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Stupid

posted 15 years ago by alexbunardzic
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This seems to be the spring of watching stupid movies for me. Right after I've watched the stupidest movie ever ("Intruder"), here comes this Felini 'masterpiece'. Visually, this movie is sort of interesting to watch. Still, it feels super dated, with all the 'clever' camera and editing tricks showing signs of corrosion and anachronistic weariness.

No, this movie is not good. As a matter of fact, it is quite stupid. I'm not going to dwell on the pretentiousness and the decadence of the Italian high class portrayed in this movie. I'm only going to point out the pointlessness of the rampant skewering of viewers with a deluge of silly, poorly executed images. The ridiculous costumes and the overly eagerly applied makeup are probably the stupidest ever recorded on film. The attempts at coquettish seduction by some of the actresses are largely disgusting. Sorry to say, but Felini just couldn't muster any semblance of intelligence in this movie. He was drawing blanks as he was inventing and shooting this, and it shows.

If you have two and a half hours to kill, then go ahead and watch this vacuous piece of garbage. You've been warned, however:)

[–] torpedoboy4 15 years ago

I just finished watching it, and I couldn't disagree more.

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[–] nickryder9 15 years ago

I watch lots of art films, and Fellini is the only master that I consistently don't like. I agree with the OP that this film isn't very good (to me at least). I did love Nights of Cabiria, though.

[–] leforcat 12 years ago

Couldn't agree more with nickryder9: I've watched most of the master film makers from all over the world and the one that has disappointed me consistently is Fellini (except for the first five or so films that really ARE masterpieces!)

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[–] leforcat 12 years ago

First: I never said I didn't LIKE Fellini. I wasn't about LIKING him. You can't read. Second: You comment on me as pompous ass - because I disagree with you I guess - and in the same comment you call Antonioni "bleah". What, in your opinion, does it say on you and of prospects of further discussions with me ever?

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[–] logan03 15 years ago

I would not call the film "Stupid" though it certainly had its moments that left me wondering. I first saw this on a big screen in the mid-70s and it really
fascinated me, as I was going to lots of "art-house" festivals to see the foreign films I had missed out on growing up in a conservative small town. Though I had managed to catch an occasional Fellini classic on late-night TV, it wasn't the same and I looked forward to eventually seeing them at film festivals.

I then saw it again about 5 years ago (again on a large screen) and I wondered what I had originally "seen" in it, as I found a lot of it pretentious and boring & often silly. Although the colors are spectacular, the women beautiful, the photography excellent, some of the situations just don't hold up well after all this time. Some of the scenes, such as Sandra Milo going up in the basket brought out much laughter in the theater where I saw this (and this was a serious film crowd, mind you).

In the mid-70s I might have given this a 7 or 8, but now it simply comes across as somewhat antiquated and pretentious and I give it a rating of 6. Interestingly, this is the only film of Fellini's that I've changed my mind about over the years; the rest still hold the same fascination that I had when I first saw them.

[–] jules915 15 years ago

I watched this last night and LOVED it! It was so fresh; it could have been made today.

Juliette is charming.

Meraviglioso!

[–] Molly-31 15 years ago

I thought it was cute!

I'm all right, I'm alllll right!

[–] murlangpabst 15 years ago

Do yourself a favor. Stop watching Star Trek and flicks a la Hangover. Or do us a bigger favor: stop writing about art.

[–] enneagram4 14 years ago

Thank you, murlangpabst. Grown men with adolescent sensibilities are, unfortunately in abundance in this culture.
The poster that started this waste of time can go back to smoking weed and watching the SyFy channel-

[–] dengelke 14 years ago

I agree with MurlangPabst, this is easily one of the best films ever made. I'm sorry if you didn't get it. You're missing out on something wonderful.

Don't tease me about my hobbies, I don't you about being an a$$hole

[–] witzcharm 12 years ago

i dont know it was fascinating for the whole time , it was powerful visually , and i loved it . But the crap advise of pseudo indian gurus and the spanish guy , i mean they were supposed to be ......... u know funny . I mean the movie is just so full of it , they r not making any point are they , they stand for their pseudo intellects .

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[–] lubin-freddy 15 years ago

This has always been one of the most moving films I know. I'm always totally involved in Giulietta's character and experience. One of Fellini's best.

"Sometimes you have to take the bull by the tail, and face the truth" - G. Marx

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[–] moiestatz 14 years ago

I have to disagree that it is a "vacuous piece of garbage." I actually found the imagery, well a good part of it, to be ripe with symbolism. Certainly not Fellini's best, and the indulgence is evident at times, but this film is still outrageously better than most films, especially the commercial garbage force-fed to moviegoers of today.