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There were a few bad things about this movie. Firstly, I watched it on Flixster! "The following program is brought to you with limited commercial interruption..." THAT IS a crock of shit!! There were eleven (10+1=11!!) individual interruptions, with at least 15 individual commercials! If I had seen this thing on network tv I would have been forced to sit through fewer commercials than that!! Granted, seeing the movie on Flixster is free... actually, NO...it's not! YOU PAY for watching any program on Flixster, specifically movies & tv shows, by having the sponsors force a broom handle up inside your rear end... Hey, if you want to watch it on Flixster that is the price that you have to pay!
Not to mention the factual information that Flixster seems to always get wrong about EVERY movie!! This time around, on the films webpage, it says that the length of the movie is "1 hr. 50 mins." Well, why is the film itself, minus the plethora of commercial interruptions, only 1 hour & 24 minutes long??! There's probably a dozen more but, why bother?? I've reported stuff to the Flixster staff that would make your skin crawl and I get ignored & have even been threatened with the deletion of my account. Flixster has had this look & feel of a concentration camp for a few years now!
The film itself however I found to be a breath of fresh air. The macabre subject matter obviously didn't upset me & kept me rather interested from beginning to end. The shot taken at Mel Gibson is funny but, for me...probably not for the same reasons that what's his name thinks it funny! There is a great deal of history in the city of Los Angeles, and specifically with the entertainment industry which is what this movie is focused on, and obviously this film only hints at all that is really there. If you can appreciate this movie for what it is and for what is subject matter is really focused on, that weirdness is something that you will be able to continue to enjoy after the movie is over; in the credits there are websites listed that allow you to go deeper and learn more. I also highly recommend picking up "Hollywood Haunted" by Laurie Jacobson. Read it and let me know what you think.
The few things that I don't like about the film are the fact that the host & narrator didn't actually talk to all that many ppl. I would have appreciated it if he had done more interviews, talked to more ppl that knew the deceased subject matter of the film. He also obviously had a mic, probably wireless, on and the ppl that he spoke to throughout the film, & there weren't many, could often hardly be understood when they talked. You might say that maybe it's a good thing that he didn't do that many interviews...but, no! Two wrongs don't make a right, at least not here, and he should have interviewed more ppl and they all should have had mics.
I was also disappointed that they hardly talked ...at all... about the death of Peg Entwistle; tho she is referred to briefly in the film, the host visited the "HOLLYWOOD" sign with no mention of her whatsoever. This, I believe, is where the director and the host both show their flaws with a great deal of obviousness, more so than perhaps any other scene in the film. Also with Bob Crane. I know that he died in Scottsdale, AZ but, he is buried in Los Angeles. And also with Rudolph Valentino! He died in NYC, yes, and he is buried in Los Angeles.
Supposedly, this is volume 1, however; I look forward to seeing many more!
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/23/23
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This "documentary" is more like a private tour of Hollywood. I'll admit that the host seems to know his shit but I was disappointed at the production value and lack of historical record. We see some pictures and many death certificates but it seems more a lot of the film is based on rumor and he-said-she-said. Entertaining sure but in the same way that TV shows about haunted houses are entertaining...perceived action with no real delivery...
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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It held my interest until the end.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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