 2012 02:35 PM)
Everybody's taste varies- personally I love the film, beautifully acted, gorgeous, memorable music and characters with flaws, not cardboard cut outs we are supposed to identify with- rubbish, Holly was totally flawed and I loved her character, it entertained, each time I watch the film I enjoy it more. Finest performance Buddy Ebsen ever gave on film is in the part of Doc, her ex husband, the point is Holly really does not know what she wants, she lives in a dreamworld, it's a beautifully made film but obviously not to everyone's taste, no film ever is, classic or not.