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A Dismal Affair Spoilers

posted 14 years ago by Kammurabi
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In every sense of the phrase.

This is the first Monte Hellman movie I didn't like. Simultaneously, it is the first movie Warren Oates was in where I was not that impressed with his part.

What an abortive infatuation that was between the Agutter character and Testi. It doesn't work at all.
I enjoyed the way the stabbing was handled. But it totally takes away any chance of sympathy for the Agutter character.
I really would have rather seen them all dead than to have them all live at the end.
As it turns out, not much is resolved. I can appreciate it if that is the intent, but it still doesn't make for a good movie.

Extremely tiresome and annoying music too.

The only thing I really liked was the Peckinpah scene. His character was really well done.

All of this doesn't take away any enthusiasm for Hellman's new movie though. First in 20 years.

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[–] avi-23 12 years ago

Thank you, thinkkam-2. I couldn't agree more. One of the worst Westerns I have seen from it's time. I wish Warren Oates had not signed up for this. Among other things, Agutter was a bad choice,I think.

[–] megoobee 8 years ago

Indeed, her actions led to the deaths of Oates' entire family except for the widowed sister-in-law about to give birth. Agutter should have just put a gun in her mouth at the end.