Movie Reviews
I'm trying to play nice here, but it's probably beyond my abilities...
I saw part of Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. I was disappointed I didn't
catch the whole thing, but what I saw impressed the hell out of me.
Capra's message about human dignity and interdependence is really
needed today.
I while back I saw Adam Sandler's parody, "Mr. Deeds." He did a very
effective job of blunting the message of the original. I wonder if it
was funded through the "Wag The Dog" group. It didn't piss me off so
much at the time, I didn't realize how powerful the original was.
Interesting to note that the chief reviewer in the IMDB.com said that
Sandler's film was a remake of a depression-era "propaganda" film.
We have fallen so far that a message of being responsible to your
neighbor, being a good participant in civic affairs is propaganda, but
a film that says "everybody is venal, you are a useless idiot, greed
is good, etc" is just good clean fun.
The movie viewers were divided on the Sandler film: "it sucks!" "It
rules - you suck!" "you stupid - Sandler rules! Me smash!" Really
depressing. No sense at all of what has been lost over time.
I also saw part of "Sleepless In Seattle" which I had seen in its
entirety before. It was a better film than I thought.
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