Comments on: Movie Review – Rosemary’s Baby

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:34:22 +0000

In reply to Will.

Where I think Rosemary's Baby falls over is in that it's so dated – which isn't a fault of Polanski or anybody else, really – and the acting style and performances of the cast are firmly entrenched in the 60's. It never feels "natural", if that makes sense. I often find this a problem while watching older films, in that the veil of fantasy doesn't feel as believable as it does in more recent material. Hope that makes some kind of sense. Thanks for stopping in, Will!!

By: Will

Will — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:47:28 +0000

I agree as well. I've only seen this once, when I was a teenager (so like 15 years ago), and I thought it was boring and was struggling to see why it was so well-regarded. I've always thought that I should give it another chance as an adult. Maybe one day. I can't say that I'm all that excited to do so. I recently saw an earlier Polanski "classic" Repulsion, and that left me a bit underwhelmed as well. He's real hit or miss for me. My recent post Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:56:28 +0000

In reply to Nostra.

I'm actually surprised anyone agrees with me, frankly. I fully expected a "how DARE you" stream of comments about how this film changed peoples lives, how awesome it is, how truly scary it is… etc.

Now it seems like I'm not the only one who finds this film a bit of a bore. Thanks Nostra, for joining me in disagreeing with the establishment!

By: Nostra

Nostra — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:38:27 +0000

I have to agree with you on this one. Watched this for the first time a couple of years ago and thought it was a weird movie and like you say it does not really raise a pulse, it just feels very weird.
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