On the Beach (1959)
The residents of Australia after a global nuclear war must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Nevil Shute, John Paxton
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, John Tate
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1. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 26 stars)
2. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 25 stars)
3. Post Apocalyptic (public: moderated by edkrak - 19 stars)
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10. Wikipedia's list of dystopian films (public: moderated by ND Geek - 1 star)
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For a movie with such a simple and eminently workable concept, the screenplay picks the most circuitous, tiresome routes to take through it. The narratives of the two main couples switch off at random, with no thematic parallels and little of the tension maintained. I agree with its message, but the film plods with such tendentiousness and mawkishness that I just don't care.
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| May 18, 2015 | dglink | 90 83% |
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| May 13, 2015 | preppy-3 | 70 53% |
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dunbar | 75 60% |
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Pretty depressing subject matter when it dawns on you what's happening. Although it's also a film that, while it offers some good performances and powerful scenes, can't quite figure out how to pace itself both physically and emotionally. It also suffers from a weird and previously unstudied after effect of nuclear fallout where all capability to produce and knowledge of music other than "waltzing maltida" has been lost. My oh my many a matilda got waltzed before the end.
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| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 60 18% |
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E.C.R. | 50 28% |
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omeraksy | 70 58% |
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I am prowler | 60 53% |
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obtiosov | 71 44% |
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Not that good, I was expecting more. Because the idea is so strong from a humanistic perspective.
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Does drag in places, and felt the story was over sentimental, but hard to tell if this was just the style of the era.
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Kramer's take on the end of the world is intoxicating and you'll be in turn thoroughly depressed and, depending on your tolerance level for sentimentality, averse to the more maudlin beats. For this subject matter, however, you really do need something contrapuntal... so those moments are (almost) justified. The Grand Prix parable was powerful. Fred Astaire, in a serious role, all but steals the film.
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| Oct 24, 2010 | screentime | 64 43% |
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One of the most powerful movies I've ever seen -- so powerful that, as a child of the Cold War, it horrifies me to the point that I cannot watch it.
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| May 31, 2010 | Hailey | 70 26% |
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Lilarcor | 66 28% |
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Interesting story, but the movie has too many drawn out scenes. The race scene is utterly ridiculous. Also, was there really a need for using the song "Waltzing Matilda" as much?
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a great sci-fi story is bogged down by light preachiness and an overly optimistic message that falters on the side of cheesiness. if it ended about fifteen seconds earlier and in a more consistently bleak manner then i would have been truly stunned.
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billkerwin | 71 17% |
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Pretentious, sentimental film about the end of the world. Astaire and Gardner are very good, but that doesn't help much.
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Some parts of this film are great, but I could have done without the Ava Gardner character. It is a fairly depressing. Glad I saw it, but wouldn't want to watch it again.
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Nearly nothing happens, then the ending tells us how much we suck. Manipulative in a conceited, overtly moralistic way.
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It's a bit disorienting how this connects the cheeriest scenes with its most dismal without skipping a beat - for the most part, the film works, but there's inconsistencies [the death race was......interesting]. Astaire/Gardner/Tate are the stand-outs while Peck/Perkins don't seem to give their best.
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On her arrival at Essendon Airport in 1959, ava Gardiner apparently remarked: "what an appropriate place to film the end of the world!" Gold
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A poorly paced, slow thriller with a sledgehammer of an ending on the, of course, rather negative consequences of not getting our crap together on world peace, already. At least it's competent, with an interesting, non-dancing role for an older Fred Astaire. One would never think Kramer would bless us with 'Inherit the Wind' the year after.
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Katya | 80 80% |
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Stain | 80 68% |
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One of Stanley Kramer's "important" films that actually works. Fred Astaire plays a serious role here, and he's damn good. It doesn't end like you'd think, either
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