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Movie Reviews of Tom Jones
Movie Review: One of the worst "BEST PICTURES": TOM JONES,1963.DVD is like the VHS!
Summary: 2 Stars
Oh well...it's just my opinion!
I found the movie,after all these years, not funny,trite,boring,but most of all not well researched as far as costumes and make up.This Period Piece about the foundling Tom Jones, and his "naughty" chasing of the ladies,is anything but that.As far as the look of the film,there is much that was overlooked in the production value of this film.The costumes were extremely dull and unimaginative.Some characters appear in the same get up in every scene. There was no attempt to de-60's these actors-women with the plucked eyebrows and fake upper eyelashes,as well as inauthentic hair styles.On the deer hunt, it is obvious that the hunters are traveling a road clearly marked with tire tracks (that was really startling!).A Period Piece needs to have a look and air of authenticity and historicity.TOM JONES does not.Director Tony Richardson seems more intent in making a film that has a silent movie-era effect with his countless odd dissolves and transitions that seem affected after a few scenes.The film seems intent on amusing us with clever trickery of the style of the film,but is sorely lacking in any substance.1963 must have been a week year for films,or could it be that LILIES OF THE FIELD was just too "black" for the Academy to award it's top prize? Just my opinion.
The DVD is identical to the old VHS print-very grainy,dull color and color fluctuation with bad sound.The tape is better for the price.
Movie Review: Great film but poor-quality transfer is upsetting
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this with fond memories of the film, which I know well, and watched it with a friend who had not seen the movie before. As reported, much of the film is too dark to make out what's going on, so I had to explain to my friend what was transpiring on screen. In essence, all the night scenes are in total blackness (in the original, there was enough light to see the action), and even some of the other scenes are also difficult to make out entirely. Shame on the releasing company for putting out this classic film in this sorry condition.Movie Review: Couldn't finish it - What was Academy thinking?
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up this DVD because it won the Best Picture Oscar in 1963. I found it to be trite, boring, and terribly stuck in the 60's. It's hard to imagine how this film won the Best Picture Award over much better films like The Birds, Dr. No, Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Cleopatra, etc.
Tom Jones was so bad that I quit watching it half way through. I couldn't see wasting another hour on of my life.
Movie Review: ONE OF THE TOP TEN WORST LOOKING DVD TRANSFERS EVER!
Summary: 1 Stars
Albert Finney is the scandalous "Tom Jones", a squire of young ladies with nothing on their mind but sex. This is the bawdy, gaudy tale of Tom's romantic prowess and how he became the chambermaid's delight. It's told in a rather tongue-in-cheek fashion and celebrated with a lustfully playful score and winning cameo performances throughout. Susannah York crops up as the playful Sophie Western, one of Tom?s many conquests, much to the chagrin of her stoic and stalwart father (Hugh Griffith).MGM's DVD is one of the worst looking efforts of digital mastering on the market. Where to begin? Colors are muted, dated, unbalanced and bleed throughout. Contrast levels are so low that night scenes look as though they were shot using only the light coming off of a flashlight with dying batteries. Flesh tones are way too orange. Fidelity in general is a mess. Edge enhancement, pixelization, aliasing and shimmering of fine details are excessive and present throughout the film. Digital and film grain are excessively high. There's really no instance where one can simply sit back and enjoy the film. The audio is a disappointing mono. Considering that the previously issued DVD (exhibiting the same disappointing picture quality) was remastered in "surround sound" the lack of surround on this disc seems odd. There are no extras.
BOTTOM LINE: Don't waste your money.
Movie Review: If there is a God...
Summary: 1 Stars
...why does he allow people to suffer through this movie?If you think it's funny to watch people kick dogs and have sex with their own parents, then this is the movie for you. Albert Finney looks about 15 years too old to portray the virile title character in this adaptation of the classic 18th century novel. The "plot," if you can call it that, is a little hard for me to describe since I am expending a tremendous amount of energy trying to block it from my mind. Suffice to say it plods along much like a typical episode of Three's Company, with it's misunderstandings, sexual escapades and slapstick humor. The difference of course being that a typical episode of Three's Company is better written, better directed and far easier to stomach. In particular, the last hour of the movie is a boringly boring bore. Sitting through it is like sitting through the end credits of the Olympics. I find it to be unbelievable that this movie was nominated for any Oscars much less win for best picture given the fact that it is as difficult to watch as footage of starving African babies with flies all over their heads. Wow, that is two hours of my life I can never get back.