This movie endlessly cracks me up. I wish I knew if it was supposed to be funny when it was made. I have the impression it was not, but maybe that’s just my low opinion of people in the 60s.<\/p>\n
The movie is SO 60s, oh my goodness. The filmmakers are excited about symbolism; they chose ‘water’ as a symbol and throw it in as often as possible. It feels very adolescent, like they are saying, “Look ma! Symbolism!”<\/p>\n
I will say that Hoffman was pretty hunky in his younger years. Not bad, him lounging around in the pool. He puts on these huge sunglasses and he looks very Tom Cruise.<\/p>\n
His performance as the awkward college graduate in his parent’s house was SO awkward, it pre-shadowed his performance as the autistic in Rain Man<\/i>. There was no mistaken he was a fish out of water…Oh look! Symbolism!<\/p>\n
Anyway, this is a great funny movie, even it they didn’t know it was funny when they made it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This movie endlessly cracks me up. I wish I knew if it was supposed to be funny when it was made. I have the impression it was not, but maybe that’s just my low opinion of people in the 60s. … Continue reading