Are you kidding? The lines were not corny at all. Perhaps it was the music that amplified the dialogue.
I feel like these are all excuses with no backing. Rushed? How is it rushed? If this was remade today scenes would be on the cutting room floor, not added.
But I don't judge movies on how good they were in their time.
IMO, that is very close-minded. Not liking them is one thing, but denying their merit is another level.
I think people sometimes overrate classics because they are just that--classics. And classics seem to automatically mean greatness. Although there are indeed many classic movies that are great, not all of them are.
Even that is not completely true.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960915/REVIEWS08/401010308/1023 I fully agree with Ebert on this film.
