In Reply to: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" posted by rico on June 5, 2006 at 07:30:04:
I also have not seen it in a long time, and not looking forward to another viewing, frankly.Tracy is of course enjoyable, the rest of the film is just trite dreck... agree 100% on Poitier, but that has been his traditional type cast role, and that trend continued with Denzel Washington, hence I refuse to see his movies too.
Perhaps if instead of a Harward or whatever graduate they showed a working class black guy there would be some red meat to the film?
I know, I know... I know when it was made, but still, predictability and sugar coating are what they are, no matter when made.
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- The film is a kaka - Victor Khomenko 07:36:09 06/05/06 (20)
- Re: The film is a kaka - jamesgarvin 13:20:39 06/05/06 (3)
- True, but that points at another fault - the Hollywood obsession with high class life - Victor Khomenko 13:39:36 06/05/06 (2)
- Again it would have defeated the point. - Analog Scott 19:19:35 06/05/06 (0)
- Re: True, but that points at another fault - the Hollywood obsession with high class life - jamesgarvin 15:10:41 06/05/06 (0)
- maybe if Kate had bigger "cans" you would have liked it better - Analog Scott 09:34:21 06/05/06 (15)
- "The movie is a classic. " And that is a shame... ain't it? - Victor Khomenko 10:09:25 06/05/06 (14)
- No - Analog Scott 11:28:50 06/05/06 (2)
- LOL! At least we agree on one out of two! - Victor Khomenko 11:41:50 06/05/06 (1)
- You might be surprised at how often we actually agree on movies nt. - Analog Scott 11:53:44 06/05/06 (0)
- I left the cinema during the film ...... - willy 10:58:14 06/05/06 (10)
- Re: I left the cinema during the film ...... - Analog Scott 11:30:16 06/05/06 (1)
- Re: I left the cinema during the film ...... - willy 13:16:57 06/05/06 (0)
- That is true, it was patronizing in the worst possible way - Victor Khomenko 11:09:53 06/05/06 (7)
- It's common knowledge amoung sophisticated film lovers that American film makers simply don't know what they are doing. - Analog Scott 11:34:46 06/05/06 (6)
- I don't care what they were trying to say - Victor Khomenko 11:39:16 06/05/06 (5)
- Re: I don't care what they were trying to say - jamesgarvin 13:28:25 06/05/06 (2)
- Re: I don't care what they were trying to say - Victor Khomenko 13:35:23 06/05/06 (1)
- So which would you have preferred... - Audiophilander 13:55:04 06/05/06 (0)
- But would you think It Happened One Night was a classic... - Audiophilander 12:43:47 06/05/06 (0)
- Re: I don't care what they were trying to say - Analog Scott 12:00:42 06/05/06 (0)