While not intentional,a film's whose effects ended up being irresponsible

Rating: 3/10 (19 April 2017)

I'm glad to see that each of this motion picture's detractors here showed the guts enough...even on the Web, where there usually (and hopefully) is little threat of immediate face to face confrontation. The film, if one characterizes it as less than even merely mediocre, generates more arguments than it does healthy discussion.There is rarely an occasion where one can even attempt to tone down the other person's strident tone by discussing one of the movie's precious few merits. To its credit, the production credits are top notch. Talia Shire's performance was worthy of an Oscar nomination, it is for the most part well directed (until, ironically, the final scene) and... and that's about it. Even the very theme song itself was one where people wanted to stomp you if you said you didn't care for it. The recording somehow manages to be not only bombastic, it is threatening at the same time (actually, a bit of an accomplishment). It defies you dislike it. And finally, while there are some iconic images in it...(particularly, the poster) some of those are still of short of merit. It is my understanding that in Philadelphia, there is some sort of monument to the title character jumping for joy on top of the lengthy steps. There's only one problem with that...the man never existed. So not only is it unwise, the tribute doesn't even particularly make sense.