I sat through this lumbering, overlong corn-fest yet again today. The
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schappe1 — 17 years ago(May 18, 2008 09:19 AM)
But Debbie left teethmarks in every tree west of the Mississippi. Having seen Tammy Grimes, I suspect she did the same. I wonder what it would have been like with Shirley MacLaine? She's a better actress than both of them put together.
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nycruise-1 — 17 years ago(May 18, 2008 10:31 PM)
LOL - I don't what inspired/spurred you on to completely trash the movie, but I enjoyed it (your review).
I always thought this was a weak musical: Molly's twist of fate on the Titanic is what the whole play must revolve around - then when it comes it is brief, with a hurried conclusion since, as you say, there is little else in the way of a real dramatic narrative.
I still enjoy it though.
But I also like a good "bad" review - and that's what you provided.
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laxlon — 15 years ago(October 30, 2010 09:24 AM)
I agree with you that it is way too long. And the songs are OK but a notch or two down from Rogers and Hammerstein. The movie didn't require great acting. It is colorful but there is something heavy handed and stiff about it. I've seen it twice and that's enough.
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bobbobato — 15 years ago(December 01, 2010 08:58 PM)
No, there was a story. The film is united by the constant reapperence of Molly's ambitions and the reflections on the oddness of her character and struggles to fit in. It's a plot that's missing.
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mikwalen — 15 years ago(December 02, 2010 01:21 PM)
I actually thought that the TITANIC sequence was a cop outthey simply used footage from one of the 50's movies (NIGHT TO REMEMBER? TITANIC!?) and it gets obvious because suddenly the picture quality changes and goes from color to B & W.
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MyMovieTVRomance — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 03:44 PM)
I actually thought that the TITANIC sequence was a cop outthey simply used footage from one of the 50's movies (NIGHT TO REMEMBER? TITANIC!?) and it gets obvious because suddenly the picture quality changes and goes from color to B & W.
When I watched it, the Titanic scene was in color, so maybe your version was messed up or something? Either that, or I'm remembering wrong, but I watched it just today.
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ncgraham — 15 years ago(April 01, 2011 07:27 AM)
This review cracked me UP! I'll agree that the movie was too long for the story it told, and that the Titanic scenes should have been made to fit into the plot better, but really, it's quite a bit better than you make it sound. By the way, Molly doesn't have any brothers. (Those are the sons of her adopted father's friend got that straight?)
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Tjcat — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 10:33 AM)
Sadly, I agree with gbennett5.
I saw Molly Brown many years ago on TV and viewed through the eyes of a child it was enjoyable.
Recently viewed on TCM and I found it to be a bore.
There was no real chemistry between Debbie R. and Harve P.
Debbie R. was a little too over the top, although I understand this was a stage musical before it was a movie.
In Debbie R.'s book, My Life, there is mention that the project was first offered to Shirley Maclaine.
As much a I have enjoyed Debbie R's other movies, I have a sneaking suspicion Shirley M. may have made a better Molly Brown.
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mcdemuth — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 09:14 AM)
She jumps on - a drum roll, please - the TITANIC.
As countless husbands and boys drown, Molly "cheers up" their screaming
mothers/husbands. With a Song.
Thank You for letting the cat out of the bag I asked about this scene in another thread, since it might be a deal breaker for me to buy the Blu-Ray and see this movie, and all I got was
"Just Watch The Movie."
For you folks that like this trashy movie, you can keep it. I'm not spending $20.00+ on the Blu-Ray, to see something that will make me sick.
Shameful, how someone could turn a tragedy into a "party"! I seriously doubt the real Molly did that! They could have been more respectful, by singing a church hymn or something like that, but NO
Even the Grease movies feature sad songs. In Grease 2, Michelle Pfeiffer sang about her "dead" boyfriend! Just one guy. Not 1500 people.