Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Hitchcoc Capra was a master of the large cast. Most of his films are about the "everyman." We get to see small town storekeepers or inner city folks. In this one, however, based on a book by James Hilton, the star is a place, Shangra-la. Five main characters find themselves in this place after being rescued from a plane crash. We never actually get to know the motivation of the natives, but we know the place has curative powers and endless beauty. We also know that it is a test of the human spirit to chart one's own destiny, to eventually go home. This film, however, is about the rules that function in this place. Is this a heaven on earth or a prison? We get to decide, don't we? Excellent cinematography, wonderful acting, and an overriding question that must be answered.

Armand touching, beautiful, seductive at all. magic, charming, remembering the childhood dreams. a film about a form of miracle, itself saved by a miracle. a Frank Capra different , as form, by classic formulas. because it is, in essence, a fairy tale for adults. not for more comfort but for rediscover the role of dreams. admirable web between history and myth, using the Oriental exotic atmosphere and the old image of Utopia, image about the search of happiness, it is little more than a film but a kind of gem. first - for remarkable performance of Ronald Colman who gives the right portrait of a success political man who discovers the profound truth about him. than - the presence of Jane Wyatt who reminds all the beauty, honesty,fragility and delicacy of female characters from inter-war American cinema. than for the seductive images. or for the speech of High Lama. a film about hope. useful for viewers from each generation. today more important than yesterday. see it !

Dalbert Pringle Favorite movie quote - "There are moments in every man's life when he glimpses the eternal." Welcome to Shangri-La, a Utopian paradise where everyone adheres to one, simple rule - Be kind. (Yep. It sure sounds easy enough, but, hey, it can get mighty tough slugging at times) In spite of its glaring flaws and ludicrous improbabilities, Lost Horizon, in the long run, was, surprisingly enough, quite a thoughtful movie in many ways.Even though it preached of serene happiness, the virtues of avoiding excesses, and the basic principles of Christianity, its earnest message seemed both sincere and genuine.Usually films which include obvious undertones of Christianity as the basis of its story don't go over very well with me. But, I found Lost Horizon to be something of an exception to the rule.With Lost Horizon now being 77 years old, one must make a point of keeping its time-frame firmly in mind in order to get any worthwhile entertainment value out of this vintage production.Unfortunately, this film's 132-minute running time worked against its story being an overall success. Had about a half-hour's worth of this fairy tale been edited out of the final product, then I think that this would have helped things immensely.One of Lost Horizon's most notable performances was that of Ronald Coleman who played the Robert Conway character.This is definitely one of those films that one must experience for themselves in order to make a fair and honest judgement of its content.

lewwarden Last night I watched a DVD rental of the restoration of this classic movie, and was reminded of how I and the other students of San Luis Obispo High School had been privileged to watch what, in retrospect, was a pre-release test by the studio for teen-agers' reactions. This took place at the Elmo theater and probably occurred in 1936, the first half of my senior year. Which are deductions on my part resulting from the fact that in February 1937 our high school coach had ordered me to pay for my shiny new orange and black basketball uniform which the team's star had stolen from my locker, and sent me to the principal when I indignantly declined to do so. The principal ordered me to leave school and not return until I paid.In 1937 they mailed me my diploma and I was able to enroll at Cal Poly. In the meanwhile I had a number of jobs and wonderful days on the beach and evenings at the Stag pool hall and a voyage to Japan working on a Swedish oil tanker. Our high school also got to see Romeo and Juliet, which was released in 1938, and reinforces my conclusion that we were a testing location for the studios. I recall one of our high school wags, at the play's most dramatic scene, "Romeo,my Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo," calling out, "Heah ah is, Sunshine." Which brought down the house. God only knows what the studio execs made of this. Curiously, we are just about ready to publish a novel titled "Paper Doll," about a half baked psychiatrist who, along with several of his patients, lost their horizons in their struggles for dominance with a young hooker.