I watched it again last night, and was shocked more than before at the rather low level of execution in almost all areas, exept for the Bogart's personality of course.Being made in 1942 is no excuse for lack of skills or vision either. Great films had been made before that time.
And as far as the lead actress... I have always found her complevely devoid of any attraction, either sexual or artistic. Watching her makes me yawn.
Worst of all, you can see plenty of early signs of all the later years Hollywood faults in that films, those that some of us have grown to hate and those that unfortunately define the bulk of the American movies today.
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Topic - Am I the only one here who finds "Casablanca" boring and generally poorly made? - Victor Khomenko 08:05:57 11/07/02 (25)
- Funny. That's the impression I got of Citizen Kane when I watched it last night. - Dalton 10:59:34 11/17/02 (0)
- It was made in the "factory" had no predences of being great - Edp 15:34:04 11/10/02 (0)
- Maybe--but what a great melody--probably the finest film theme-- - Des 02:34:50 11/10/02 (0)
- You Un-American, or what? - edta 18:22:29 11/09/02 (0)
- Re: Am I the only one here who finds "Casablanca" boring and generally poorly made? - DWPC 13:15:50 11/08/02 (0)
- Play It Again Sam - gware 15:53:00 11/07/02 (2)
- I'd have to think.... - Harmonia 15:57:56 11/07/02 (1)
- Re: I'd have to think.... - Rod M 18:42:49 11/07/02 (0)
- Re: Am I the only one here who finds "Casablanca" boring and generally poorly made? - Bambi B 15:29:21 11/07/02 (0)
- Re: Am I the only one here who finds "Casablanca" boring and generally poorly made? - patrickU 12:31:03 11/07/02 (0)
- Worth watching just for Claude Rains as Prefect Renault alone, IMO NT - padreken 12:16:49 11/07/02 (0)
- Well, on this I must agree with you - orejones 10:13:52 11/07/02 (0)
- Interesting.... - mvwine 09:13:30 11/07/02 (7)
- Wasting your time on this talking head - edta 18:51:48 11/09/02 (0)
- He-he... - Victor Khomenko 09:23:31 11/07/02 (5)
- I'd be surprised if anything touched you. - edta 18:55:01 11/09/02 (0)
- My favorites... - Mrs. Piggy 18:19:37 11/07/02 (1)
- Excellent "American" films - edta 19:00:43 11/09/02 (0)
- The reason I asked - mvwine 09:29:19 11/07/02 (1)
- From a friend of Mr Cairo...... - john dem 11:20:09 11/07/02 (0)
- Re: Hey Victor . . . - Bruce from DC 08:49:12 11/07/02 (4)
- I agree . . . - Harmonia 15:50:05 11/07/02 (3)
- Re: I agree . . . - Victor Khomenko 15:57:56 11/07/02 (2)
- Popular among civilians but . . . - Harmonia 10:54:25 11/08/02 (0)
- Re: I agree . . . - Bruce from DC 07:31:45 11/08/02 (0)