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Loving (1970)
A 60's Meltdown
I was surprisingly impressed by this film. It's a very 60's film about the self destruction of a 60's illustrator whose is going through some kind of middle-age crazy.
As others have said, it takes a lot of patience to get through to the final, awesome scene. Very touchy-feeley, but you never get a definite answer about George Segal's feelings and thoughts.
His mistress is not that enthralling and neither is the neighbor-hood wife that he succumbs to. Sherry Lansing, in a small part is extremely beautiful.
All the acting is good especially George Segal and Eva Marie Saint. You could almost get woozy from all the alcohol consumed and the cigarette smoke.
Lots of early appearances from up and coming actors such as Roy Schneider and Sterling Hayden.
Anyway, this all leads up to a party that is totally humiliating and cringe-worthy. I kind of remember parties like these!
It all ends abruptly and on a down note.
If you like introspective, depressing movies with a large dose of humiliation, this is for you.
La revanche des mortes vivantes (1987)
Time-Waster
This really is a truly bad film. Not bad in the sense of "fun bad", but "bad-annoying". I was sober when I watched this (unfortunately), and I still couldn't understand what was going on half the time.
The only redeeming quality of this movie is some nice nudity and soft core sex scenes.
Large plot holes that an asteroid could fall through, bad TV-quality filming, and substandard acting are only a few of the annoyances. The ending also makes no sense until you watch the alternate ending and then things kind of make sense.
By the way, what is a milk producer doing making a chemical that brings dead people back to life? Milk really does do a body good!
Date with a Kidnapper (1976)
Boring, Boring, Boring!
You would never think that a movie with a name such as "Kidnapped Coed" would be so..well..boring. But, it is. There are long stretches where absolutely nothing happens! I actually shouted at the screen several times, "DO SOMETHING!" and I'm not usually that agitated. This had so much sleaze potential and it bypassed all of its opportunities. There is a violent rape scene in the first 15 minutes, but it's ineptly staged and filmed in a slapdash manner.
Several other drawbacks: the girl is plain, to be kind and there is no nudity (It may have been cut-out, but I doubt it). There's also many odd plot devices which make no sense whatsoever.
I will say that the photography is excellent and the actor that plays the kidnapper is a fairly decent thespian. The subplot regarding his trying to relate to his mother in a nursing home oddly resonated with me since I've had some experiences with my own mom. I hate myself for tearing up during "Kipnapped Coed"!