Avid readers would know that once or twice I may have mentioned my working in a movie theatre. Well, right around this time is what we call the calm before the storm, all the kids are still in school and it’s not quite summer blockbuster season yet. Also the movie selection has been quite unappealing to me so I’ve been looking through stores buying older films on DVD. I found a three movie set of Steve McQueen films, including the one mentioned above, the original version of the film you probably saw that had pierce brosnan in it (I’ve reread that sentence a few times and that’s the best way I can write that.) So long story short I’m doing retro reviews.
Plot Summary - Thomas Crown (Steve Mcqueen) is a millionaire who’s bored with his lifestyle and so he’s orchestrates a robbery at a nearby bank of over 2.5 Million. However, the bank’s insurance company sends over an Investigator (Faye Dunaway) to try and locate their missing funds.
Pros - The film is well shot and suspenseful, and everyone involved is doing their best acting wise. It’s well written and even the way the pull off the robbery is interesting.
Cons - There’s some weird framing for some scenes that seem unnecessary, but my biggest complaint is this song they play in the film twice. Once when it was beginning and once when Steve McQueen was flying a glider. It’s called the windmill’s of the mind and it’s the dumbest fucking song I’ve ever heard in my life. It’s pretty much like a dagger being stabbed in my ears. The lyrics are so bad and sung so clumsily it makes me think that they added them onto an instrumental song after the fact.
Final Score - 9/10
That song almost bumped it down to an eight, but I can’t deny how entertaining the film was regardless of it. Definitely recommend it.
So Spy comes out Friday, I might go see it, it’s getting good reviews(although so far I honestly can’t tell you why.) So I’ll probably do that and throw in some retro’s in between.
Until then, I’ll see you folks at the movies.
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