Review of The Big Bounce (1969) by Laine P — 07 Jun 2008

I'm slightly biased of movies from the era of the 60's and 70's so if this movie really was not considered all that great, I might not notice. It's hard for me not to like a movie with Ryan O'Neal in it, anyway -- he's so sympathetic, even when he's an playing an asshole, and Leigh Taylor-Young was so crazy beautiful (crazy being the word, here) that you couldn't help but watch her character's next move.

I kept thinking it would be a great remake in the right hands -- turns out that already happened, apparently in the wrong hands (2004). I can't even remember it coming out. I guess that's the times we're living in, the amount of movies made highly surpasses the amount that are actually good. I'm guessing the remake relied on eye candy and stupid jokes. The original served the story.