TCM Comments on Lord Jim (1965)

Star of the Month James Mason

[MichaelDowd-kzwz]

One of my favorite films, although not liked and forgotten by many. Yes, a restrained performance by Otoole, with a wonderfully villainous turn by Mason. The scene where the two meet on the river is priceless dialogue at its best, and performed well!

[cicerodiello]

Fast forward to the James Mason scenes. It was the era when he stole films with a few minutes of screen time. He was magnificent.

[sammcbride]

I love doing impersonations of James Mason.

[jackbuckley]

I always liked Mason, always very appealing to me, great voice & style, though sometimes he was oddly cast, i.e., as a Germanic barbarian during collapse of Roman Empire, a Mongol(I think) during the time of Genghis Khan, a 19th-century U.S. plantation owner of the Old South, etc. Regardless, however, he always rose to the occasion, carrying-off these uncharacteristic roles with his usual panache, never campy or cartoonishly. Mason was a polished actor through & through. I've seen "Lord Jim" only once & it was decades ago, recalling very little about it, except being a little bored at times, as the setting & subject matter were unfamiliar to me at the time. I'd probably be perfectly fine with it now. Anyway, I'd like to see it again.

[wallaceb]

It was a crappy movie regardless of the critics...music was awesome