sweetartcat
Joined Nov 2004
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I stumbled upon this little gem around 1:30am this morning. Unwilling to go to bed at an appropriate time, I was willing to cast about looking for something entertaining. And found myself watching about half of My Lady Jane in one sitting. Quirky. Fun costumes and beautiful settings. Really great actors. What's not to like? It draws you in and keeps your interest.
As a "person of age" (over 60), I still flinch at some casting choices which don't make historic sense, but this series is all about changing history and is clearly a fantasy with characters turning into animals. So those casting choices get a pass.
This show reminds me of "Pushing Daisies", a show which was excellent and had so much potential, BUT.... for whatever reason -- behind- the- scenes politics (?) or ineptitude (?) on someone's part, it failed to be advertised.
I only discovered it after the decision to cancel it was made. So BOO on the idiot committee who decided to cancel this fascinating and well written show.
Someone said they didn't know their audience, but I can say that the audience for this is absolutely women of ALL ages. Even us older gals had lives before we matured. Interesting storylines and love stories are both timeless and ageless. I'll mourn what this show could have been in it's second season and beyond.
As a "person of age" (over 60), I still flinch at some casting choices which don't make historic sense, but this series is all about changing history and is clearly a fantasy with characters turning into animals. So those casting choices get a pass.
This show reminds me of "Pushing Daisies", a show which was excellent and had so much potential, BUT.... for whatever reason -- behind- the- scenes politics (?) or ineptitude (?) on someone's part, it failed to be advertised.
I only discovered it after the decision to cancel it was made. So BOO on the idiot committee who decided to cancel this fascinating and well written show.
Someone said they didn't know their audience, but I can say that the audience for this is absolutely women of ALL ages. Even us older gals had lives before we matured. Interesting storylines and love stories are both timeless and ageless. I'll mourn what this show could have been in it's second season and beyond.
I grew up watching movies from the 30's, 40's, and 50's but can truly say that I couldn't stand this movie. There are good "screw-ball comedies" ... and then there is this movie.
It was impossible to suspend one's disbelief because everything in this movie had square edges. Nothing seemed to fit together well. Was it miscast? Maybe. Could it have benefitted from a better writer and director? Absolutely.
The dialogue in the entire movie was, with few exceptions, moronic and the director should have been taken out behind the woodshed and beaten for his exceedingly poor direction. This movie is a one note joke that should never have been made.
Cary Grant spent too much time mugging and his character spent too much time lying.
Irene Dunne's character didn't show any semblance of normal behavior either. At some point I realized I liked neither of these characters.
For me, Irene Dunne was beyond annoying in this role. Think finger nails down a chalk board annoying.
Even her humming in the shower set my teeth on edge. By the time the movie was almost done, at the mountain house, the character's conniving personality and annoying antics was so grating that she deserved a good slap.
How Dunne even became a star with her boxer's jawline and horrid acting skills is beyond me.
Other issues included the judge having too much time on screen. One suspects because he was mildly funny. But once a joke is made it's not funny being repeated 3 more times. I wish someone would have told the director and writer/s that!
Also, inserted in odd places were weird little scenes of mugging, or small scenes that didn't need to be there.
It's like the director didn't get the shots he wanted so he went back and made his stars do momments of mugging instead of reworking the scene to make it work properly. The timing, pace, and logic was off throughout this movie. Some of the scenes weren't cut fast enough which means the editor wasn't very good either.
Oh, and the family had a dog who's whole purpose was to apparently "remember" the missing mom. Once she and the dog step into the house, he's never seem again!
The movie is filled with missing ends like this and is about as good (and interesting) as a 5th grade talent show. I had a hard time watching it.
It was impossible to suspend one's disbelief because everything in this movie had square edges. Nothing seemed to fit together well. Was it miscast? Maybe. Could it have benefitted from a better writer and director? Absolutely.
The dialogue in the entire movie was, with few exceptions, moronic and the director should have been taken out behind the woodshed and beaten for his exceedingly poor direction. This movie is a one note joke that should never have been made.
Cary Grant spent too much time mugging and his character spent too much time lying.
Irene Dunne's character didn't show any semblance of normal behavior either. At some point I realized I liked neither of these characters.
For me, Irene Dunne was beyond annoying in this role. Think finger nails down a chalk board annoying.
Even her humming in the shower set my teeth on edge. By the time the movie was almost done, at the mountain house, the character's conniving personality and annoying antics was so grating that she deserved a good slap.
How Dunne even became a star with her boxer's jawline and horrid acting skills is beyond me.
Other issues included the judge having too much time on screen. One suspects because he was mildly funny. But once a joke is made it's not funny being repeated 3 more times. I wish someone would have told the director and writer/s that!
Also, inserted in odd places were weird little scenes of mugging, or small scenes that didn't need to be there.
It's like the director didn't get the shots he wanted so he went back and made his stars do momments of mugging instead of reworking the scene to make it work properly. The timing, pace, and logic was off throughout this movie. Some of the scenes weren't cut fast enough which means the editor wasn't very good either.
Oh, and the family had a dog who's whole purpose was to apparently "remember" the missing mom. Once she and the dog step into the house, he's never seem again!
The movie is filled with missing ends like this and is about as good (and interesting) as a 5th grade talent show. I had a hard time watching it.
By god, if we have to watch moronic super hero movies out the wazoo because they make so much money at the box office - then this bit of vibrant silliness, and eye candy, is just fine.
Behold a silly, ridiculous, colorful, violent, kick-@$$ origin story about a FEMALE superhero group. Much overdue in my opinion. I'm rating this a 9 to off-set all the misogynistic,15-45 year-old jackals who gave it a low rating to keep the littl' women in their places. And btw, my husband even enjoyed this.
Ewan McGregor was both deliciously evil and hilarious in equal turns, and Margot Robbie who is always great in any role, also kept one's attention. Supporting cast of Chris Messina, Rosie Perez et al where fab. I especially enjoyed the antiheroine character of Helena Bertinelli played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
May we have many more female heroine, buddy flicks like this one. Women deserve them; because we are, after all, 52% of the population.
Behold a silly, ridiculous, colorful, violent, kick-@$$ origin story about a FEMALE superhero group. Much overdue in my opinion. I'm rating this a 9 to off-set all the misogynistic,15-45 year-old jackals who gave it a low rating to keep the littl' women in their places. And btw, my husband even enjoyed this.
Ewan McGregor was both deliciously evil and hilarious in equal turns, and Margot Robbie who is always great in any role, also kept one's attention. Supporting cast of Chris Messina, Rosie Perez et al where fab. I especially enjoyed the antiheroine character of Helena Bertinelli played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
May we have many more female heroine, buddy flicks like this one. Women deserve them; because we are, after all, 52% of the population.