Review of The Third Man (1949) by Calib M — 10 Jun 2016
On paper, this is a movie that I should love immediately, the plot seems fantastic, I love Carol Reed, I love all of the actors, and this has been one of my most anticipated movies since the first time I laid eyes on the IMDb page. I watched it for the first time, yesterday, and it didnt do anything for me. What a massive disappointment.
How can people even think this movie is perfect? My personal predjudices aside, just basic things I hated:
The music is awful, and extremely out of place, even in suspenseful moments, that ^&#*@ stupid cider music is always playing. It is so out of place!
The acting is stiff and mediocre from the whole cast at best (Expect Orson Welles ofcourse).
The overuse of dutch angels really irritated me, how can people say that the cinematography is flawless, when there is such an obvious one like this.
And personally, I found the first hour to be damn near unwatchable because of how bonedry story telling it was.
This film is like The Dark Knight, if you take away 1 great performance, there is nothing left.
This review of The Third Man (1949) was written by Calib M on 10 Jun 2016.
The Third Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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