H. P. K.:
Also saw Gosford Park. Geez I Rate Robert Altman.
Rating: RATE!
Parkesy:
I don't rate Robert Altman as much as HPK does. Admittedly I haven't seen that much of his stuff, but suffice to say that I couldn't get through Popeye.
I know he was probably trying to capture the sights, sounds and experience of working as a servant in an English manor, but it was captured so well that I couldn't hear the dialogue over the clinking plates. Well written and with great acting although I felt the finale lacked some of the impact that it could have had. Overall I'll give it a...
Rating: RATE!
H.P.K.:
Aaah, Popeye... Bobby must've been hitting the scotch with a steel baseball bat that year.
Admittedly I haven't seen all that many Altman films. Popeye (couldn't sit through all of it), MASH (only the first half hour. Thought it was a little mean spirited for my liking), Kansas City (a couple of times - RATE!), Short Cuts (RATE!), The Player (a couple of times - RATE!) and Gosford Park (RATE!).
So what's that 4 and 2 quarters (at most)? Adding the couple of timers that makes a good 12 hours of my life dedicated to the man. Ok anyone who gets 10 hours or more of H.P.K. time devoted to them gets a RATE!
And that's that off my chest......