Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
It is a bit corny and sometimes overly depressing, but most of the jokes land, most of the songs are funny, and it is impossible not to marvel that one guy created all of this by himself inside one room. Some lighting effects and shots are so creative that you forget that they are all filmed in the same room. The narrative is loose and, in my opinion, being played up slightly by Bo for our benefit, but in the…
The action scenes are slightly dated and ridiculous, but the rest of the film holds up. I know in my bones that there is nothing exceptional about the filmmaking, but the story, the characters, and the resolution are some of the most engaging and enjoyable of any movie I have seen.
I understand this is a classic, and it's shockingly watchable for a movie from so long ago. However, it seems unavoidable how cliche and campy this feels now. This film invented many of those cliches, so respect where it's due, but at some point, a movie becomes too old to be seen with the eyes of the original audience.