Quadman2
Lunatic Member
Waited all day to take in a fav of mine: "Picnic" with Kim Novak and William Holden (1955) and was really disappointed in it. I seem to remember as a kid falling in love with Novak in this big screen production. There was just something about her outward and inward beauty that enthralled me a a preteen. And then to have an old man, Holden of 37, come along and sweep her off her feet was just too much for me to bear at the time.
But after taking it the other night, the dialogue played out like a theatre production and the stereotyping of the characters was so evident. Missed this as an enraptured kid, I guess? Kim got in the way. Halfway through, it just gave up with canned lines and too quick reactions of Holden to the people around him and moved to another selection.
Anyone else take in a movie from the past only to find that a lot of the glamour/intrigue had waned after seeing it years after.
Q
But after taking it the other night, the dialogue played out like a theatre production and the stereotyping of the characters was so evident. Missed this as an enraptured kid, I guess? Kim got in the way. Halfway through, it just gave up with canned lines and too quick reactions of Holden to the people around him and moved to another selection.
Anyone else take in a movie from the past only to find that a lot of the glamour/intrigue had waned after seeing it years after.
Q