This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
The Thin Man
Recommendations and reviews on this were almost too good. I'll admit this is a lot of fun, but I feel like when a movie is so well recommended and described a certain way, as a zany-comedy-mystery, you start looking for what you expect from the very beginning.
The movie is fun but there is nothing overly surprising about it. Nick is a funny character, but in a mostly suave and sophisticated way. He does get into a few goofy slapstick type situations, but mostly the jokes are not at his expense, but the is making them at the expense of others. This is not to say he is antisocial. Actually his jokes are in good spirit and make him lovable to other characters. I tend to prefer characters that are the opposite in some way. Either comical characters in which the joke is on them, or if they are the ones making the jokes they are totally absurd and confusing to the other characters.
I still had a great time watching this movie, but it's not my favorite of either the comedy or mystery genre.
Rating: 8/10