My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Our Town (1940)

If you have a chance to see the play that this film is based on by Thornton Wilder, see it, it's a masterpiece and a true timeless work of art.  But skip this film, it's a bad adaptation that completely sugar-coats the world and sucks away any dramatic element the play has.  Only until you've seen the play should you check this one and that's if you need to see a young William Holden or need evidence that Hollywood executives have always sucked.  Grade: C.
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