"Ain't life grand" is what you will think if you let yourself sink into this excessive, emotional story of ups and downs and the development people go through during their lifetime. We follow many people who risked it all to live the life they always dreamed of, to be part of something larger on movie sets in the Hollywood of the 1920s/1930s. Apart from it going good or bad for them the movie manages to show us what I think are pretty realistic emotions and decision-makings by the main characters during a time in which their whole industry changes dramatically.
As you already know this movie doesn't come short of controversial, excessive scenes and you may not like some of them or even find them misplaced and inappropriate, personally I always had the feeling that they matched the purpose to show us a world that most of us don't know and can hardly imagine. On the other hand there are many scenes that everybody would agree to be well depicted and choreographed, some scenes were literally the funniest or most emotional I've ever seen. More important in my opinion was the overall impression of this film which was phenomenally thrilling.
Why did I give 9/10 then? I do agree with those who say that the movie is too long, half an hour less would have been equally effective and some plot parts have been unnecessarily lengthened.
Still this picture is a must-see, even if you don't like movies like that or dislike it afterwards - requirement is that you have no problem with excessive and explicit scenes though.
It is a movie where you get so much character development and feel connected with the people. There is no doubt that this is what cinema is for!
As you already know this movie doesn't come short of controversial, excessive scenes and you may not like some of them or even find them misplaced and inappropriate, personally I always had the feeling that they matched the purpose to show us a world that most of us don't know and can hardly imagine. On the other hand there are many scenes that everybody would agree to be well depicted and choreographed, some scenes were literally the funniest or most emotional I've ever seen. More important in my opinion was the overall impression of this film which was phenomenally thrilling.
Why did I give 9/10 then? I do agree with those who say that the movie is too long, half an hour less would have been equally effective and some plot parts have been unnecessarily lengthened.
Still this picture is a must-see, even if you don't like movies like that or dislike it afterwards - requirement is that you have no problem with excessive and explicit scenes though.
It is a movie where you get so much character development and feel connected with the people. There is no doubt that this is what cinema is for!
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