The Spin Movie Review #2: Arthur (Original)

I never myself a fan of romantic comedies (even after laughing until I cried at Hitch), but when my mom and older brother stole the TV and started to down hour after hour of Being Human, my father decided to treat me to one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time through way of Netflix, partly because he wanted me to see it, partly because he wanted an excuse to see it again, and partly because the remake just came out/

Arthur is the story of a lonely, drunk, Millionaire played by Dudley Moore, who is being forced to marry this up-tight woman in order to keep his riches. Around this time, as he's dealing with the issue of not really loving her by way of alcohol and one liners, he soon falls hard for this nobody, working class woman, played by Liza Minnelli, and has to face this deleama: Either walk head first into a marriage he doesn't want, just to keep his money, or lose his money for true love, and no prize for guessing what hppens at the end.

This movie is not original by any stretch of the imagination, and the plot is lose, creating a feeling of "That was funny, but what happened?" at the end. It's only an hour and a half (or something) but it felt much shorter, considering it's lack of consistent pacing.

One of the things that makes it hard for me to review movies is that I have a really hard time separating good acting from so-so acting. Sure, I can tell that the Joker in The Dark Knight was fantastic, and that that one scene from The Happening ("What? No!" You all know the part) was Bull, but everything else is kind of a mishmash of "Meh" I'm am glad to say though, with out a doubt in my mind, that the cast of Arthur did a fabulous job, bring life to the tragic and hopelessly funny life of the man-child that is Arthur Bach.

And yet, it almost brings me pain to watch it, no matter how funny some lines can be, because I realize that all I;m doing is laughing at a poor pathetic drunk, with no life, no real family, and no real love (Save for the end).

Sigh...

All in all, Arthur is a fabulous movie with superb acting, brilliant jokes, if not a sense of long after its over.

Arthur: 8.3 out of 10.0