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Adam_S · 05-07-2006, 03:22 AM

South Pacific -

70mm restored print (not roadshow)
Songs list - Some Enchanted Evening

terrible movie, with terrible songs (including the above) with cinematography that makes me want to punch Joshua Logan and his cinematographer in the nose repeatedly for taking something so beautiful and making it look appalling and ugly.

bastards.

Also, great staging, medium close up of Gaynor and just have her stand still and sing and stare at the camera, pathetic!

The gay subtext was hilarious though, I wish this guy I know, John, had been there, and been drunk because he would have enjoyed the hell out of this movie for that reason.

Oh and making a movie partially about overcoming racism but killing one character so he can't marry out of his race and letting the most racist character of all marry a white guy is more than a cop out it's damn stupid hypocrisy, it makes the movie more loathsome to watch.

That drag sequence was really funny though, and the movie made me laugh throughout, but I thought the whole thing was overblown, overdone, and really badly badly made and put together.

I can't imagine watching another twenty minutes of this (roadshow) *shudder*

05-07-2006, 03:22 AM	#128 of 462
Adam_S *Adam_S* Member Location: Marina del Rey, CA Join Date: Feb 2001 Local Time: 06:07 PM Local Date: 10-07-2008 Posts: 5,026	Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2 South Pacific - 70mm restored print (not roadshow) Songs list - Some Enchanted Evening terrible movie, with terrible songs (including the above) with cinematography that makes me want to punch Joshua Logan and his cinematographer in the nose repeatedly for taking something so beautiful and making it look appalling and ugly. bastards. Also, great staging, medium close up of Gaynor and just have her stand still and sing and stare at the camera, pathetic! The gay subtext was hilarious though, I wish this guy I know, John, had been there, and been drunk because he would have enjoyed the hell out of this movie for that reason. Oh and making a movie partially about overcoming racism but killing one character so he can't marry out of his race and letting the most racist character of all marry a white guy is more than a cop out it's damn stupid hypocrisy, it makes the movie more loathsome to watch. That drag sequence was really funny though, and the movie made me laugh throughout, but I thought the whole thing was overblown, overdone, and really badly badly made and put together. I can't imagine watching another twenty minutes of this (roadshow) shudder top 20 films 2008 film list My DVDs; S&S List 62...212 AFI lists: - DONE!