I have never been a fan of those screwball comedies from the 1930s.The incessent shouting, constant motion and rapidly delivered one liners always gives me a headache , so I was somewhat dissapointed by the "hilarious" French animated feature A Town called Panic this evening, which unfortunately contained all of these irritiating features.
The story of the adventures of three plastic toys ( a squeeky voiced Cowboy, a camp Indian and a pragmatic horse) was clever enough but the incessent movment and noise within the narrative gave my nerves a real shake up and I left after an hour , which was a shame.
It was the first film I had gone to see for an age...and it was a pity that it was not as good as the broadsheets said it was.
4/10
Mind you I loved the film's title.....reminded me of one of the best movie titles EVER
No THAT'S a real movie title
Believe I would have saved my $
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Hate you had to leave. Nothing worse than paying your money and hating it. Who doesn’t love Telly Savalas :)
ReplyDeleteI probably would have asked for my money back.
ReplyDeleteHope the next movie treats you better!
Judging from your still photo, it had promise, so I'm sorry to hear it didn't. The last film I walked out of was a Swedish one called "The Ox", made by Ingmar Bergan's cameraman - talk about bloody ANGST!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like anything I would be interested in. Sorry you wasted your time.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I actually went to see an "intelligent" movie yesterday. "The King's Speech" was every bit as good as I was told. Best movie I have seen in ages.
I saw the preview for that and decided not to see it. Most of the recent films haven't been must-sees. However, I am looking forward to the French animated film The Illusionist should it ever make its way stateside.
ReplyDeleteGood for you that you got up and left! I have sat through too many bad films hoping they would improve... didn't happen... should have left. I have given up on going to the movies and stick to DVD's.
ReplyDeleteI would have done the same John. Too bad it was a big let down especially when it looked like a good movie. Better luck next time. Hope your day has been a good one so far.
ReplyDeleteMaura :)
I am really loving this blog!
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~Mimi
www.thegoatborrower.blogspot.com
I agree with Callie, glad you had sense enough to decide to leave, not just grit your teeth waiting for an improvement that most likely won't happen...
ReplyDeleteMaybe next film...
Cat
You've gotta see True Grit, it's really, really good.
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