neilsaunders1960 Reviews

No, My Darling Daughter (1961)

Reasons to cherish the film

[10/10 · 11 September 2020]

Reviewer "hazelfreeman": 'Entitled posh men behave pompously, and in the second half of the film are going to have a young man arrested, and no-one says "What has he done wrong?" The heroine is kidnapped by one of the entitled men and taken, bound and gagged, in a horse box on a 500 mile journey.'

Brilliant! You've just listed all the things I love about this film!

Mind you, it was a bit naughty when Michael Craig bopped poor Rad Fulton over the head with what looked like a crowbar. That said, all's fair in love and comedy.

Lucy (I) (2014)

The product of a sick culture

[4 July 2017]

Imagine "Idiocracy", only directed from the point of view of one of the Idiots.

There! You've just imagined "Lucy", and saved yourself a couple of hours of precious time.

Compare the production budget and box-office of the former with the latter, and ask yourself what kind of culture we now inhabit.