Movie: Rosemary's Baby

I don't have a lot to say about this one.  It's slow, it's dull, it's very much a product of its time,
and it's made by a man who later went on to rape a 13-year-old.  Rosemary has the intelligence and maturity of a typical 6 year old.  The movie also nicely demonstrates the importance of both no-fault divorces and HIPAA.

However, I will give it one cookie.  Spousal rape is the tool of Teh Evilz.  The movie was made 8 years before the first state repealed the spousal exemptions from rape laws, so in this regard, it was ahead of its time.  I am reaching a bit to hand over this cookie, but that's worth it.

It's still a slow dull idiot movie that's painfully 1968, though.  Snigger with me as Guy tells his pregnant wife that she shouldn't be on her feet while simultaneously plying her with booze.


Now, for a nice non sequitor: As I'm usually quite bad with faces, it's always a little odd for me when I can pick out actors I've seen before, especially minor ones.  This time the mental commentary was kind of funny.  "Hmm, the hangdog looking building manager looks awfully familiar.  Who is...  Oh, it's the boozey leprachaun head they throw at us in House on Haunted Hill."

If you've seen the version with Mike Nelson commentary (Legend Films), you know what I'm talking about.  If not, you probably think I'm insane.  Suffice to say, Elisha Cook Jr = hangdog building manager in Rosemary's Baby = boozey "why the hell did you come into this house again" guy from the original 1959 House on Haunted Hill.