"The Italian Job" is pretty to look at. The material shot by the production crew is in excellent focus - no blurriness or nuthin'. And ...... uhm, did I mention it's nice to look at?
Mindless entertainment that seldom actually gets entertaining, this movie's lone asset is the beautiful photography. Italian Board of Tourism must've been very happy, and the English one probably didn't mind either since, according to this movie, even the underworld in their country during the 1960s was one big day at the beach.
To put it in fourth grade reading level terms - did I enjoy this film: well, I guess I did, somewhat. Would I recommend it to someone I care about or would I want to watch it again any time soon: hell no.
Well, on an uplifting note, some good did come of watching this. At least now I know where Guy Ritchie got/stole the idea for the ending of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".
PS: Kudos to Michael Caine for doing "Get Carter" two years after this. He definitely managed to redeem himself.
Mindless entertainment that seldom actually gets entertaining, this movie's lone asset is the beautiful photography. Italian Board of Tourism must've been very happy, and the English one probably didn't mind either since, according to this movie, even the underworld in their country during the 1960s was one big day at the beach.
To put it in fourth grade reading level terms - did I enjoy this film: well, I guess I did, somewhat. Would I recommend it to someone I care about or would I want to watch it again any time soon: hell no.
Well, on an uplifting note, some good did come of watching this. At least now I know where Guy Ritchie got/stole the idea for the ending of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".
PS: Kudos to Michael Caine for doing "Get Carter" two years after this. He definitely managed to redeem himself.