Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by AudioHead on December 07, 1999 at 10:04:28:

In Reply to: Re: posted by TAFKA Steve on December 05, 1999 at 13:52:50:

I frequently reference the ten volume set, "The Motion Picture Guide",
whom, IMO, have excellent reviews of films between 1927 and 1983, edited
by Jay Nash and Stanley Ross. The review there gives the 1962 movie a
3&1/2 * rating out of a possible 5 *; pretty good. They consider Palance's
performance as very good, but Quinn's to be better, in fact, the best
performance of his career. Gleason and Rooney are lauded also for their
supporting performances. To make the film longer than the original, producers
added scenes that were originally axed by director Nelson, which consequently, turned out to be the precise weak points of the movie.
"The Motion Picture Guide" reviewers also said that the movie was technically weaker than the original TV version, mainly because of the
slow, repetitious scenes that were originally cut being restored; and inferior
scene transitions.
On the IMDb site, the TV version received a whopping 8.7 rating (out of
a possible 10) from 43 votes cast; and the movie version received a very
good rating of 7.9 (out of 79 votes). - AH