Band of Angels
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Movie Reviews of Band of Angels
Movie Review: Band of Angels
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw Band of Angels with Clark Gable & Yvonne DeCarlo many years ago & I was very moved by it! It wasn't Gone With the Wind but I thought it was very good!
R. Roeder (Reading, Pa.)
Movie Review: Surreal South
Summary: 1 Stars
I could not suspend my disbelief long enough to watch the entire movie, and reading the reviews here, I'm glad I didn't. Yes, I agree that the plot made me feel icky. Watching "black" Yvonne De Carlo writhe around on a bed with her blouse pulled down off her shoulders, complaining about Clark Gable buying her. Watching Clark Gable, who seems tired, perhaps embarassed? to be in this movie. I agree that Sidney Poitier is quite good, except when he is singing a ridiculous sea chanty in a voice clearly not his own. And yes, this movie romanticizes slavery. Yes, I know the Romans owned blue-eyed blonde haired slaves. Yes, I know perhaps one in 10,000 African Americans owned slaves. But slavery as practiced in the South was, by and large, incredibly inhumane and degrading to all involved. Meditate on selling your own child, as was often done. This movie isn't about slavery. It's about Hollywood's (read: white person's) idea of slavery.Movie Review: Poorly Acted Potboiler
Summary: 1 Stars
I cannot believe that the above positive reviewers have ever seen this movie. The late Yvonne DeCarlo was never known as a dramatic actress. In comedy she could hold her own and she was a remarkable singer, but this role was way beyond her abilities. And poor Clark Gable, trying desparately to recreate Rhett Butler when he was way past his prime. Only an unknown Sidney Poitier had any inkling of the depth of this material. Even the overblown "Raintree County" is superior to this Hollywood dredging up of a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel.
It is ridiculous to think that someone thought this film deserved to be on DVD. Where's "Summer and Smoke"? Where's "Boom!"? Where's "Hurry Sundown"?
Movie Review: Painful Movie
Summary: 1 Stars
It was pure agony watching this horribly overly melodramatic, wretchedly acted film. The story line was jumbled and veered off all over the place - completely disjointed and messy. The characters were half fairy dust and half bombasity. It was astounding to see such reknown actors reduced to high school theatrics. Clark Gable did the best he could with the trite dialogue and silly scenarios. Sidney Poitier was excellent and admirably portrayed the black anger of the 1950's that this film is really about. If you could only watch his scenes (minus the awful dubbed singing)it could be somewhat worthwhile. I finally turned the film off before its oh so timely end.