Overwhelming combination of opera, ballet, and rich production design, an indigestible hodgepodge with flashes of superior talent.

The most beautiful and emphatic cinematic article that still [slightly] bored me by the end. I feel bad just admitting that.

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Visual marvel, but you have to be willing to accept that it's a literal opera, which means dialogue where musical intonation is more important than clarity and a story whose originality lies only in moments as the overall arcs are nothing new. Even with my reservations about the operatic aspects I did enjoy it, but I could never fully get into it and the luster of the visuals was starting to wear off towards the end.

A bad taste classic, sequins and costume jewelry, colored lighting, grown men prancing around in tight tights, and waaaay too much eye make up. Lots of fun in a camp way; do love Moira Shearer though.

It took me a bit to get into the mood (opera is kinda goofy, admittedly), but once I did, I had a blast. Each act is compelling in its own right - imaginative love stories dosed with an appropriate amount of humor - and the stylistic aspects of the film are jaw-dropping, with stellar Technicolor photography and knockout set designs. The singing is enjoyable enough that by the end of the film I hardly realized I wasn't listening to spoken dialogue. Some of the most fun I've had with a movie.

One of the few less than brilliant Powell/Pressburger films. George A. Romero and Martin Scorsese, my two favorite filmmakers, love this movie, but I think it's just "eh". There's something that's just so deeply wrong about that

Fantastical. Powell & Pressburger take an idea flirted with in The Red Shoes, and explore to its limits. The sets, the costumes, the choreography, the Technicolor; have you ever seen such opulent production design? It's certainly not a film for everyone, but I enjoyed it.

Incredible set design, mouth-watering Technicolor, and a goodie bag full of dazzling technical tricks. The cinematography rivals Cardiff's work on Red Shoes in terms of sheer gorgeousness. And I enjoyed the German influence. Most of the stuff going on here is astonishing, and part of me desperately wants to love this film. And yet, I can't stomach opera and I find ballet very silly. Just not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.