tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post7511604742634470104..comments2024-03-26T20:30:14.110-07:00Comments on Cinematic Catharsis: MatineeBarry P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-54693069676216075962022-03-31T18:33:09.346-07:002022-03-31T18:33:09.346-07:00Both movies are among my favorites. It can be toug...Both movies are among my favorites. It can be tough to gauge what's going to "click" with audiences. Oh well, at least they clicked with us! ;)Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-35916552080216246282022-03-31T03:41:19.721-07:002022-03-31T03:41:19.721-07:00Love this movie! Wonderful homage to both the B-mo...Love this movie! Wonderful homage to both the B-movies of the 1950s and William Castle's cinema. It's too bad that it wasn't a hit. The same thing happened to Burton's Ed Wood. Maybe the younger audience couldn't connect with those films. Diary of a Movie Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369840042291247030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-59114308128741524012022-03-11T15:22:46.069-08:002022-03-11T15:22:46.069-08:00Thanks, Brian! I have so much affection for this m...Thanks, Brian! I have so much affection for this movie - I just can't believe it took me so long to write about it. I'm envious that you had a chance to enjoy the early '60s movie theater experience as nature (and William Castle) intended! Alas, as a member of Generation X, I was born a trifle too late. ;)Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-12500984939616990482022-03-10T09:38:16.994-08:002022-03-10T09:38:16.994-08:00Great review of a criminally neglected movie! Bein...Great review of a criminally neglected movie! Being an archetypal monster kid who was about the age of the kids in the movie in the early '60s, I could very much identify with it. It's a poignant love letter to the period, in addition to being funny as h*ll. I can see how Woolsey's antics, and the hilarious film-within-a-film, played in stark contrast against the very serious backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, might have turned people off, but it worked for me. You're right, Matinee might be Dante's masterpiece!Brian Schuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463833554200343247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-4776563175697939092022-03-07T11:00:49.936-08:002022-03-07T11:00:49.936-08:00Thank you very much! I hope you give it another tr...Thank you very much! I hope you give it another try. If you do, let me know what you think!Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-1321734951647084872022-03-07T11:00:15.011-08:002022-03-07T11:00:15.011-08:00You're welcome, Gill! I can't recommend Ma...You're welcome, Gill! I can't recommend Matinee enough. I hope you enjoy it! <br /><br />Thanks again for hosting a cool blogathon!Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-40919019628930726252022-03-07T10:46:08.894-08:002022-03-07T10:46:08.894-08:00Great review, Barry!
I confess that Matinee didn’t...Great review, Barry!<br />I confess that Matinee didn’t do much for me back in the day, but maybe I would appreciate it more now. John L. Harmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356443071657836985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-56011637780572440842022-03-07T04:42:59.525-08:002022-03-07T04:42:59.525-08:00Thanks for bringing this to the blogathon, and Omr...Thanks for bringing this to the blogathon, and Omri Katz's finest hour (after playing John Ross Ewing, JR's son in Dallas) - this one I've always been keen to see so thanks for enlightening me more on the film!Realweegiemidget Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112425802962283173noreply@blogger.com