This is a beautifully shot piece of technicolor eye-candy. The naval battle scenes are sometimes impressive while some look like ships floating in a bathtub. I make a great effort to watch films and judge them by the standards of their era. But the romance side of this film takes "pin her down, mash-kiss her and force yourself on her because she really is just pretending to hate you" to the greatest extreme I have ever seen. I know Bond does it too but to a much lesser extent. I don't think we judge films by me-too standards but this would have been sadistic stalking in the 40s.
Review of The Black Swan
