Black Sunday (1977)

Waste of time

Too much of everything

Such a frustrating disappointment

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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I'm okay with the anger and the violence brought about by it. We are in a time of terror, some forty years after the making of this film. We have had 9/11 and have been fighting one of the longest wars in our history. This is a great motivation for the plot here. There have been other movies made about these people and those that heroically oppose them. But you can take any situation, no matter how interesting, and utterly ruin the movie by making a rescue that is so beyond belief that human being could never carry it out. Bouncing around through the sky on a blimp, rigging things up, shooting things, cliffhanger exploits are too much. The contrivances are all over the place. The point that should have been made is lost in superfluous exploits of superhuman characters that are not believable.

This is actually a very good movie that's typical of world events that were relevant at the time it was made in the 1970s.Robert Shaw, as always, is absolutely fantastic in this as a Mossad Major trying to find out about and stop a possible terrorist attack upon the US.Marthe Keller and Bruce Dern are also fantastic as the terrorists planning and attempting a world-shattering incident.This is one of those great movies, and, there have been many over the years, that many people liked, but, very few remember.I only write reviews on movies I like (I'd never waste my time trashing a movie that I don't like), and, I really like this movie.Check this movie out as it's very good.

Extraordinary Thriller that Obviously has become more Relevant in the Post 9-11 Atmosphere of Patriot Acts and Terrorist Motivations. In this Movie there is Substantial Screen Time to Backgrounds and Politics.Adding Also a Seventies Viet-Nam Veteran Angst Resulting from Government and Societal Betrayal this is one Mammoth Movie that is Ripe and Thrilling, Suspenseful and Edge of Your Seat Enjoyment. The Combination of Real Life Super Bowl Footage and Iconic Goodyear Blimp Familism the Film is Disturbing as well as Melodramatic.It may be a Tad too Long but it Never seems Stagnant or Boring with Bruce Dern and Robert Shaw Dueling it out in a Landscape of Americana. There is a Pulse-Pounding Score and the Production Looks Great, Except for a Few Dated SFX that are Noticeable but Forgivable, because the Movie is such a Fantastic Film that Really Resonates.Not the Best of John Frankenheimer Films but one Worthy of a Watch for those Seeking Action and Thrills in a Seventies kind of way. It will not Disappoint and Viewed Today is even more Affectious and Holds Up Quite Well, whereas others of its Ilk from the Time Period seem Cheesy and Dated.