Lately I've been using the imdb to check on a movie's ratings before making the effort to watch it. If it's rated 6.8 or higher, then I will watch it. But, lately, alas, this technique has not been working, and I've been disapointed in several movies that other people have rated highly. The Loved One, as you may guess, is such a movie.
Robert Morse seemed uncomfortable and spiritless in his role, maybe because of the way the role was written; I had no idea what the character wanted. And the two actors I really enjoyed, Robert Morley and John Gielgud, were not in it enough to engage my interest sufficiently. In addition, I found the editing to be choppy, and the amount of looped (over-dubbed) dialogue to be a distraction.
As a result, I stopped watching half-way through. (Sorry, but if I'm not grabbed within the first half of a movie's unfolding, I'm gone.)
As I said, a disappointment.
Robert Morse seemed uncomfortable and spiritless in his role, maybe because of the way the role was written; I had no idea what the character wanted. And the two actors I really enjoyed, Robert Morley and John Gielgud, were not in it enough to engage my interest sufficiently. In addition, I found the editing to be choppy, and the amount of looped (over-dubbed) dialogue to be a distraction.
As a result, I stopped watching half-way through. (Sorry, but if I'm not grabbed within the first half of a movie's unfolding, I'm gone.)
As I said, a disappointment.