avocadojoe
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Post by avocadojoe on Sept 4, 2020 1:29:49 GMT
Who here has seen it? What did you think?
I'm just watching it for the first time, which seems strange to me as DePalma is probably my favorite director.
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Post by jcush on Sept 4, 2020 5:36:06 GMT
I watched it a few years back and enjoyed it.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 4, 2020 6:14:20 GMT
It is too oddball for my taste, but I understand why many people like it.
I have mixed feelings about Brian DePalma as a director.
5.5/10
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avocadojoe
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Post by avocadojoe on Sept 4, 2020 6:48:14 GMT
It is too oddball for my taste, but I understand why many people like it. I have mixed feelings about Brian DePalma as a director. 5.5/10 I finished it a few hours ago and I more or less enjoyed it. For me, the films greatest assets are the amazing, colorfully surreal sets - designed, no less, by Jack Fisk and his wife, Sissy Spacek! - and the "Beef" character, who I thought was hilarious. I liked some of the songs fine and the familiar plot did okay here. I thought it had run out of steam just a bit towards the end and Jessica Harper's presence is as lifeless as ever. She is always like this. I don't get it. But, all in all, I admired DePalma's honest attempt at something different. It wasn't bad. I wonder how much "Rocky Horror Picture Show" was influenced by this? -- **1/2 |
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 4, 2020 6:52:16 GMT
It is too oddball for my taste, but I understand why many people like it. I have mixed feelings about Brian DePalma as a director. 5.5/10 I finished it a few hours ago and I more or less enjoyed it. For me, the films greatest asset are the amazing, colorfully surreal sets - designed, no less, by Jack Fisk and his wife, Sissy Spacek!) and the "Beef" character, who I thought it was hilarious. I liked some of the songs fine and the familiar plot did okay here. I thought it had run out of steam just a bit towards the end and Jessica Harper's presence is as lifeless as ever. She is always like this. I don't get it. But, all in all, I admired DePalma's honest attempt at something different. It wasn't bad. I wonder how much "Rocky Horror Picture Show" was influenced by this? -- **1/2 I agree about the visual aspects of the movie, but nothing else does much for me. I don't think it is funny for example and I am not a fan of rock opera. I very much dislike Rocky Horror Picture Show, but that has more to do with that it is way too quirky and I think the "story" is really dumb. It is also visually ugly imo. ** is what my star rating is for Phantom of the Paradise. *1/2 for Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 4, 2020 7:04:47 GMT
It is too oddball for my taste, but I understand why many people like it. I have mixed feelings about Brian DePalma as a director.5.5/10 He can be hit and miss, but I feel when he gets it right, they are usually goodies. I agree. Even his bad movies are usually still visually interesting.
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