ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

startrekfan-4 Honestly, a very simple movie about love and war in the 1940s, starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor, with Ray Walston(My Favorite Martian), France Nuyen (Star Trek: TOS episode "Elan Of Troyius" as the lead character, Elan along with several other guest starring roles on various TV shows), Ron Ely(Tarzan himself), Doug McClure(Checkmate, The Virginian, Maverick - the movie & several "B" sci-fi movies such as The People That Time Forgot & The Land That Time Forgot) and Jack Mullaney(The Absent Minded Professor & several Elvis movies including Tickle Me and Spinout) co-starring!This has some of the most beautiful scenery in any movie at any time, along with just the right amount of humor and a sweet but tragic love story! And really an amazingly thoughtful subject that, for it's time, was completely kept hush-hush(bigotry)!!Some really great, unforgettable music here including: Bloody Mary, There's Nothing Like A Dame, Bali Ha'i, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Younger Than Springtime, Happy Talk, and the very beautiful Some Enchanted Evening!!The only flaw in the whole movie is that for some strange reason the director decided to film some scenes with a yellow haze which does nothing but detract from the beauty of the islands! Even the director himself admits that "This was the biggest mistake of my career"!! Even still, this is a movie not to miss!!! A+

Kristinsmithinthehouse I've seen a bunch of musicals and loved them all (Singin' in the Rain, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Camelot, Mary Poppins, Bye Bye Birdie, Funny Girl, The King and I, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, etc.) until I saw South Pacific. I was very disappointed. Couldn't get into the plot and only liked one of the songs (Some Enchanted Evening). I can't believe this is one of the most famous and popular musicals ever made.

donwc1996 This film almost works until it introduces the sub-plot which is so blatantly racist I simply walked out. When I researched the film and learned its debut on Broadway was in 1949, I could understand how the producers could get away with a storyline as embarrassing and silly as this one is. Ten years later on the big screen the story did not improve a bit and in fact seemed even worse than it should have been. Perhaps I am being too politically correct but there are boundaries you know and you simply do not insult an entire culture by giving the impression their pretty daughters are for sale. Geez! There are some great things about the film - the color for one, Mitzi Gaynor for another and Ray Walston who practically walks away with it - but the sub-plot which is introduced somewhat late in the film is so awful that I just cannot recommend this film to anyone.

mrfabulous1025 I first saw this movie in 1968 in a TODD-AO 70 mm print on an 84 Ft. D-150 screen with full six channel surround. (The screen was almost as big as the first IMAX I saw and the film grain wasn't as bad as the IMAX film.) I was seventeen. I was blown away. It was gorgeous aurally and visually. It is a very good film, somewhat misunderstood by the new crap of critics (did I accidentally say crap instead of crop?). Most modern audiences don't understand classic film because of the effects laden and violent garbage they are being fed at the multiplex. Real movies sometimes take their time and use beautiful music and color. The casting is fairly perfect. The visuals are stunning and the camera work is wonderfully scenic. As for the color filters, they are only thing that could be held against this beautiful film, although newer films like Gladiator seem ten times worse to my eye and have an obnoxious blue fog or golden glare (The Lord of the Rings movies appear to be bleached at times.) Give this movie a chance and see it in Bluray with a proper home theater sound system (no sound bars please). You might be surprised how wonderful this film and other classic movies come across when viewed this way.