Just during the past week I've seen eight films (in parentheses: reviewers' and audience's ratings from Rotten Tomatoes):
I would say those Rotten Tomatoes ratings pretty much coincided with my like-factor. Interesting that Star Wars 7 in 12 days has already reached a billion dollars of world-wide box office revenues, and China does not begin showing until next month. Also worth mentioning that in various meal groups here at 15 Craigside I'm the only one who has seen it. Read my review here if you want the full story. If you don't want to know all the secrets before going, though, don't. I especially enjoyed Spotlight and The Big Short was very okay.
- That's Entertainment (1973, 100%/85%)
- That's Entertainment 2 (1976, ?/77%)
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936, 65%/51%)
- Swing Time (1936, 100%/87%)
Note the 100% reviewers' ratings above.
Here, the Rotten Tomatoes ratings did not match my views. The Great Ziegfeld was too long at 3 hours, way over the top with the A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody set alone costing nearly $4 million in 2015 dollars and poorly rated. I loved it! So did the Motion Picture Academy, for the film won the Oscar for Best Film and Best Actress to Luise Rainer.
Got to say a few things about her:
- Born Jewish growing up in Nazi Germany, but you'd swear she was French in this movie, although Anna Held, her role, was supposed to be Polish.
- Also again won the Best Actress Oscar the following year (matched by Kathryn Hepburn three decades later for consecutiveness) for playing O-Lan in The Good Earth (where first director George Hill committed suicide and producer Irving Thalberg suddenly died at the age of 37).
- She essentially quit acting after only three years.
- Passed away just a year ago at almost the age of 105.
Incidentally, That's Dancing (1985, ?/71%) is showing today on TCM at 6PM EST and 1PM on Hawaii.
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