This movie is horrible
I can't believe how horrible this movie is. Who did she marry at the end?
share I, too, could not believe how dreadful this movie is. And before people
jump all over me, I LOVE classic film (actually, I like all types of
movies). I'm also an admirer of Ginger Rogers. But this outrageously
slow, talky, ABSURD film is something else. First of all, the opening
scenes are so out of mood with the rest of this soap opera, they play
like a different film. And I REALLY knew I was in trouble when Rogers'
REFLECTION started giving her advice (this is a DRAMA, for heaven's sake).
The moments with James Craig as the doctor were so dumb, they defy
explanation (he makes her play cards with him, instead of taking her out
on the first date - this to "test" if she's a "gold-digger" looking for
a rich man. Incredibly stupid scene). Their meeting itself was so
far-fetched (she has to "faint" because she accidentally hit the security
alarm at work; he's the doctor who "saves" her). When the father died,
I actually got excited. Besides not having to hear "Judas Priest!"
shouted every other second by this drunk, something was ACTUALLY
HAPPENING in the "plot." The first interesting scene occurs EIGHTY
minutes into the story, when Kitty meets Morgan's family. And even
this was riddled in cliche. A snooze fest from beginning to end.
As gifted as Rogers was, it is beyond human comprehension that she was
even NOMINATED for this mess, much less beat out Davis and Hepburn (!)
for their superior films. I don't know who Rogers slept with to win,
but it worked. The film is awful.
Any dumb cat who paid to see this film, should've worn a T-shirt
boasting, "Kitty Foiled!" Terrible.
You're apparently confusing acting with movie quality in regards to winning best actress. Quality of a film does not dictate who should win for ACTING. And yes, while they're superior movies, you do realize that NONE of the three movies mentioned won for best picture that year. Rebecca did.
And how was that first meeting scene far-fetched? It's not like she was in medical distress and the one person who just so happened to find her was a doctor, thereby saving her life. She was faking it, he knew right away she was faking, he probably also assumed that she activated the alarm, he was bribing her into dating him. I don't really think their "first date" was stupid, either. If they had gone out to dinner, he wouldn't have been able to test her morality.
I thought the card game plot was silly as well, he saw she was all dressed up. I am watching the movie now.
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