Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)'s comments

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adr1s

Sometimes people have too much time and too much money, and they make films like these.

Couldn't finish it, tĥe rambling was too much for me

9 months 3 weeks ago

Well, someone has to do it, I didn't quite like this movie.

Granted, the acting is impressive and risky, Mike Nichols did a tremendous job and the cinematography is gorgeous.
But it is said to be a very "true" and "raw" vision of human relationships however I didn't find any of the reactions of the characters (and all the stuffs happening) realistic at all.
From the moment the young couple sees that George and Martha are not quite sane and unbearably toxic they should have left the house ! Why the hell are they staying ? For the sake of drama ?!

Besides, the plot seems very theatrical. The characters are very incoherent from a line to another. It feels like I'm watching a "better-looking Cassavetes movie" (that's not a compliment in that case). The actors looks like they're trying really hard to find the next random thing to do or say to look intense or crazy.
All of that seemed very artificial in the end and I really got nothing out of it except being very annoyed.

Oh, and most of all, I really don't care at all that it's Taylor and Burton playing the old couple and that they are kinda displaying their private life on screen.
I'm here to see a movie that tells me something meaningful, not to see an over-the-top, over-long egotrippy extension of a tabloïd fantasy on screen !

2 years 4 months ago

Siskoid

Edward Albee's play cannot be made better than this, with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor turning in pitch-perfect performances. Darkly absurd, funny and disturbing.

6 years 6 months ago

Ebro

When someone says to you lets watch whos afraid virginia woolf it's the best movie ever! you know afterwards it was underexaggerated

8 years 6 months ago

ansver

Drinking alcohol makes you sick!

8 years 8 months ago

nicolaskrizan

Both clever and gripping. In my book.

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9 years 5 months ago

corchap

That was brilliant! Similar in style to A Streetcar Named Desire but more pessimistic. Taylor and Burton.. what a pair!

10 years 1 month ago

Ralf

Probably the finest film adaptation of a stage play. An unsettling domestic nightmare elevated by the expressive performances of both Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

10 years 9 months ago

Dieguito

WOW, what a movie!! The acting is magnificent, Elizabeth Taylor proves that beautiful actresses can also be a splendorous actress! What a debut of Mike Nichols, a masterpiece, and just followed by The Graduate!!

11 years 6 months ago

Filmsthemostbeautifulart

A bitter aging couple, George (Burton) and Martha (Taylor), with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.

If I were to describe this film in a sentence, then it would be that it's a milestone in cinematic history, boasting powerful performances from the four actors. Shocking, intense, vulgar yet hauntingly beautiful, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is an explosive game-of-wits thriller.

The film has only four actors, takes place in a very few locations and that too in a single night. In the entire film, George and Taylor inflict verbal abuse at each other yet there is not a single moment that lets you go off. Their arguments, their silly petty games, their outlook towards sex still makes movie fanatics wonder how the hell "they" could have done it so realistically. The film repels us with it's disgusting allegory yet attracts us with how perfectly it's filmed. Kudos to Nichols' direction, Lehman's screenplay, the score, the beautiful black-and-white cinematography, the editing...

Elizabeth Taylor, who was considered the most beautiful woman in the world that time, surprised many when she played the vulgar, frumpy, fifty year old Martha and had gained 13 kilos to play the role. She is the best in the entire ensemble and no doubt she won an Academy Award for her stunning performance.

This is undoubtedly one of the best Drama films I have ever seen. A Highly Recommended classic. A new addition to one of my all time favorites.

My Rating: 5/5

11 years 8 months ago

devilsadvocado

I have to wonder how much Carnage (2011) was inspired from Who's Afraid...

I could call this one a masterpiece without batting an eye, though it is a bit "overwritten." The highlights are the camerawork and Elizabeth Taylor, who sank perfectly into what would be a career-defining role.

12 years 2 months ago