Review of Hollywoodland (2006) by Simone S — 28 Jan 2008

I was finally in the mood for this after watching The Jacket. I must have had this movie now for a few months, and still never got round to watching it. But after seeing Adrien Brody in The Jacket - well I had to watch another movie with him in it.

What a major disappointment. I was expecting a movie about George Reeves' life, and a fictionalised account of why he committed suicide. When I asked my mum and dad who George Reeves was they had no idea. Even I knew who he was.

What I got was a mundane film, with some flashbacks back to the events leading up to his suicide, and lots and lots of focus on a private investigator, who was trying to figure out if a man's wife was actually cheating on him. How boring.

I ended up switching it off after 40 minutes. It just wasn't grabbing my attention, and if a movie doesn't grab my attention after that time, then it's not worth watching. I really thought it would have been good, with all the conspiracy theories that surrounded his death. Hey, it could have got better after the 40 minutes, but if the movie couldn't get to the point, I give up! Avoid this film at all costs, unless you're prepared to sit for a long time before it gets going.