Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Directed by Mike Nichols

Screenplay by Ernest Lehman

Based on the play by Edward Albee 

Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis

For the longest time, I didn't understand the title of this movie. The characters are afraid of an English writer that drowned herself? Nope. This is not that.

In the middle of the night, older married couple, George and Martha (Burton, Taylor) come back from a house party. They want to party to continue. A younger married couple, Nick and Honey (Segal, Dennis) arrives and the get together descends into madness.

There is a thing that I have with play being turned into movies. The structure of the movie doesn't feel cinematic. It feels like a pro shot of a play. Sometimes this felt like a play. That will probably be the only ding that I will have against it.

The performances were fantastic across the board. Burton and Taylor were the powerhouses here. I give them all the props to taking Albee's material and encompass it.

Rating: 9/10

Terrible Movie Thursday - Manos: The Hands of Fate

 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

Written and directed by Harold P. Warren

Stars: Harold P. Warren, Diane Adelson, Jackey Neyman, Tom Neyman and John Reynolds

During my research of this movie, I found out that there was a MST3000 episode. I need to watch it. It would make the movie somewhat enjoyable to watch this awfulness.

I understand that this movie is a cult classic. Wow. This is a home movie that accidentally had a theatrical release.

If you don't know anything about this story, it's about a couple, Michael (Warren) and Margaret (Adelson) are driving out in the desert with their kid, Debbie (J. Neyman) when the family stumbles upon this building? farm? commune? where a cult lives.

I was confused. Were the actors lines dubbed? The dialogue was not syncing with their lip movements. Why was Torgo (Reynolds) dressed like a hobo? Was The Master (Neyman), Manos? Was he worshiping Manos? Was Manos a god? What happened at the end of the movie? Why the hell happened?

For a movie that was sixty-eight minutes long, there were some boring parts.

Rating: 1/10