So anyway, The Shadow is a pretty fun movie.

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I mean, of course the '94 film, though I also enjoyed the radio dramas whenever I hear them (which is sadly very infrequently).

It's kind of corny or overly dramatic in places, and the dialogue is occasionally just silly, but it's aware of that, takes it all in stride and incorporates it all into its own kind of charm. I wouldn't call it a "good" movie, but I liked it.

Kind of similar to the Rocketeer* (the film, not the 80's comics, though the latter is obviously an homage to the Shadow and its era of stories) in that way. (As opposed to The Phantom, which, while fun, just wasn't as good a movie/as much fun, I think, as the others* - as a complete aside, does anyone else find the idea of the early script for the sequel really stupid/suceptible to narm, and really hoping it doesn't go there?).

Anyway, I was just wishing I owned The Shadow recently (I thought I'd had an old VHS, but apparently not) and reminiscing about it, and thought I'd share. What about you guys? Do you like it? Hate it? Feel ambivalent toward it? What about the other two movies I mentioned above, or similar "Pulp"-style movies?