tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post5036681306478115712..comments2024-03-22T11:43:15.466-07:00Comments on Oscargasms: Bette Davis, Dark VictoryAllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-35450017969137686982017-03-26T18:58:25.794-07:002017-03-26T18:58:25.794-07:00Ho hum! ... the idea that Bette Davis should have ...Ho hum! ... the idea that Bette Davis should have won the Oscar over Vivien Leigh in GWTW (a comment which was also attributed to Davis later in her career) is absurd. The film is maudlin melodrama and she plays it with some of the caricatured mannerisms drag queen aficionados have come to love. 'The Letter', 'The Little Foxes', 'Now, Voyager', 'Baby Jane' ... even 'The Petrified Forest' have work vastly superior to her performance here. It was Hollywood trailing on the performances of previous winners, which continues to this day.Frank/click5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03605293626729520817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-29745020900725524352015-01-13T21:27:49.505-08:002015-01-13T21:27:49.505-08:00I was to glad to have seen this the first time whe...I was to glad to have seen this the first time when I was only 19, not jaded and suggestible still, and my appreciation for it locked in for keeps. Of course now I can understand how emotionally manipulative it is, and now my favorite of Bette's four successful 1939 pictures leans more to <i>Elizabeth and Essex</i>. <i>Victory</i> and <i>Wuthering Heights</i> opened exactly one day after the other, giving Geraldine Fitzgerald one of the best running starts an actress could ask.dvlarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154934310323584284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-625756448407416412014-08-31T13:31:11.802-07:002014-08-31T13:31:11.802-07:00I agree with a lot of what you said in this review...I agree with a lot of what you said in this review in regards to Bette Davis in general. I often find her performances to be a bit too homogeneous when compared to one another (always that Bette Davis type), sometimes with too little variation. Still, it's a very entertaining type so even if she's not breaking new ground she is almost always a delight to watch. <br /><br />Still, this is a performance and film I remember absolutely loving. I probably need a rewatch, but I still remember her as being a little more delicate and softer than usual. Perhaps since this was an earlier Bette perf for me, I remember it more fondly but it's now definitely high on my revisit list :)<br /><br />Still, I'm pleased with four stars, which is still pretty good :)Derek Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276278383887354106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-60691802455137272042014-08-26T18:35:22.947-07:002014-08-26T18:35:22.947-07:00I'm a little torn by her. She turns in consist...I'm a little torn by her. She turns in consistent work but I tend to just see Bette Davis when I watch her. I might be more impressed with her if this were say, the very first Bette Davis performance I reviewed. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-25026342540039038512014-08-25T14:19:06.241-07:002014-08-25T14:19:06.241-07:00Not my fav of hers.
I didn't like the film ei...Not my fav of hers. <br />I didn't like the film either.Alex Constantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940311552608814201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-83392171650913642592014-08-23T18:28:33.846-07:002014-08-23T18:28:33.846-07:00Yeah, the performance didn't really move me ei...Yeah, the performance didn't really move me either. The film itself was a bit of a mess.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-44339589403573249962014-08-23T17:49:12.368-07:002014-08-23T17:49:12.368-07:00She's good, but it is supposed to be a moving ...She's good, but it is supposed to be a moving performance, and it failed with me... Probably because I hated the movie.GMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058868751501120504noreply@blogger.com