The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Beautifully filmed but overly novelistic second film from Orson Welles is, despite what some people think, nowhere near the quality of Citizen Kane. It works in fits and starts, but then there's pieces (like the bizarre opening ten minutes, which falls somewhere between scene-setting and impromptu history lesson) that just kind of sit there. And then there's the fact that all the technical bravado in the world can't help the fact that this is about a snotty, spoiled rich guy. As stated before, movies about the problems of rich people almost never win me over. So you can safely ignore me on this one. The sound design is a plus (Altman's probably seen this a million times).
Grade: B-
Beautifully filmed but overly novelistic second film from Orson Welles is, despite what some people think, nowhere near the quality of Citizen Kane. It works in fits and starts, but then there's pieces (like the bizarre opening ten minutes, which falls somewhere between scene-setting and impromptu history lesson) that just kind of sit there. And then there's the fact that all the technical bravado in the world can't help the fact that this is about a snotty, spoiled rich guy. As stated before, movies about the problems of rich people almost never win me over. So you can safely ignore me on this one. The sound design is a plus (Altman's probably seen this a million times).
Grade: B-
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