Thanks for giving us a shot 😉
And good call on the Sirk connections. Never knew that Woo was a fan of his, but that does make sense. Of course the melodrama is on purpose, but that doesn’t necessarily make it good, you know? Either way, it’s an important point to make that totally helps elucidate Woo’s style.

Good call! Noticed that too on this recent viewing. Glad to hear some others have found this awesome movie.

Completely fair point. My issue tends to be that when discussing a movie that is overrated the argument ends up being against those who overrated it or against a favorable opinion rather than discussing the actual movie. Know what I mean? It can end up being an argument that is more about what others have said rather than what the filmmaker has done. But I will give your podcast a listen because I’m sure to learn something.

Hey MM, thanks for your comment! Totally hear you, and agree with your points overall, but that’s rarely how episodes of this podcast play out 😉

We always try to dig beneath the surface of simply calling something over or underrated. It’s not really about throwing one film under the bus to promote another, but more an examination why one film works better for us than the other, especially when they have similar elements (whether they have a good or bad reputation, etc. is really just the setting for a deeper discussion, at least we hope). Basically, it’s more complicated than you make it out, but I understand why it may seem that way on the surface.