Golden Door Well Done
Golden door was very well done. The first quarter was a little slow and it was a little hard to figure out what was going on, but it evolved into a quirky, very interesting movie. The dream sequences were quite comical (though maybe a little confusing at first), the characters were well developed, and the acting was exceptional. Scorsese brought the immigration process to life... from a poor family living in the old country to their arrival in America... helping you to understand far more about what our ancestors went through. Don't let the fact that it's subtitled put you off; the movie draws you in and you immediately forget that you're reading subtitles. A very natural humor is woven in throughout the movie, particularly in the second half. I took my 84-year old mother with me, who tends to lose interest if a movie is dull or the plot is too complicated, and she loved it. The highly symbolic ending was pure art at it's quirkiest and finest.