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Thoughts on a Falcon


Last night we got around to The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart. It's number 23 on the AFI list. I was really hoping to like this movie, but alas, I have to say I didn't like it all that much. Okay, I'm ducking and covering from all the Bogart fans out there. Now, on to why it wasn't my favorite.

The acting - Most roles were either stilted, or overacted. I did like the actor who played Cairo, though. He was good, very believable.

Music - There was too much of it and it was too repetitious. It all sounded suspenseful and I can only take so much foreboding music in a movie.

Storyline - I found it too slow-moving and I got lost somewhere along the way. That was probably my fault, though, for surfing the net during the first twenty minutes of the movie.

For now I'm giving this movie a thumbs sideways and so did my husband. I don't know, I may watch it again someday to see if I like it any better.. I'm almost always willing to give a movie a second chance. After all, it did make the AFI list, so there must be something I'm missing about this movie that makes it such a classic. Can anyone enlighten me?

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