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King of Comedy (1982)
The first thing that struck me about the blu ray of Martins Scorsese’s King of Comedy is how bad it looked in the beginning. But then you realize that the director was trying to “mimic” a TV image so the colors and focus were off. It did get better as the picture went on, but it never got really good. I would give the video and sound no more than a 3 stars of five rating.
In some ways this is a simple plot: Robert DeNiro plays Rupert Pupkin a 35 year old hack trying to become a standup comedian and get a break on what is essential the Tonight Show, here starring Jerry Lewis. Failing to get Jerry’s attention, he and Sandra Bernhard kidnap Jerry and hold him hostage. Their ransom, their goal, is to get ten minutes on the Late Night (Tonight) show.
The performances of DeNiro and Lewis are outstanding and are the only reason to watch this movie. The amount of effort you must have to suspend disbelieve is incredible. Nothing makes sense, even for a movie made 30 years ago. Security is nonexistent and only run by old, incompetent people. The FBI arrests Pupkin for kidnaping, but doesn’t handcuff him and allows him to run around Manhattan. Seriously, this was just a sit-com plot.
The ending is not only unrealistic and, for me, painful to watch, but pretends to be a commentary of the times and fails miserably.
The first thing that struck me about the blu ray of Martins Scorsese’s King of Comedy is how bad it looked in the beginning. But then you realize that the director was trying to “mimic” a TV image so the colors and focus were off. It did get better as the picture went on, but it never got really good. I would give the video and sound no more than a 3 stars of five rating.
In some ways this is a simple plot: Robert DeNiro plays Rupert Pupkin a 35 year old hack trying to become a standup comedian and get a break on what is essential the Tonight Show, here starring Jerry Lewis. Failing to get Jerry’s attention, he and Sandra Bernhard kidnap Jerry and hold him hostage. Their ransom, their goal, is to get ten minutes on the Late Night (Tonight) show.
The performances of DeNiro and Lewis are outstanding and are the only reason to watch this movie. The amount of effort you must have to suspend disbelieve is incredible. Nothing makes sense, even for a movie made 30 years ago. Security is nonexistent and only run by old, incompetent people. The FBI arrests Pupkin for kidnaping, but doesn’t handcuff him and allows him to run around Manhattan. Seriously, this was just a sit-com plot.
The ending is not only unrealistic and, for me, painful to watch, but pretends to be a commentary of the times and fails miserably.