Review of The Misfits (1961) by Ben H — 04 Aug 2009

I think Clark Gable was catered to because, "Hey, it's Clark Gable! Who cares if he's in his 60's?!" or however old of a senior citizen he was then. The ending was the completion of the point that says, "This was a weird movie".

I understood what was going on, it just didn't make sense. Maybe because it's of a different walk of life, this world. But still, maybe I'm just being judgemental over the results and too stereotypical.

Nonetheless it left me with the feeling afterwards of, "Oh really? That's how Huston is going to end it? ... Well I mean it is Clark Gable. He got the stunt man, and the emphasis to cater the scenes around, next to Marilyn who both got the most screen time. I mean you studied Marketing Ben, the 2 of them are selling this movie, and they probably only agreed to do it if the movie did just that, cater to them.".

So I ended up convincing myself of the movie I didn't understand. Maybe it's a good thing, every film shouldn't fall EXACTLY into your expectations. How we grow as individuals and a society.

And yet, you shouldn't have to convince yourself of how good a movie "you think it should be because they're some big names in it and working on it". Or just becasue you think it should be good, for whatever the reason. If it's good, you should just know it upon viewing, and not convince yourself that it is because you wanted it to be prior.

All of this is what this movie left me with, thinking about.