I thought it was very good, but not great. The Friedkin film was much deeper and sharper, I thought. These performances, while enjoyable, felt more “surface” to me. Also, the film recreates many aspects of Friedkin’s version from the opening montage to many of the costume choices, which only...
Personally, I'm offended every time I see one of these "What Are You Watching This Halloween/Christmas/4th of July/Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking?" type threads. Must we segregate films by holidays?
I just can't accept the statement that we were "repeatedly introduced to mainstream America as sex-crazed cross-dressing child-raping psycho-killers" at the time of Silence of the Lambs. I'm old enough and been around long enough to remember lots of depictions of gays prior to Silence that...
LOL. True. I could understand being offended if that was the only depiction of LGBT people onscreen, or if there were no real life LGBT serial killers, but neither is the case.
Yeah, there is one photo of Natalie in that documentary which is absolutely stunning. I really wished I liked that film version of Gypsy more, because I love Natalie in that role. She makes that movie for me. But I really hate everything else about it. LOL. Still may pick up the blu one day...
I get a bit weary of the PC revisionism (and hence, rejection) where The Boys in the Band is concerned. Mart Crowley wrote it based on his life and friendships at the time. Times and society have changed, thank God. But it's still a valid piece of drama, although of its time. But I had to roll...