Thursday 19 October 2023

HG Wells on “Metropolis”: an example of the best worst cinema review

The piece down below provides you with the most compelling manual on how to write the best worst film review ever. Looks like HG Wells did a brilliant job here (albeit he’s a bit too emotional: you, for a change, can take it easier):
Never for a moment does one believe any of this foolish story; for a moment is there anything amusing or convincing in its dreary series of strained events. It is immensely and strangely dull. It is not even to be laughed at. There is not one good-looking nor sympathetic nor funny personality in the cast; there is, indeed, no scope at all for looking well or acting like a rational creature amid these mindless, imitative absurdities. ©
—Oh dear.

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