I have no objections to this film, nor I have anything to praise, so I have the nothing to write about. I watched it because it's considered to be one of the best movies of its time and because it won five Academy Awards, out of which I can understand only Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, won by Gloria Grahame. For everything else, nothing really special. Nice and relaxed melodrama, perfect for resting the brain on a lazy Sunday afternoon.6/10

The Bad and the Beautiful is an interesting film that blends themes from both drama and film noir. On one hand it heavily relies on flashbacks, a noir staple, and it definitely contains some darker material. In the other, it plays out like a drama, and predominately feels like one instead of a noir. It's a cool mix and I think it works very well. The premise itself is pretty neat: three successful people from different fields of the movie industry meet with a producer to discuss their involvement with an old colleague, a man by the name of Jonathon Shields whom they all despise. As they wait to get ahold of Shields, the producer, Harry Pebbel states that he understands their distaste towards Shields, which leads to our flashbacks as he explains why each person has a problem with him. I thought it was a smart way of introducing the flashbacks while still keeping the situation during the present on the forefront. Each character is fleshed out in their respective flashback, and throughout all of them we get to see what kind of person Shields is. Shields himself is an interesting character, because he genuinely seems to mean well when initially meeting one of the three characters, but you shortly realize he doesn't see himself above manipulation when it suits his needs. Despite this, he's a very charismatic individual, which outshines his manipulative tendencies in most cases. I thought it was interesting how they handled the outcomes of the other characters thanks to Shields' intervention. I think Bartlow the screenwriter is the most justified for hating Shields out of the three characters. Thanks to Shields, not only does his wife have an affair with another man, but he also loses his wife to a plane accident that wouldn't have happened if Shields had left it alone. Sure, Bartlow ends up being successful like the other two, but no amount of success outshines that heavy of a loss. The other two, Amiel and Lorrison were also screwed over by Shields, but not to the same extent as Bartlow. Despite this, their hatred towards Shields still feels justified, although when you hear of their success it's hard to view Shields as a bad guy. Another thing I liked was the theme song for the movie. It's got this invigorating flow to it and it's hard to not get a little into it. Additionally, the uncertainty of the ending was a nice touch. It's implied they agree to work with Shields again, but before anyone explicitly says so the movie ends.

The film starts off as an interesting concept. Three comrades in filmmaking recount their terrible experiences with a shared connection with flashbacks depicting said tales. A man who works for said connection begging them to reconcile with him and help him on his new project. What could go wrong?Although it has its moments, The Bad and the Beautiful failed to deliver for me overall. It wasn't as much the setting as it was the overall feel for the characters. For some reason it just didn't keep me as interested and involved as I had expected a melodrama to do.Overall, I honestly don't regret watching the film but I just feel it had more potential than what was shown.

Recently I have watched classic movies after a long period, adoring movies like "The apartment" or "Witness for the prosecution" by great directors like Billy Wilder. Despite this "The bad and the beautiful" by Vincente Minnelli didn't revive my enthusiasm for this kind of movie. I got the impression of understanding the main character after a few minutes from the beginning of the film: the three point of view, expressed by flashback , were only a repeating with no new elements or surprises. In my opinion this make the movie predictable and the three other character not very interesting. After all I cannot say that "The bad and the beautiful" is a bored film. The climate of that year is fascinating and the actors are very good. It remain a noteworthy work for being a truthful silver screen pictures of that years.