Day 23Reflections on: Magic (1978)On paper this movie should be great: written by William Goldman (w
Day 23Reflections on: Magic (1978)On paper this movie should be great: written by William Goldman (who among many other things wrote The Princess Bride (1987)), directed by Richard Attenborough (“Welcome to Jurassic Park”), starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, and Burgess Meredith. All these people are great, yet the movie is about a ventriloquist puppet named Fats, thus it is bad.The most unbelievable part of the movie is that Anthony Hopkins’ character, Corky, becomes famous with his ventriloquist act and that people think Fats is “cute” and hilarious! What universe does this take place in?!Ann-Margret is excellent as a lonely, middle aged former-cheerleader. Of course she plays her younger teen self in a flashback (see above) because she’s Ann-Margret and that is allowed. Burgess Meredith is perfect as a high-powered entertainment agent (who is somehow still working at age 80?!) with an endless supply of cigars in his blazer. Anthony Hopkins doing cheesy ventriloquist schtick is bizarre to watch! His “Fats” voice is weirdly high pitched and nasal. When Fats is “meddling” the score plays grating harmonica music. GET OUTTA HERE, FATS!This mostly takes place at some Catskillls lakeside cabins during the off-season. The costumes are almost entirely cozy knits in autumnal colours. It was worth watching almost just for the clothes!A terrible portrayal of… Dissociative Identity Disorder I guess?This could have been funny and scary but sadly it’s neither. -- source link
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