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Originally Posted by Sculpt
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
5/10
Successful box office film in 1962. Academy Award nominations for Costume, Sound, Black and White Cinematography, Best Supporting Role for Victor Buono, and Best Actress for Bette Davis. Davis does an excellent full-tilt job as a mean, dilutional, elderly sister.
The plot is truly ridiculous. The character creations and motivations, revealed at the end, are absurdly unsatisfying. I found it subpar as suspense. The black humor was shallow and unrooted as compared to Arsenic and Old Lace. The meanness of Bette Davis' character floated without purpose or satisfaction, blunting the sting. I didn't enjoy the film... worse than a wacko without a cause, but also without any fun.
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Have to agree with You on this..it hasn't aged well at all. This was a movie I was forbidden to watch as a little one by Mom as it was "...a horrible movie!". Finally saw it when I was 16 and found it more amusing than anything else. The book by Henry Farrell is MUCH better.
FRANKENSTEIN (1931). Was listening to the Rudy Belmer commentary and still marveling how much zip this has for an early talkie and how good Colin Clive, Boris Karloff and Dwight Frye are-how cruel Fritz is! He's probably the most responsible for the monster's anti-social nature. ****1/2