This flick is clearly DeMille's over-the-top answer to GWTW. And watching Paulette Goddard chewing the scenery to shreads makes me SO glad that she never got the role of Scarlett O'Hara.
For some, it's a fun watch, as are so many bad movies. Just don't watch it after eating! LOL
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Put me down as one of those who finds it a great deal of fun to watch, despite the obvious flaws. The technicolor is gorgeous, the cast among the best of the forties, and the script gives most of the characters strong, emotional motivations. It really takes off in the second half once Wayne goes corrupt.
For me, this movie gets a big lift from Wayne being cast as a moral weakling who turns villainous. That surprised me. If Milland and Wayne had switched roles, I think the movie would be far less fun.
It is worth it for just the cast alone and the technicolor.
share....and the animals....
The Savages!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvd4tMkFHc
You mean the little dog and the monkey?
I agree; they gave the ONLY credible performances in the whole film.
...and the giant squid!
shareThis film, with all its flaws, is still entertaining after seventy-three years!
shareThat alcoholic Squid hasn't been able to get work for 65 years, "yap, yap, yap" every afternoon in the bar, "I killed John Wayne, nobody would give me anythig,after that. Couldn't get myself into the war, "too soggy, they said, too many hinges, i aint inked anything after for as long as i remember, c'mon, buy a old squid a beer."
Every other Thursday, Limo pulls up to the corner, nice looking old Asian lady in the back.
Friday afternoons, Drinks on the Squid!
Big Squid on Friday, can't worth Diddly rest of the week.
Hey! you, Mr., wait right here, I got an idea.
"Hey squid, squid wake up man, it's important...TV, man, it's callin you bubby . . ..
I prefer the toad less raveled.
I know. I'd like to get around to rating this film someday, but every time I watch it, I'm just so distracted by how gorgeous Paulette Goddard is..
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