High Society was released July 17, 1956. Major stars, such as C. K. Dexter Haven, Tracy Lord, Mike Connor, George Kittredge, and last but not least Uncle Willie., made this classic film come alive. This comedy, romance, musical was nominated for two oscars.
This movie was very interesting but lacked individuality. It is extremely similar to Philidelphia Story. Except that High Society consisted of color and music. High Society seemed more funny than serious, like the Philidelphia Story. The plot lines are alomost identical. Except Philidelphia Story was just plain black and white as well as more developed characters which made it less interesting as High Society. High Society seemed alot more happy and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Philadelphia Story
Presnted as another classic black and white film, The Philadelphia Story was created and released on December 26, 1940. Director George Cukor and writter Donald Ogden Stewart team up to produce this extravagant film. This comedy, romance film stars Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, and John Howard as the main characters. The Philadelphia Story won two Oscars while being nominated for many others.
How does a girl decide between her past, present, and new love? When they all hit her at once? Well Tracy Lord, played by Katharine Hepburn, becomes hit with all three of her lovers, Cary Grant, who plays her playboy ex-husband or C.K. Dexter Haven, James Stewart, who plays the reporter or Macaulay Connor, and John Howard, who plays the husband to be or George Kittredge. Through out the whole movie Tracy is being pulled every which way by the loves of her life. Who wins? Who live happily ever after? Watch to find out!
I enjoyed this move because it was interesting to see how Tracy dealt with her struggle over her 3 men. The chemistry between Katharine and Cary was very well portrayed and understood. I loved where the movie took place. I give this movie an A!
How does a girl decide between her past, present, and new love? When they all hit her at once? Well Tracy Lord, played by Katharine Hepburn, becomes hit with all three of her lovers, Cary Grant, who plays her playboy ex-husband or C.K. Dexter Haven, James Stewart, who plays the reporter or Macaulay Connor, and John Howard, who plays the husband to be or George Kittredge. Through out the whole movie Tracy is being pulled every which way by the loves of her life. Who wins? Who live happily ever after? Watch to find out!
I enjoyed this move because it was interesting to see how Tracy dealt with her struggle over her 3 men. The chemistry between Katharine and Cary was very well portrayed and understood. I loved where the movie took place. I give this movie an A!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Rebecca
Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca! These name "Rebecca" causes the second Mrs. de Winter heartache and more reason for insecurites. A women, who just married a man and the man and people in the household talked about his ex wife constantly, has the right to be alittle upset.....Don't you think? The main characters of the classic story Rebecca are Laurence Oliver, who plays Maxim' de Winter, The Second Mrs. de Winter, played by Joan Fontaine, George Sanders stars as Jack Favell, and Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers. Alfred Hitchcook, the producer, realeased his masterpiece on April 12, 1940. Rebecca was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 2.
The movie begins with the soon to be The Second Mrs. de Winter getting sweep away in a carriage of romance with the Widowed Maxim de Winter. They are extremely happy and smitten with eachother. However, the name Rebecca continues to haunt the new de Winter and her new found relationship. Rebecca becomes, in the new de Winter's mind, everything she is not, which causes her to be extremely insecure in herself. The tension can't be broken as the staff stirs up some trouble in The Second de Winter's world.
Alfred Hitchcook did a great job at conveying the emotion, suspense, and tension through out his well thought movie. He sets the right moods in scenes as the story unfolds using contrasting light and dramtic pauses. The unknown mystery helps the audience stay awake, however, there is no way they would blink with the ammount of suspense in this motion picture. I definitely would recommend Rebecca to anyone.
The movie begins with the soon to be The Second Mrs. de Winter getting sweep away in a carriage of romance with the Widowed Maxim de Winter. They are extremely happy and smitten with eachother. However, the name Rebecca continues to haunt the new de Winter and her new found relationship. Rebecca becomes, in the new de Winter's mind, everything she is not, which causes her to be extremely insecure in herself. The tension can't be broken as the staff stirs up some trouble in The Second de Winter's world.
Alfred Hitchcook did a great job at conveying the emotion, suspense, and tension through out his well thought movie. He sets the right moods in scenes as the story unfolds using contrasting light and dramtic pauses. The unknown mystery helps the audience stay awake, however, there is no way they would blink with the ammount of suspense in this motion picture. I definitely would recommend Rebecca to anyone.
The Maltese Falcon
Realeased on October 18, 1941, The Maltess Falcon is one of the most baffling murder stories. This example of a film noir was produced and written by John Huddson, main producer, and Dashiell Hammett. Filled with many same aspects of Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon was nominated for 3 Oscars and won 1. Spade and Archer is the name of the detective agency were the story begins. But once Miss Wanderly walks into the picture, the whole place changes.
