A Great Movie... In Parts
Giant is approximately 201 minutes long, and yet only less than a quarter of it is watchable. The moments I am referring to are the ones when James Dean is on screen.
Here he gives his strangest and riskiest performance, playing the Howard Hughes-esquire character, Jett Rink. The sequence where he confronts his former employers while covered in crude oil is spellbinding.
The rest of the movie suffers without his presence. The story is slow and curiously involving.
Still, you should see it for Dean's performance alone.
Here he gives his strangest and riskiest performance, playing the Howard Hughes-esquire character, Jett Rink. The sequence where he confronts his former employers while covered in crude oil is spellbinding.
The rest of the movie suffers without his presence. The story is slow and curiously involving.
Still, you should see it for Dean's performance alone.
- barrygermansky-1
- Jul 24, 2009