jwgerber

I have only walked out (voluntarily) on two films in my entire life (and I'm 63). One was Cleopatra and the other is Failure to Launch. I had high hopes for this one as it seemed like a good concept and was created by some pretty talented people but somehow, nothing clicked. It seemed as if the actors and director didn't want to be there and were only filling contractual obligations. I couldn't discern any effort at all.

I saw this in a theater on a cruise liner. I watched about a half hour to 45 minutes and felt as if I would start screaming if I didn't walk out. I was really forcing myself by then! To give you some perspective, I have seen plenty of grade Z horror films (including Plan 9 From Outer Space) and found them watchable enough to stay until the end but this was a completely different story. The more I watched, the worse it became.

It's too bad as I could really see myself enjoying a movie like this.

I really wish this was available as an extra on DVD as it is my all time favorite short. Russ Meyer had a great sense of humor and this file shows it well. If you ever get to see it , you will have spent 10 minutes in heaven.

Basically, it is shot silent and narrated with tongue firmly in cheek. It starts out with a busty (but saggy) woman walking along the street as the narrator talks about the engineering of skyscrapers. She spies a "while you wait" custom bra shop and goes in to get fitted. Needless to say, the fitter jiggles her breasts a lot more than necessary!

After putting on the bra, she walks out with her "bird dog" bra (the kind that makes pointers out of setters!!!).

I haven't seen this picture in 40 years and remember it as if it were yesterday (or maybe 20 years ago, anyway).

I saw this in a first-run theatre in Philadelphia the week it came out. This is he only movie I ever voluntarily walked out on it is that bad! I had great hopes because of the advanced publicity and the talented people who worked on it but nothing works. It is so annoying, that at times I wished the theatre would catch fire so I would have an excuse for leaving.

What else can I say. Others enjoyed it but this is one picture that stank so much, I still remember how bad it was after all this time (this is being written in 2005).

I've seen movies with Liz Taylor that I liked but she is badly miscast in this picture and her acting is probably her worst job ever.