When you reach a certain age, you might actually enjoy movies like this… Apparently that age is 45.
Sure, there was a lot of cliché stuff – lessons everyone ought to know (hint – we’re all going to die someday… probably sooner that we’d like). But, sometimes you just have to appreciate the little things – dialog, characters, setting. Now, do I have to watch the first one?
Boy, I know I saw this, but it kind of merges together with all the other “old people are cooler than you think” movies I’ve seen. I do remember that it was a pretty decent one though – anything with Maggie Smith and John Cleese is at least worth a try.
A couple dysfunctional old women along the English shore have a dose of reality interrupt their fantasy lives. It’s pretty well done, though a few of the characters left me scratching my head. Plus, the violinist guy was a bit annoying… I don’t know… I liked it I guess. I wonder, do I have to like or dislike everything? I mean, can’t we all just “be”?
Ever wanted to just whack your annoying neighbor in the head with a shovel and bury him? I mean, who’d really care? You’d be making the world a better place. Well… then this movie is for you!
It’s just fascinating to watch snobs and their servants. This movie makes you feel like a peeping tom – relegated to inadequate glimpses of the central activity. I liked the way there were few “plot bits” in the movie – (e.g. action or dialog that exists only to move the plot along). For the first hour of the movie, I had absolutely no idea what was going on, or who was who – nothing is explained to the audience. That makes the movie a real puzzle – not only are you curious to know who did the murder, but simply “who is who”… A good deal of credit goes to Robert Altman for paying attention to the detail in the movie – it didn’t feel like a movie at all, rather a window to a lost world – the directing, acting, and general style were that good.