Friday, April 04, 2025

From Here to Eternity

 

I am not sure I cared for this one

Lancaster gives a commanding performance

A very subtle supporting perform from Sinatra

Ernest Borgine supporting is malevolent bully. His confrontation with Prewitt at the end showed how cowardly he was, He was afraid to fight Prewitt  

I felt like we were watching a proto James Dean/ Teenage Rebel movie. Prewitt is so hard headed and obtuse it is very hard to sympathize with him. You may respect him but you can't like him- Like with teenagers the world crashes into their sheltered 

I thought the attack on Pearl would be a bigger deal 

It is nice to see Hawaii as always and there is a lot of this bleeding into Magnum- you hear the instrumental music in Memories are for ever

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