The black and white blur
I just finished watching Fear in the Night, which I put on my Netflix list solely because it starred DeForest Kelley. And was apparently his first film. Normally I don't watch much that was made prior to Star Wars (pace snowydragon1776), in part because I have trouble telling people apart in black and white films--seriously, they're mostly white, the guys all have the same haircuts and dress alike, and there isn't much variation in the women either--but I was curious about his work outside of Star Trek. Though I do want to look up a Western too.
Admittedly I don't know much about films of the time, but it didn't seem very good to me. Though I admit that my reaction to his first appearance was "Oh, he's adorable!" *snerk* Very young, at least compared to ST. The plot was...implausible, to say the least, and the main character passed out at least three times in rapid succession. Not to mention a blatant "oops" at one point, which I will not detail--I think this one has wound its way around to the point where that would be a spoiler. But it wasn't a bad watch, I've seen worse, and it satisfied my curiosity.
Other films I've watched recently:
Space Cowboys--amusing if predictable up to a point, and then they threw physics out the airlock and plausibility after it, though I admit I wasn't expecting the twist. Also, the Russian general had a French accent.
Mansfield Park (1999)--avoid, avoid, avoid. Beautifully staged and nicely casted (I am fond of Johnny Lee Miller), but for some reason they mixed in elements of Jane Austen's life and then screwed up the plot further, and it's a total mess. Ugh.
the impossible span of dreams
Admittedly I don't know much about films of the time, but it didn't seem very good to me. Though I admit that my reaction to his first appearance was "Oh, he's adorable!" *snerk* Very young, at least compared to ST. The plot was...implausible, to say the least, and the main character passed out at least three times in rapid succession. Not to mention a blatant "oops" at one point, which I will not detail--I think this one has wound its way around to the point where that would be a spoiler. But it wasn't a bad watch, I've seen worse, and it satisfied my curiosity.
Other films I've watched recently:
Space Cowboys--amusing if predictable up to a point, and then they threw physics out the airlock and plausibility after it, though I admit I wasn't expecting the twist. Also, the Russian general had a French accent.
Mansfield Park (1999)--avoid, avoid, avoid. Beautifully staged and nicely casted (I am fond of Johnny Lee Miller), but for some reason they mixed in elements of Jane Austen's life and then screwed up the plot further, and it's a total mess. Ugh.
the impossible span of dreams