I'll keep this movie review short and sweet.
This is NOT a good movie.
Boring and too long.
Oddly both Power & Hayworth both known for their great looks don't look terribly good in this movie.
Most of the movie has Power's hair coming down over his forehead and it's amazing how this odd hair style totally throws off his looks.
Hayworth always seem to have unflattering shadows on her face. Her right upper eye seems swollen like she got punched and her nose appears to have this odd bump in the middle.
LOL..I know, I sound so shallow but really, I've never seen either one of them so poorly lit and shot.
Only Linda Darnell appears with her famous beauty intact.
The first 20 minutes of the movie is a long drawn out section showing Power's character as a boy. WAY too long a setup.
There's not too much plot as every scene seems to drag on forever. The movie would have been so much better if it kept to the standard for the time 90 minute running time.
Laird Cregar is usually a fun addition to a movie but in Blood & Sand his two scenes of note he does the SAME thing in both scenes. Sitting down an laying compliments on thick. In the first scene to the famous matador at the moment. Then later in the film when Power has become top of the heap, Laird spends five minutes practically saying the same lines, only this time to Power.
I really can't see what all the fuss is about in this movie. I LOVE old movies and I love all three of the leading stars but I'm telling you, this is one overly drawn out movie that plays like a bad episode of some old time soap opera.
I really hate that I have to write this but it's bad. Watch Power in the Zorro movie instead. Much better than this yawner.
This is NOT a good movie.
Boring and too long.
Oddly both Power & Hayworth both known for their great looks don't look terribly good in this movie.
Most of the movie has Power's hair coming down over his forehead and it's amazing how this odd hair style totally throws off his looks.
Hayworth always seem to have unflattering shadows on her face. Her right upper eye seems swollen like she got punched and her nose appears to have this odd bump in the middle.
LOL..I know, I sound so shallow but really, I've never seen either one of them so poorly lit and shot.
Only Linda Darnell appears with her famous beauty intact.
The first 20 minutes of the movie is a long drawn out section showing Power's character as a boy. WAY too long a setup.
There's not too much plot as every scene seems to drag on forever. The movie would have been so much better if it kept to the standard for the time 90 minute running time.
Laird Cregar is usually a fun addition to a movie but in Blood & Sand his two scenes of note he does the SAME thing in both scenes. Sitting down an laying compliments on thick. In the first scene to the famous matador at the moment. Then later in the film when Power has become top of the heap, Laird spends five minutes practically saying the same lines, only this time to Power.
I really can't see what all the fuss is about in this movie. I LOVE old movies and I love all three of the leading stars but I'm telling you, this is one overly drawn out movie that plays like a bad episode of some old time soap opera.
I really hate that I have to write this but it's bad. Watch Power in the Zorro movie instead. Much better than this yawner.