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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 439284" data-attributes="member: 5079">I listened to it so you don&#039;t have to.The basic format is an extended Siskel &amp; Ebert style movie discussion&nbsp; between two commentators.&nbsp; I skimmed through the section on CHARIOTS OF FIRE.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen the movie and I doubt I ever will.&nbsp; Those 80s &quot;prestige&quot; films are always long, ponderous and dry as dust.&nbsp; (I agree with the one guy here.&nbsp; Based on the title, a movie about gladiators with flame throwing chariots would have been a much more intriguing story!)The section on MOMMIE DEAREST was bit more interesting.&nbsp; The one reviewer had a standard reaction: bad fanfic alternating between dull and gross. The other guy had a more more alarming reaction: admiration for Joan. Not the real Joan, mind you, who despite her flaws I think did have some very Scarlett O&#039;Hara qualities that are hard not to admire.&nbsp; But Dunaway-as-Crawford is a monstrous caricature.&nbsp; MOMMIE DEAREST is such a bad, muddled movie reflected in how many people watch a film about a child abuser and feel more empathy for the abuser than the victim-child.&nbsp; Something about this movie is deeply askew that it elicits so little sympathy for Christina.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 439284, member: 5079"] I listened to it so you don't have to. The basic format is an extended Siskel & Ebert style movie discussion between two commentators. I skimmed through the section on CHARIOTS OF FIRE. I've never seen the movie and I doubt I ever will. Those 80s "prestige" films are always long, ponderous and dry as dust. (I agree with the one guy here. Based on the title, a movie about gladiators with flame throwing chariots would have been a much more intriguing story!) The section on MOMMIE DEAREST was bit more interesting. The one reviewer had a standard reaction: bad fanfic alternating between dull and gross. The other guy had a more more alarming reaction: admiration for Joan. Not the real Joan, mind you, who despite her flaws I think did have some very Scarlett O'Hara qualities that are hard not to admire. But Dunaway-as-Crawford is a monstrous caricature. MOMMIE DEAREST is such a bad, muddled movie reflected in how many people watch a film about a child abuser and feel more empathy for the abuser than the victim-child. Something about this movie is deeply askew that it elicits so little sympathy for Christina. [/QUOTE]

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