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By today's standards for movies, it was not special, but I found it surprisingly entertaining.
The film is probably not very sophisticated by todays standards, more's the pity, but it seemed rather racy back then.
Starting with a "My Name is Joe" like scene in Alcoholics Anonymous tBM careers into a mad spiral of infidelity, double standards and clandestine affairs.
The high standards of BBC TV is evident in the production, and superb lead actors (Claire Bloom and Joss Ackland) make this an uplifting experience.
Not to say that Memento or Insomnia are bad,but they were definitely up to more Hollywood standards...while Following is more of an indie flick.
Who else other than Troma can take the classic tragedy and change it around to todays standards????
Some of the relationships with women in the film are very 'non-PC' by today's standards as well.
By the standards of films made just a few years later, this film might receive a score of only 6 or 7--mostly because the sound quality was so poor.
Of course one could argue that all those things are an advantage when some one is an artist and especially a poet since one of the purposes of art is to subvert the standards of conventional morality but still I do not thing that a positive role model could crop up from such a bundle of personality traits.
It is skillfully made even with the standards we are used to today seventy eight years later.
Laurel & Hardy were under the protection of Hal Roach, so production standards for their shorts and sound films were pretty good.
My only real criticisms are that the choice of English translation words for the subtitles is sub par, even by normal standards.
I haven't seen this for years and it still has a certain creepiness to it that by today's standards is still pretty strange.
It is apparent that their standards are so high that they will never be able to enjoy a film just for enjoyment sake.
Out of any category, this is one demented and over the edge film, even in todays standards.
The movie was made in 1965 but even by today's standards, the plot was absolutely modern and way ahead of its times.
Ed (coincidentally an editor) is hired to cut horror films down to be favorable in Europe (where standards are much more rigorous).
The production and the performances could have hardly been better but the original tape's age showed because both the audio and video quality are below modern standards, even on a newly pressed DVD.
One of the most well-written, well-acted and over-all best shows ever to grace the airwaves, it set new standards for Sci-fi television.
The script progresses with extreme simplicity, albeit some sappiness, but never pulling any punches to state its message, although by today standards, it is somewhat slow.
The Portuguese are getting a high quality standards.
By today standards is raunchy and might have grabbed a NC-17 rating, but is a well told story of how sometimes personal fixation can only bring pain,while love might be right in front of us.
When she mentions that she was Uncle Wade's favorite and he left her $25,000 (big bucks by 1945 standards), Scott loses interest in poor Hilda and makes a play for Anne.
The film quality is not of the highest Hollywood standards; however the original film was supposed to be made in the genre of a gritty punk-rock style.
The script is just innocent fun that is charming, with the special effects somewhat simple, by today's standards, but effective nonetheless.
Of course gruesome things like hands being chopped off happened and yes to todays standards that's inadmissible, but in those days it was common practice.
Although the effects in this movie are crude compared to today's standards, they were perfect for this movie's genre.
The film may be dated by today's standards and the story and songs may be nothing special, but the musical numbers are magnificently staged and there's a terrific cast to go with the film.
I know Italian horror often disregards the plot, but the storyline and characters in his films were just far too thread bare even by the standards.
The effects (done by ILM) still hold up by todays standards.
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