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.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Shooting Party (1985)

A forgotten classic that dramatizes the last days of an old English aristocratic era and the looming threat of World War I.  James Mason stars in his last role as Sir Randolph Nettleby, the head of a regal family who invites various guests of the upper class for a weekend of pheasant shooting.   I wonder if Robert Altman thought of this film while making Gosford Park.  Various characters and their stories of social class and manners, I really enjoyed this fine film.  Director Alan Bridges does an superb job adapting the novel by Isabel Colegate.  Grade: A
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