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The Whispering Shadow (1933)
Good cheesy fun
In my youth (1980 or thereabouts), I was a projectionist at an art-movie cinema (remember those?). Anyway, one summer we showed an episode of "The Whispering Shadow" before each week's feature, and all can say is that it was great cheesy fun. My favorite episode was the one that ended with our hero and heroine trapped in a room--AND THE WALLS START MOVING IN TO CRUSH THEM TO DEATH! And as the walls move in, they wibble and wobble, because they are obviously just two muslin-covered stage flats being pushed in by a couple of stagehands, and all the while the hero and heroine roll their eyes and cling to each other and scream and scream and scream! Too funny for words. All joshing aside, the final episode does have an interesting twist that made my twelve weeks in the projection booth worth the while.
Minority Report (2002)
Imaginative and exciting film
It's great to see an eighty-million dollar movie that looks like it cost eighty million dollars--and every penny is on the screen. Unlike so many "effect" movies nowadays, every effect in this picture is there for a reason, supports the theme or plot or characterizations, and is breathtaking. On your way home about half-a-dozen gaps in logic will occur to you, but WHO CARES? I was spellbound for two and a half hours. What a great, wild ride.
Scooby-Doo (2002)
An odious film
I went to my local cinema expecting to see a fun, somewhat retro light summer comedy--and you would not believe the steaming pile that they served up to me in exchange for MONEY. My heart bled for the poor actors trapped in this unimaginative, stupid script: they deserved better. In lieu of characters, we were given cheesy, weary-looking CGI effects. In lieu of humor, we were given flatulence and pee-pee. What a vile waste of time.