The Sound Barrier (1952)

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   eiriknielsen

   This is not a good film. I've seen nearly every David Lean and this is by far his worst. It's a stuffy upper-crusty British affair with a technology film plot very similar to The Right Stuff, First Man, or Ford V. Ferrari with a team attempting to break the sound barrier and damning everything in their lives, including family and safety, to reach their goal.
   
   The whole thing amounts to very little, and the plot turns in the last 10 minutes to wrap up a family melodrama with a studio ending...lacking in all subtly and realism.
   
   The most shocking thing to me is that the film won the BAFTA for best film from any source in 1952. Not best British Film which is another award they gave out that year...but from any source...beating the following films (which were nominated):
   
   African Queen
   Cry, The Beloved Country
   Death of a Salesman
   Limelight
   The Young and the Damned
   Singing in the Rain
   A Streetcar Named Desire
   
   wow...talk about a swing and a big big miss...bad form BAFTA...bad form. 2 years 11 months ago
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   Public Enemy

   Guile: "Sonic boom!" 12 years 11 months ago

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