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Reds Reviews
An intimate love triangle with an epic backdrop that would make David Lean proud.
Too long, boring and some questions as to accuracy. You have to be a political compulsive to sit thorough it. I wish I had not!
This movie is so overrated because of leftist nostalgia that wants anything to paint Communism in a good light. It bombed at the theater for a reason. It was awful. The premise was interesting put the script was very subpar and predictable and Beatty was so hammy that it made it dreadful. Then you add Diane Keaton who has never put in a good performance since The Godfather. Nicholson looked out of place. The only people voting this movie high are Marxists. The average person has never seen this film.
After 42 years since it was filmed, I recommended watching it and seeing how well it has aged. Like good wines, this complex choral film ages perfectly.
Excellent film. The story of John Reed, author of "The Ten Days that Shoovk the World" that -basically- explains the whos, whats whens and wheres of the October Revolution in Russia (latter Soviet Union). Must watch.
The scope of the film is impressive and it fittingly has no illusions about the ways a revolutionary ideology slowly becomes compromised by individual agendas and political machinations. Weaving in interviews with people who actually knew Reed and others in the American Communist Party into the narrative was a stroke of genius.
A film spliced with interviews with people who knew the main protagonists which helped provide excellent context to what we were watching. It was a story I was unaware of and Warren Beatty was superb. The drawback was that it was overlong and the plot was plodding. A good film but not the essential made out by making the top ten AFI drama films. I bought this one on DVD as struggled to find on 온라인카지노추천 or streaming services.
Reds is good in the sense that it helps show socialism and all that nonsense for what it is. It's not so good in the sense that it's WAY too long and Beatty's acting is meh.
Reds is the intriguing story of Jack Reed, the only American to be buried in the Kremlin. Throughout it's 3 1/2 hour runtime, you are taken on a journey through the life and journey of Jack and his wife Louise, as they traverse the exciting and tumultuous times set between World War I and the Russian Revolution. Spliced between this story are actual testimonials and interviews with those alive during that time and those who knew Jack and Louise personally. Both Beatty and Keaton who play our two leads have amazing chemistry and you truly care for their relationship throughout their amazing and truly heartfelt journey. These characters are some of the most identifiable and relatable that I have seen in a while in a live action movie and truly feel like you are right there along side the actors actual real world counterparts. All this form the acting to the amazing cinematography, music, and testimonials makes Reds a wonderful and exciting historical journey that is sure to captivate and enthrall! I give Reds a 10/10!
"They are supporting you for your call for a holy war of Islamic people against the infidels." *Arrested Development theme plays* An epic about an interesting figure often left out of American histories given his left-leaning political convictions and the twisting nature of his career, Reds takes the unusual step of giving the full biopic treatment to a figure that isn't exactly rolling in name recognition. Reed himself is a fascinating individual and Beatty gives him a well-fleshed-out depiction as both an actor and director, recognizing how his influence and interpretation shifts over his career despite Reed's own strong convictions. However, that isn't the full film; about half of the plot is taken up by Reed's romance with Keaton's Louise Bryant. Whether it is because Bryant isn't nearly as well fleshed out as a character as Reed, or because the back-and-forth of their romance seems traditional, this aspect of the film comes off as tame and rather uninteresting. Furthermore, Reds takes the unusual step of moving towards the status of pseudo-documentary with the introduction of several unidentified 'witnesses' intended to give the story credence with their period insights, but instead they serve mostly to yank you out of the flow whenever they are edited in. Beatty may have taken on something of a counterculture subject, but Reds is still a Hollywood glamorization and adding in Ken Burns-esque nonfiction elements seems to be an attempt to drum up more credibility than is likely due. Certainly not bad, but far from the most insightful or engaging epic film. (3/5)
well well well. Watched in two sittings. It really took me out of my own time and place, yet it was eerily 'of the time'. I learned some history (I didn't know there were three revolutions, 1 in 1905 and 2 in 1918) and how the US climate was at the time. Yet it was a story about a couple. She was interesting, and he cared for her deeply. I wished her scene where she was testifying to the govt committee had been longer, I wanted to hear more about her opinions. I wanted to know more about Emma Goldman. It really was quite quite different from what I expected.
One of the greatest movies of all time! Warren Beatty’s Reds is a political drama romance depicting the lives of Jake Reed and Louise Bryant. Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton absolutely nail their Proformances. Fun fact, Warren Beatty is one of five people to win best director for a movie they also star in.
Oversimplified as history, only watchable as drama, and somewhat cringe-worthy as commentary. This film hasn't aged well.
I stopped short of five stars because of the disjointed and overly episodic nature of the film. There was an assumption that the audience already knew of the Reed/Bryant story. But there are far more plusses of which the biggest for me was Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant. Was this the role Keaton was born for rather than Annie Hall? I think so. Could any other actress unite such dynamism/independence/socialist activism/vulnerability/passion in one role? For me, the film became more about Louise Bryant than Jack Reed and was better as a result. The scenes in the snow of Finland and the Russian revolution were so well done. One particular scene was after Reed had lost a battle with bureaucracy and Zinoviev, he hears this patriotic singing and sees troops marching with the Red Flag. Reed had campaigned against US fighting in WW1. Another key scene on the eve of the revolution was Reed being asked to speak at a workers' meeting and then meeting eyes with Bryant and getting her tacit approval. Afterwards Bryant thanks Reed for bringing her to Russia: she had initially refused because of her work reporting from the western front. A very satisfying, educational, human and humane film which scores in so many ways. A very poignant ending.
An amazing movie. The interviews with "the witnesses" give this movie a lot of support. The audience meets people who were involved with some of the events and characters that are presented in the movie. It's unfortunate that we haven't seen this strategy in other historic dramas. History can be hard to explain.
Despite its insanely bloated running time and periodic turns toward the pedantic, Warren Beatty's Reds is an inspiring, sprawling, and touching epic about one man's quest to manifest his social vision. Essentially a romance between revolutionary journalist John Reed and writer and former socialite Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), the film uses the American labour movement and the Russian Revolution as backdrops. It's an engaging romance over the first half, but picks up considerable steam in the latter stages as Reed and Bryant immerse themselves in the early stages of the Russian Revolution. Many of the scenes are prefaced with actual interviews of those who knew Reed and Bryant, an effective tool in providing insight that would have been virtually impossible to convey in a normal narrative.
Reds is a sweeping melodrama, an epic film, with lots of serious politics and history. But it is especially a love story. Warren Beatty is magnificent, and Diane Keaton outstanding. The movie is full of great performances from supporting characters, especially those of Jack Nicholson, Maureen Stapleton and Jerzy Kosinski. Beatty made a smart decision to make Diane Keaton the core of the film, its emotional center. Highly recommended.
B- 7/10 ............