At the detective agency Spade and Archer, Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, and Miles Archer, played by Jerome Cowan, are partners, of course. Their whole world begins to change the second Miss. Wanderly, played by Mary Astor, steps through the door. She claims to be looking for a man named Thursby, but really needs Spade for other reasons. Miles and Thursby are proclaimed dead. Miss. Wanderly finally admits why she needs Sam. She needs him for protection and the precious Maltese Falcon, which is being hunted for by men that very minute. The Maltese Falcon is a bird with a viberant, royal jewel inside it. Sam Spade decides to help Miss. Wanderly while he is being blamed for the two murders. Both Miss. Wanderly and Spade recover a fake Maltese Falcon leading the dangerous men to find the real one. The two became romantically involved through all the drama, but once Sam finds out Miss. Wanderly is the reason Miles is dead, he turns her in because a man never leaves or decieves his partner.
The Maltese Falcon is romance, murder, and intrige. Any audience would enjoy this captovating murder mystery. Being in the film noir genre, the audience is consumed with suspicion of every character, more so of the femme fatale, and dark shadows. I would recommend this movie to people 16 and older because of the commplicated plot line. Overall, this was a great murder mystery.
At the detective agency Spade and Archer, Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, and Miles Archer, played by Jerome Cowan, are partners, of course. Their whole world begins to change the second Miss. Wanderly, played by Mary Astor, steps through the door. She claims to be looking for a man named Thursby, but really needs Spade for other reasons. Miles and Thursby are proclaimed dead. Miss. Wanderly finally admits why she needs Sam. She needs him for protection and the precious Maltese Falcon, which is being hunted for by men that very minute. The Maltese Falcon is a bird with a viberant, royal jewel inside it. Sam Spade decides to help Miss. Wanderly while he is being blamed for the two murders. Both Miss. Wanderly and Spade recover a fake Maltese Falcon leading the dangerous men to find the real one. The two became romantically involved through all the drama, but once Sam finds out Miss. Wanderly is the reason Miles is dead, he turns her in because a man never leaves or decieves his partner.
The Maltese Falcon is romance, murder, and intrige. Any audience would enjoy this captovating murder mystery. Being in the film noir genre, the audience is consumed with suspicion of every character, more so of the femme fatale, and dark shadows. I would recommend this movie to people 16 and older because of the commplicated plot line. Overall, this was a great murder mystery.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity, released on April 24, 1944, is one of the first classic film noirs, which means "dark film." A film noir's main focus is revealing a sense of the dark side of mankind and society. The producer and writer of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder and James M. Cain, definitely accomplishes this. The main plot is about a innocent insurance aggent who convinces himslf to be sucked into murder and insurance fraud. He becomes consumed with guilt after helping the seductive femme fatale kill her husband. This epic story recieved one Oscar and seven nominations.
The movie begns with the main character, Walter Neff, played by Fred McMacMurray, who thinks he knows all the right angles of commiting a insurance fraud successfully. He becomes extremely attracted to a client's sexy wife, Phyllis Dietrichson who is played by Barabara Stanwyck. The two soon to be lovers commit a murder, Phyllis's husband, and frame it as if he simply fell of a train or commited suicide. However, a cunning insurance investigator, Neff's close friend, senses something going on. Walter becomes anxious and consumed with guilt of this nasty murder but is kept in the hot water by Phyllis's seductive ways. The end leaves the auddience in a confussion of feelings after all the flashbacks makes sense.
I really liked this movie alot because it convayed tons of emotion. The way shadow and flashbacks were used made the movie even more interesting. What makes this movie so good is the question that people end up asking themselves throughout the plot; Can this actually work in reality? I would definitely reccomend Double Indemnity to anyone.
The movie begns with the main character, Walter Neff, played by Fred McMacMurray, who thinks he knows all the right angles of commiting a insurance fraud successfully. He becomes extremely attracted to a client's sexy wife, Phyllis Dietrichson who is played by Barabara Stanwyck. The two soon to be lovers commit a murder, Phyllis's husband, and frame it as if he simply fell of a train or commited suicide. However, a cunning insurance investigator, Neff's close friend, senses something going on. Walter becomes anxious and consumed with guilt of this nasty murder but is kept in the hot water by Phyllis's seductive ways. The end leaves the auddience in a confussion of feelings after all the flashbacks makes sense.
I really liked this movie alot because it convayed tons of emotion. The way shadow and flashbacks were used made the movie even more interesting. What makes this movie so good is the question that people end up asking themselves throughout the plot; Can this actually work in reality? I would definitely reccomend Double Indemnity to anyone.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Casablanca
Casablanca is the place between the Germans and freedom, or America. Europeans were fleeing from the Germans. America was their place of refuge. Casablanca is the place that many of them became stuck because they didn't have letters of transit, their ticket to freedom. Casablanca is a story about the escape of an important politician, Victor Laszlo played by Paul Henreid, who the Germans don't want to leave Casablanca because they don't want his idependant views to be heard. Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. This classic movie releaased on January 23, 1943 recieved three Oscars.
