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BrockLong
Reviews
The Guiding Light (1952)
Sharpen the Ax or Load the Gun!!!
This show currently is really, really, really (underline and bold the word "really" to stress my point) BAD!! I watched part of an episode this week and was absolutely shocked by many things: the awful new realistic filming which makes the sets look cheap and the actors less attractive than under set lighting; the poorly written dialog between the actors; the domination of unfamiliar characters (who are all of these Australian sounding actors? where is Harley? Alexandra?); and the current physical appearance of Kim Zimmer (exactly how much weight has the woman gained and who truly believes that a woman of her age could be pregnant?). Also, what's the fascination with gravel driveways and yards for scenes between the characters? The current state of soap operas is not great. Overall ratings are really down. The writing at some of them really could be improved (I'm specifically thinking about As the World Turns and the Bold & the Beautiful). This show, though, is beyond redemption. A horse with a broken leg is often shot to avoid the animal a long-suffering death. Why can't they do something similar with this show and just CANCEL it??? It really is sad that the longest running soap opera now appears to be something produced, written, and filmed by summer interns at a local access television station. My only hope is that the producers and writers or whoever is responsible for the current state of this show NEVER get another position on a daytime show. The hack job that they have done to this show is unforgivable.
Love Lessons (2000)
Absurd Casting
The plot for this movie is standard Lifetime Television for Women fare: a 50 year old woman finds herself pregnant and decides to keep the child in spite of her husband's objections. There is nothing remarkable about the story and is of the same quality of the thousands of similar female-related films.
The only real comment I have about this movie is the casting. Patty Duke and Ronny Cox are cast as the 50-ish married couple when both of them look well over 65 in the movie. I couldn't get beyond Duke's aged appearance in watching this thing. Did any viewer truly believe that this woman was still able to have children? I kept waiting for a reporter from the National Enquirer to appear to write an article about the geriatric woman having a child! Duke may have been the appropriate age (roughly 54) to play the main character but the problem is that she looks far older than her years. Whoever cast this movie should be looking for a new job!