The Great American Beauty Contest 1973
6 /10
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| US | TV | Feb 13, 1973 |
cast
Full Cast & Crew
Peggy Lowery
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
Ralph Dupree
Miss Oklahoma, Gloria Rockwell
Miss Texas, T.L. Dawson
Miss New Jersey, Pamela Parker
Miss Ohio, Melinda Wilson
Miss Maine, Angelique
Miss Utah
Kay Earnshaw
Miss Texas Chaperone
Joe Bunch
Miss Ohio Chaperone
Miss Utah Chaperone
Miss New Jersey Chaperone
Shirley
Mary Lou
Lib Girl
Miss Iowa
Betty Sue Allen - Last Year's Queen
TV Announcer
Photographer (uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
The beginning of the film it's fine until towards the second act and there is when it starts to feel a little rushed. Also I do feel like there are scenes missing but there was talk of an extended version on Blu-Ray so that's cool.
I can't right much... it's just so forgettable...Okay, from what I remember, I remember just sitting down on my seat and waiting for the movie to begin. 5 minutes into the movie, boring scene of Tony Stark just talking to his "dead" friends saying it's his fault. 10 minutes in: Boring scene of Ultron and Jarvis having robot space battles(I dunno:/). 15 minutes in: I leave the theatre.2nd attempt at watching it: I fall asleep. What woke me up is the next movie on Netflix when the movie was over.
Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
My favorite is always Chris Evans because of the whole cast he best gets into the spirit of being a superhero. Of all of them, he's already played two superheroes, Captain America and Johnny Storm the Human Torch. I'll be before he's done Evans will play a couple of more as long as the money's good and he enjoys it.
Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is an entertaining adventure with impressive special effects and cast. The storyline might be better, since most of the characters do not show any chemistry. However, it is worthwhile watching this film since the amazing special effects are not possible to be described in words. Why Pietro has to die is also not possible to be explained. My vote is eight.
Cast & crew of
The Great American Beauty Contest
Directors & Credit Writers
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Casting
Cast
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
Ralph Dupree
Miss Oklahoma, Gloria Rockwell
Miss Texas, T.L. Dawson
Miss New Jersey, Pamela Parker
Miss Ohio, Melinda Wilson
Miss Maine, Angelique
Miss Utah
Kay Earnshaw
Miss Texas Chaperone
Joe Bunch
Miss Ohio Chaperone
Miss Utah Chaperone
Miss New Jersey Chaperone
Shirley
Mary Lou
Lib Girl
Miss Iowa
Betty Sue Allen - Last Year's Queen
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