Tom Jones
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Movie Reviews of Tom Jones
Movie Review: an oddly fun movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this movie in my Intro to Film class, and I learned that in the time this movie was made, it was revolutionary in its uninhibited style. I liked this movie because it's quirky, thoughtful, and satirical all at the same time, even without any profanity at all.Movie Review: TOM JONES ... A CLASSIC
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw this movie decades ago and then again on TV recently. Just had to have it in my library of favorites
to watch again and again.
Movie Review: Poor quality DVD, Sound - so so very 60s movie
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie won best picture in 1963 over the likes of Cleopatra and Lillies of the Valley. I can say that it may be the oddest best picture of the 40 or so that I have seen. It has one amazing scene of a English Hunt filmed from all sorts of innovative angles for 1963. It is a truly amazing scene and I suspect this film could not have won best picture without it. It has the best editing and cinematography of the film.But the directing, which also won an academy award, reminds one of Monty Python and Benny Hill. If that's your cup a tea then you will probably like the movie. But I should note that much of the popularity of this film comes from the fact that it breaks new ground in both topic and film making. Remember, the best pictures before this were, Lawerence of Arabia (epic), West Side Story (musical), The Apartment (possible exception), Ben Hur, Gigi, The Bridge on the River Kwai, etc. With the possible exception of the sex oriented comedy The Apartment, film goers had never seen anything like Tom Jones in 1963. Of course we have since gotten more Wooddy Alen, Benny Hill and Monty Python than we can handle. Tom Jones may have been a thrill in 1963, but it almost seems a period piece out of the technicolor 60s than it does Henry Fieldings novel of the 18th century.
Movie Review: Dated Film
Summary: 3 Stars
I had much better memories of this film than reality as the recent viewing proved. I thought fondly of this film after having seen it in the theatre when it was first released. I recently purchased it as a gift for a friend and we watched it for a current review. I was quite bored for the most part and realized that I confused much of it in my mind with Far From The Madding Crowd, which is a better film.Movie Review: Great movies deserve great mastering
Summary: 3 Stars
The picture quality of this so terrible- it is a shame that such a classic has not had any attention given to it. The scenes that relied on natural lighting are very dark and some of the scenes have serious color washout.