Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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West Side Story (1961)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

It was a very well-made movie (except for the bad job in sound editing and song dubbing), and I can recognize it is a classic musical, but I just didn’t enjoy the film very much. What can I say? I’m not a musical person. The story was pretty good, but…

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The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Bunuel is an intelligent filmmaker with a good sense of humor, but very weird. Bad subtitles. They weren’t there 1/2 the time and were really hard to read (white on white).

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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A battle of screen legends. How often does that happen? The same appeal as the Cartoon Olympics of the 80’s. Cheesy, but the cheese gives it flavor. Slow.

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A few cool scenes, but not too exciting to watch. A few very violent scenes for a movie this old. Kinda like Nikita, where the government keeps a person alive to serve them.

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8½ (1963)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

There’s some guilt when I don’t appreciate the movies that film school says I should. Not too sure what the this one was about. A writer goes on to direct films with a few biographical flashbacks? Kubrickian at times. Freaky beginning. The hanging was funny. That “asa nisi masa” thing…

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A lot of interesting points are made. Like a lot of James Cameron’s films, a wonderful and fearful look at the technological future. Peter Sellers looked cool and was great.

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Goldfinger (1964)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

OK, seems to have served as inspiration for later Bond movies and other action films. Similar car chase and ending as Goldeneye. The beginning sequence and encased nuclear bomb later appeared in True Lies. Arnie also seems to have adopted some of Connery’s snappy one-liners. Why were all of the…

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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Slow and boring, with in-depth studies of few characters and only a couple of different sets. Would make a good play. Sharif was engaging. Julie Christie’s pretty hot. But why do they all have English accents? Because it makes it more accessible to the audience? Because it’s an English director?…

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Persona (1966)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Interesting beginning sequence of shots. However, I don’t understand what makes that so “cool” among film critics. What defines talent in that area? I think I could put together a series of random images (or those which convey a common theme) just as interestingly as Bergman did, if not more…

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Exactly like a 60’s melding of True Romance (how about that “she’s a peach” quote) and Natural Born Killers. The film emphasizes the trashiness, recklessness, and public worship of Mickey and Mallory while at the same time providing the same kind of relationship as Clarence and Alabama. Crazy shooting scene…

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