january utc avoid greatest story like the plague read the reviews i consider max van sydow to be a very respectable actor but it's almost like they sedated him took his soul and left him with one expression he's like a zombie as jesus the film had me yawning all the way through and i genuinely had to check myself several times from shutting off for a kip never a bright moment nothing to lift the mood even the silly cameos in it it's not that the film the scenery or whatever is bog standard or dreadful but its the way the scene are compiled and the lifelessness of the actors in it which make it exceedingly dull and uninspiring to watch david lean was apparently an uncredited assistant director on it which i find hard to believe uncredited perhaps because of sheer embarrassment with the result i'm not sure how anything in which lean so much as touched ended up that dull i just saw treasure island film welles was perfect casting as long john repulsion and barry lydon i'm planning on watching tomorrow dr blofeld