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Burton as action hero
posté par rudely_murraySTAFFMOD le 10 juillet 2019 à 10h19
Where Eagles Dare is fun in its old-fashioned way (awfully long, though) but, while Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood have chemistry, it is pretty hard to accept the lumbering Burton leaping between moving cable cars thousands of feet up in the Alps.
Réponse de tmdb82469342
le 11 juillet 2019 à 13h26
Burton doesn't have to worry about the action when Eastwood's mowing down Nazi's like a motherfucking Terminator!
Réponse de rudely_murray
le 11 juillet 2019 à 19h09
Haha yes, the body count in this film is off the scale.
Réponse de Strange Bedfellows
le 12 juillet 2019 à 04h27
I don't find Richard Burton credible in very much - he is too theatrically dramatic in his speech and attitude - he is Richard Burton, the alcoholic tragedian in every role he plays.
Réponse de rudely_murray
le 12 juillet 2019 à 19h42
I agree with you to a point, actually. I think he is superb in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- one of my favourite screen performances ever, in fact -- and enjoy him in a few other roles (his last hurrah in 1984 for example). But some of his more highly-regarded work has left me underwhelmed (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) or downright unimpressed (I think his performance in Equus is terrible, particularly the wooden, turgid monologres).
Réponse de Strange Bedfellows
le 13 juillet 2019 à 04h51
I agree with you in regard to "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" but that's about it.