A transitional movie in the mid-60's for Hollywood

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2013)

I think this movie is more part of the transition of the movie industry in the 1960s than great story telling. It has great photography and good music for the times except Scarborough Fair is over played.
The first half of the movie was very good. Anne Bancroft really shines. The last half was much less.
The plot has several key sudden events. First, Benjamin decides to call Mrs. Robinson for the first meeting after additional setup so I guess this is a attributed to boredom. Second is when Elaine spontaneously likes Benjamin after the strip club scene. It did not take much for her to change their mind except begging for forgiveness and now they are happy.
The same thing happens when Benjamin pursues her at Berkeley and considers marrying him after all he does is harass her in several scenes. There is no real explanation for the sudden change. There was no courting or other scenes to justify here behavior. Of course she was going to marry the other guy without saying something like "I am in love with another guys"...no mention of any relationship there except at the zoo. In fact Benjamin and Elaine had so little dialog between each other. The relationship between Benjamin and Mrs Robinson was explored far more with some relationship dialog.