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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 374594" data-attributes="member: 5079">There have been so many films through the years who have developed reputations for being high-camp, knee-slapping, so-bad-they&#039;re-good.&nbsp; Usually when I watch these movies my reaction is, &quot;that was dull&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TROG is such a film.&nbsp; It&#039;s a passably competent movie -- to the extent that it&#039;s at least not ploddingly inept -- undone by cruddy production values.&nbsp; But mostly it&#039;s very, very boring.&nbsp; If not for being Joan&#039;s last film, it would be rightfully forgotten.Crawford&#039;s career was never highbrow, but she didn&#039;t deserve to go out on such a shoddy production.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s very differing accounts of what Joan was like during filming; FEUD, at least, went with the version of her being a befuddled dunk giving a hapless performance.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whatever her drinking was or wasn&#039;t at the time, I don&#039;t see any evidence of it in her acting.&nbsp; She&#039;s fine in the role, considering she&#039;s was required to perform utter nonsense.&nbsp; The old command and star power was still there, if a bit dimmed.&nbsp; She was still a fine looking lady -- even if I think she should have kept the silverish coif rather than going auburn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 374594, member: 5079"] There have been so many films through the years who have developed reputations for being high-camp, knee-slapping, so-bad-they're-good. Usually when I watch these movies my reaction is, "that was dull". TROG is such a film. It's a passably competent movie -- to the extent that it's at least not ploddingly inept -- undone by cruddy production values. But mostly it's very, very boring. If not for being Joan's last film, it would be rightfully forgotten. Crawford's career was never highbrow, but she didn't deserve to go out on such a shoddy production. There's very differing accounts of what Joan was like during filming; FEUD, at least, went with the version of her being a befuddled dunk giving a hapless performance. Whatever her drinking was or wasn't at the time, I don't see any evidence of it in her acting. She's fine in the role, considering she's was required to perform utter nonsense. The old command and star power was still there, if a bit dimmed. She was still a fine looking lady -- even if I think she should have kept the silverish coif rather than going auburn. [/QUOTE]

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