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MOVIE REVIEW
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MOVIE REVIEW
\nArthur<\/strong>
\n\"rated\" – \"star\" \"star\" \"star\" \"star\" \"star\"<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Comedy, Romance
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 1981
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 37m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Steve Gordon
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Steve Gordon
\nCast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> HBO Max, Amazon Prime, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, etc.<\/p>\n

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If you follow my TikTok or even Instagram, you probably know that I back up my reviews with a substantial collection of physical media. As of writing this, I have almost 3,600 unique titles on DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K Ultra HD discs. As you can imagine, I haven’t seen everything that I own with a collection this size. It’s often been my goal to start watching the ones that I haven’t seen. Starting sometime last year, I jumped into the process a few times, then last year's Oscar season hit, and I asked around for screeners of some of the harder-to-find international and documentary films. To my surprise, I received about half of what I asked for; I’ve received 100+ screeners so far. I wasn’t expecting that, and although it was a happy accident, it hindered my time spent watching my collection. This past weekend I had kind of caught up, so I decided to jump back into it, and I watched four more of my films that start with “A.” Needless to say, this may be a project I never finish!<\/p>\n

One of the films that I watched was the 1981 classic ARTHUR. Although I’m usually a pretty big defender of DVD quality (many argue that DVD looks terrible compared to blu-ray\/4k), I will say that this disc suffered greatly because of the transfer quality. I can only assume this was a transfer that wasn’t given much attention to restoration and instead just scanned and copied. I would like to think that a digital restoration of the film happened. I, unfortunately, can’t say that the streaming copies available all over would be any better.<\/p>\n

The movie itself felt too long; at only 97 minutes, that’s saying something. Seven years later, there was a sequel that was pretty much universally panned, as was the 2011 remake with Russell Brand staring. This film just felt like something I had seen too many times, although the movie came out in 1981, so in 40 years, there has probably been a fair share of imitators that I’ve seen or films that stole bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

It won two Academy Awards. John Gield took home Best Supporting Actor, and “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” took home Best Original Song. I feel like this is probably an issue I will run into repeatedly. While growing up, I saw and loved many classic 80s films; however, when rewatching them, they don’t always have that same magic (looking at you, ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING.)<\/p>\n

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