tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post1184593021716803946..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: The Crowd RoarsEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-47250715898568501022012-02-22T11:21:04.680-05:002012-02-22T11:21:04.680-05:00what a silly cliches ridden bad review!
this movi...what a silly cliches ridden bad review!<br /><br />this movie is not great, but even it does not deserve this kind of disappointing bc it is not in line with 'modern' politically correct 'liberal' attitudes and 'modern' movie cliches review. <br /><br />can't you think for yourself? lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-67216187941638626202009-01-19T11:25:00.000-05:002009-01-19T11:25:00.000-05:00yep--this one is quite bad... I couldn't believe I...yep--this one is quite bad... I couldn't believe I was actually hating a film starring Cagney, Dvorak and Blondell (I love all three of 'em!), but I did...<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I'd say that the non-racing parts don't feel like Hawks though... to me they constitute an important part of the auteur's canon--in that they demonstrate what lies beyond the misogyny-barrier that he always played Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-88448798754063518122009-01-16T10:21:00.000-05:002009-01-16T10:21:00.000-05:00Thanks for explaining about the racing footage - I...Thanks for explaining about the racing footage - I got the wrong end of the stick there. I've been getting more into Hawks in the last few weeks, although I still need to see a lot of his films and read more about him! I do love the scene where Cagney goes round the real racing drivers asking for a job, a bit more hopelessly each time - I must agree there are a lot of gaps in this film, but I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-14673180977132109882009-01-15T13:10:00.000-05:002009-01-15T13:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment Judy. I hope you'll wri...Thanks for the comment Judy. I hope you'll write about some of these films soon, since you're obviously very knowledgable about this period in Hawks' career.<BR/><BR/>Cagney was quite good as always, but I just couldn't get past his really nasty character or the huge gaps in the narrative. It often did feel like things had been cut, not only in the ending but after Spud dies too: Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-17747735372498858862009-01-15T12:44:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:44:00.000-05:00Must admit I'm very fond of this film, so am sorry...Must admit I'm very fond of this film, so am sorry you didn't like it, Ed - but am interested to have your take all the same. I like your point about the focus on the women left behind and waiting for news - something which also crops up in the slightly later film Hawks made with Cagney, 'Ceiling Zero'. <BR/><BR/>I do agree with a lot of your criticisms, especially the puzzling gaps in the story Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com