tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post1039463136614219446..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Visitors (1972)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-77409325245755658722020-09-17T22:31:53.971-07:002020-09-17T22:31:53.971-07:00Wow, I guess I'm a lot closer to Maltin's ...Wow, I guess I'm a lot closer to Maltin's "BOMB" on this one! ... I had to watch the last 15 minutes a second time in order to really process an ending THAT ineffectual & THAT counter-productive, was really what I had witnessed! ... Frankly, I don't think the problem here is "nihilism" or "nasty sexual politics" -- certainly not on the part of Kazan pere at least ... And I get that the fact that a psychopath is gonna do what he's gonna do (again!), & not deign to give us a Hollywood ending ... We all knew that already all too well, if we've seen the likes of "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer" & so on ... It's an imbecilic "straw man" (or should I say "straw dogs"!) argument, to try to impute blame on the victim, for showing some responsiveness , or fascinatiion with the primal male animus, or wearing short skirts, or blah blah blah ... I doubt even in the seventies that anyone actually believed any of that crap for one second -- it was just yet another way of letting the bad man off the hook -- so that we can collectively pretend that everything is just random in this best of all possible worlds ...poochiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747791020366880257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-83035058400076501602017-01-07T03:13:27.273-08:002017-01-07T03:13:27.273-08:00I don't think this is a "great" film...I don't think this is a "great" film. I'm not even sure if it's a "good" picture. But every time I see that it's on I have to watch. Jamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02274390453865418249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-15951572137648511522013-06-07T19:44:12.205-07:002013-06-07T19:44:12.205-07:00I'm really glad you liked this one. An underra...I'm really glad you liked this one. An underrated obscurity for sure waiting to be rediscovered. Actor Railsback has also been underappreciated and worse underused, but as you already mentioned quite effective here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-59544995069119074922013-06-07T16:14:21.268-07:002013-06-07T16:14:21.268-07:00Nice one Peter, gonna have to check this out. I am...Nice one Peter, gonna have to check this out. I am a big fan of Mr Kazan and would like to add that he was also a tremendous writer. If you can ever find his old novel called The Understudy, it's one heck of a great tale about an old washed up actor.Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com