the screen writing and the filming technique might be beautiful but the plot itself seemed really senseless!! I sat there trying to understand the motivation behind each of the characters but I just wasn;t convinced enough....
To me, it seemed to be another poorly crafted films based on the weak (but mistakenly believed to be realistic) love motivation plots.
what are you talking about?
shareIt is a highly underrated masterpiece
shareTotally disagree with the OP. I thought it was a great underrated film. Nice ensemble cast with an ever-moving script. I was not bored, and liked the interaction between Kerr and Brynner. I liked the commentaries made by several characters in the film, including characters played by Robards (while bullet being removed), Brynner (throughout), and the pregnant American who tries to get Kerr to sleep with Brynner (the major).
shareAnd Ron(nie) Howard was just adorable!
shareI completely agree. The other messages disagreeing with you seem completely off base.
shareI thought this was an underrated classic, the only problem was it did take Brynner's character too long to find out whether Robards'character a Hungarian or not. But I then I thought it kinda did make sense that Major Surov's suspicion was prolonged in the movie because if he did find out sooner then Robards' character was gonna get killed and this shows how much risk is Major Surov willing to take to keep his admiration for Lady Ashmore. Major Surov knew that Lady Ashmore loved Paul Kedes and would do anything to protect him and Major Surov wanted to his crush Lady Ashmore happy as long she was at his presence. The Journey is definitely not a bore or a disappointment but a complicated story with a unconventional love story.
shareKnowing a bit about the political climate of the time period adds a bit of tension to the story. However, knowing how Communism developed, changed, and loosened it's stranglehold over Eastern Europe over the last 40 or 50 yrs, makes that point a little irrelevant.
shareSince the story takes place before all those changes you talk about, it's not irrelevant at all.
"The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it."--Oscar Wilde
I meant irrelevant to a modern audience. Current audiences don't relate to the political climate of 50 yrs. ago. They barely do to the current one.
shareI knew it was a clunker when the titles came up. How do you use a 'paint brush' font for a 1956 film set in eastern Europe? Since I've been a kid 'paint brush' titles have been an unerring signal of impending film-watching disaster.
I hit 'Delete' right away. I didn't need to see it.
joes 119-1 that is the most ridiculous *beep* reason not to watch it.
shareI think deciding the watch-worthiness of a film by its titles is just as valid as judging it by its casting. Carelessness or indifference in either can sometimes be immediately apparent.
Think of some great IMDB film favorites and your perception of them had they used paint brush titles. Citizen Kane ? All About Eve ? On The Waterfront ?
Talk about judging a book by its cover... or, er, judging a film by its title treatment.
What in thee world ...??