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dawsongirl · 05-11-2003, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by LucyCrazy
Oh, and could someone clear these few things up for me?? There were a couple of things that I saw in the movie that I did not know and believe me I know more than most people about Lucille Ball's life. Okay here they are:

1) Lucy working at a carnival with her Uncle (I think they said it was her Uncle)

2) Desi buying a yacht, and tearing up their new house

3) Lucy having a black maid

1. Yeah, but I'm not sure about the uncle thing

2. Yeah

3. And yeah. They at least got that right.

Ricardos4ever · 05-11-2003, 06:15 PM

Last night, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch my tape of the movie. I must say, they could have done sooooo much better -- with the script, with the casting, with everything!

The script especially bothered me, with all of its inaccuracies. Why do a biopic if you are not going to get it right? For instance, merging the whole 'red scare' scene with the buying of RKO. The two happened years apart! And at this time they portrayed Desi as a drunk and had Lucy saying that she didn't even know who he was anymore, when in actuality his drinking really didn't become a problem until 1955, two years after the Communist scare. Maybe the writers thought that they could kill two birds with one stone by dealing with both incidents at the same time, but it is things like that that really get to me.

And the things they chose to leave out -- like the reason why they met in the first place ("Too Many Girls"), their second wedding, her illness as a teenager, I could go on -- were surprising, and would have made the movie a lot better. Forget the re-creations of the classic ILL scenes, I could have gone to TvLand to see the originals. It's like they didn't want to do the work to give us a good script with great dialogue (which wasn't even close to great) that gave viewers even a small clue who Lucille Ball was and what her relationship with Desi meant (well, they were able to make time for the 'sleazy' parts). Instead, the writers relied on old ILL scripts to recreate old scenes for the sake of filling in the gaps that they left while doing a half-ass job. They made Lucy's life seem boring. And believe me, it wasn't boring. Just watch "Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie." Just read "Love, Lucy", "A Book" or "Desilu." Then you'll get a better idea of who these two people were. "Lucy" doesn't even begin to show you.

To be fair, some things I liked about the movie....

- the way they chose to show Lucy's movie career status by passing her picture around the big wigs' table at RKO, MGM. I thought that was clever.

- even though I just couldn't get into York as Lucy, she did well with some of the re-creation scenes (but, as I said before, I could have done without them)

- Pino did an excellent job of capturing Desi's voice

- the Red Skelton look-a-like actually looked like him

And that's about it. I think I'll stick to watching documentaries.

SPLAIN · 05-12-2003, 10:08 AM

I know i'm harping on this, but us REAL fans won't be satisfied till we see a PBS miniseries or a series of interviews that looks at everything and like you stated, with accuracy!

LucyCrazy · 05-14-2003, 08:08 PM

Thank You Ricardos4ever. I could not have said it better myself. I mean, I had the exact same thoughts floating around in my head but if I wrote them down it would be like four pages long! Before I even watched the movie I knew it was going to be bad. Lol, I just wanted to find the inaccuracies and criticize it

. And yeah, I think I will stick to good 'ol documentaries. I would like to see a new one though.

SPLAIN · 05-15-2003, 10:02 AM

Well, you can't beat Lucy and Desi a Love story by their daughter, that was excellent.

View Poll Results: Arenyou going to watch the CBS movie "LUCY tonight? (Sunday, May 4. 2003)
No	3	16.67%
Yes	14	77.78%
Maybe	1	5.56%
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05-11-2003, 06:15 PM	#47
Ricardos4ever Henna-rinsess Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 28, 2002 Location: Somewhere in the middle of the world's longest Conga line Posts: 473	Last night, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch my tape of the movie. I must say, they could have done sooooo much better -- with the script, with the casting, with everything! The script especially bothered me, with all of its inaccuracies. Why do a biopic if you are not going to get it right? For instance, merging the whole 'red scare' scene with the buying of RKO. The two happened years apart! And at this time they portrayed Desi as a drunk and had Lucy saying that she didn't even know who he was anymore, when in actuality his drinking really didn't become a problem until 1955, two years after the Communist scare. Maybe the writers thought that they could kill two birds with one stone by dealing with both incidents at the same time, but it is things like that that really get to me. And the things they chose to leave out -- like the reason why they met in the first place ("Too Many Girls"), their second wedding, her illness as a teenager, I could go on -- were surprising, and would have made the movie a lot better. Forget the re-creations of the classic ILL scenes, I could have gone to TvLand to see the originals. It's like they didn't want to do the work to give us a good script with great dialogue (which wasn't even close to great) that gave viewers even a small clue who Lucille Ball was and what her relationship with Desi meant (well, they were able to make time for the 'sleazy' parts). Instead, the writers relied on old ILL scripts to recreate old scenes for the sake of filling in the gaps that they left while doing a half-ass job. They made Lucy's life seem boring. And believe me, it wasn't boring. Just watch "Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie." Just read "Love, Lucy", "A Book" or "Desilu." Then you'll get a better idea of who these two people were. "Lucy" doesn't even begin to show you. To be fair, some things I liked about the movie.... - the way they chose to show Lucy's movie career status by passing her picture around the big wigs' table at RKO, MGM. I thought that was clever. - even though I just couldn't get into York as Lucy, she did well with some of the re-creation scenes (but, as I said before, I could have done without them) - Pino did an excellent job of capturing Desi's voice - the Red Skelton look-a-like actually looked like him And that's about it. I think I'll stick to watching documentaries.
	__________________ ELVIS LIVES ***** "They had one of those historical marriages, like Napoleon and Josephine, Richard and Liz--destined to be trouble but destined for them to never find anyone as passionate or as fabulous." -- Lucie Arnaz on her parents, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

05-12-2003, 10:08 AM	#48
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	I know i'm harping on this, but us REAL fans won't be satisfied till we see a PBS miniseries or a series of interviews that looks at everything and like you stated, with accuracy!

05-14-2003, 08:08 PM	#49
LucyCrazy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 14	Thank You Ricardos4ever. I could not have said it better myself. I mean, I had the exact same thoughts floating around in my head but if I wrote them down it would be like four pages long! Before I even watched the movie I knew it was going to be bad. Lol, I just wanted to find the inaccuracies and criticize it . And yeah, I think I will stick to good 'ol documentaries. I would like to see a new one though.

05-15-2003, 10:02 AM	#50
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Well, you can't beat Lucy and Desi a Love story by their daughter, that was excellent.