tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751168318018401735.post3574906093519417291..comments2024-01-13T03:20:34.558-05:00Comments on Film Flammers: Notorioussiochembiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751168318018401735.post-26321865635402049752014-03-24T08:08:20.877-04:002014-03-24T08:08:20.877-04:00Well, I have only seen Notorious this once, so may...Well, I have only seen Notorious this once, so maybe I have not gotten as deep into it. What you point out as the best part of the movie I thought was an irritating element. I thought that Devlin being a federal agent is just about as unproffesional as I have ever seen a movie agent be. He is not only getting emotionally involved, he is also endagering his charge for petty reasons. Alicia is pestering him yes in the begining, because she is this wild girl and he is the representative of order that is putting restraints on her. She yields to him, but as soon as they get to Rio he withdraws from he and her pestering seems rather like an attempt to provoke him, to pull him back. She has no idea what happened to him and he is practically selling her out. Is he trying to put up a proffesional attitude finally? Maybe, but then it is totally unproffesional, childish, even criminal that he get jealous on the very job he sets her up on and leave her hanging there. I felt like kicking his teeth. Maybe that is the attraction of the film, but for me it was a major annoyance.<br />I totally see the fairy tale reference with the tower room and the evil king and queen and Devlin the prince who comes to the rescue. To me it just felt awkward that Devlin was able to just walk in, sit on the bedside for 5 - 10 minutes doing a bit of smootching with no interuption (this is a situation of get in, get the girl and get the hell out of there, we can talk later) and then just walk out with a bit of blackmailing he had no way knowing before reaching Alicia.<br />I see Devlin as more of a problem than a solution and that he also is working on strangling Alicia in his own way. She really takes a dip from wild and flamboyant to meek and submissive.<br />When all that is said I agree that the triangle of Alicia, Alexander and Devlin was very interesting and Claude Rains is awesome.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com