Sleeping pill

Rating: 1/10 (2 December 2005)

What? Oh I see. The film was first with this...and...that. and oh don't forget about this...and that..blah blah. OK! Maybe so. But, well let me put it this way, the Flyer 1. Wright Bros. plane was first with a lot of things (for instance it actually flew) but compared with a Boeing 747 it is nothing. I think you agree.
Just because the movie was first with its thing, for 65 years ago, does not mean it shall be celebrated as a master piece today (as we do not see Flyer 1 as a plane of our choice before the 747). Today it is not worth it's time (nor dime) unless you are interested in movie history.
I do not say that old equals bad, for instance Bach, Beethoven and Mozart still are the best. Cervantes, Shakespeare and Dumas are still going strong. But they all were genius. Orson was not. He was skilled, as the Wright Bros. But built on their work even more skilled engineers and directors made something better and far more joy able. It is spelled development (As a Swede I must say that I'm not quite sure about English spelling at all, so honestly the last sentence is quite presumptuous)