During World War II in Casablanca, Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, a former freedom fighter and american, owns the most popular spot in town, Rick's Cafe. Blaine is in the possession of two letters of transit. Vctor Laszlo, a politician that the Nazi's want to keep on lock down has arrived in Casablanca with Rick's ex lover, Ilsa Lund, played by Ingrid Bergman. Their fling in Paris caused old flames between the two of them. Ilsa becomes overwhelmed with her felings during the movie. She knows she loves Rick but her husband Lazlo is the one she wants to protect. Blaine helps her do so. This love story will never fade beccause of its major impact in the movie world. This movie leaves audiences in wonder, happiness, and sadness all in one.
During World War II in Casablanca, Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, a former freedom fighter and american, owns the most popular spot in town, Rick's Cafe. Blaine is in the possession of two letters of transit. Vctor Laszlo, a politician that the Nazi's want to keep on lock down has arrived in Casablanca with Rick's ex lover, Ilsa Lund, played by Ingrid Bergman. Their fling in Paris caused old flames between the two of them. Ilsa becomes overwhelmed with her felings during the movie. She knows she loves Rick but her husband Lazlo is the one she wants to protect. Blaine helps her do so. This love story will never fade beccause of its major impact in the movie world. This movie leaves audiences in wonder, happiness, and sadness all in one.
Monday, March 22, 2010
The Way We Were
On October 19, 1973, the classic dramatic romance The Way We Were was released. This is a story of two polar opposites trying to stay in love. It was written by Arthur Laurents and directed by Sydeny Pollack. The two lovers that are reunited from their college days are Katie Morosky, known as Barbra Streisand, and Hubbell Gardner, played by Robert Redford. The Way We Were won an Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy for its astounding motion picture. This is a romantic story of a doomed love that is wanted to be "meant to be" but just isn't.
The movie starts off with Katie running into Hubbel, who is of course a hot jock that all the guys wanted to be in college, your tyipical all-american. He claims the looks and smarts as he finishes a novel while Katie continues being a workaholic while staying extremely involved in politics. Katie had a major crush on Hubbell in college. When their eyes meet for the first time in 10 years, that feeling of soon to be love sinks in again. They begin an on and off relationship for awhile until Katie's love for politics annoys Hubbell and Hubbell starts to give up his litteray talents by abandoning his novel for screen plays. Communism caused a witch hunt to be cast upon the writers and producers in Hollywood. Which of course, Katie caused an uproar. Hubbell's low toleration for Katie's behavior lead him to cheat with his college sweetheart who was also he's best friend's ex wife (climax). Before all this they talked about marriage and Katie is now pregnant. She finds out about the affair and wanted to still make this crumbling relationship work. She finally comes to the realization that their love will never be the way it was. She then asks Hubbell if he will just stay with her until their baby is born and then they can go their seperate ways. The end of the movie leaves audiences in question and with a weird uneasy feeling...you will with have to see what makes them feel this way by seeing the way they were.
I thought the movie was very interesting because it showed a completely different type of love story. It was showing how two opposites would handle typical fights that all couples go through. It was alittle hard to relate to because Katie was not a character someone can easily relate to as a whole, but relating to some of her characteristics would definitely be possible. I thought that the movie's point was to not give up something you love and that sometimes you have to give up people you love because you love them and want them to do what makes them happy. The only things that definitely last forever are memories.
The movie starts off with Katie running into Hubbel, who is of course a hot jock that all the guys wanted to be in college, your tyipical all-american. He claims the looks and smarts as he finishes a novel while Katie continues being a workaholic while staying extremely involved in politics. Katie had a major crush on Hubbell in college. When their eyes meet for the first time in 10 years, that feeling of soon to be love sinks in again. They begin an on and off relationship for awhile until Katie's love for politics annoys Hubbell and Hubbell starts to give up his litteray talents by abandoning his novel for screen plays. Communism caused a witch hunt to be cast upon the writers and producers in Hollywood. Which of course, Katie caused an uproar. Hubbell's low toleration for Katie's behavior lead him to cheat with his college sweetheart who was also he's best friend's ex wife (climax). Before all this they talked about marriage and Katie is now pregnant. She finds out about the affair and wanted to still make this crumbling relationship work. She finally comes to the realization that their love will never be the way it was. She then asks Hubbell if he will just stay with her until their baby is born and then they can go their seperate ways. The end of the movie leaves audiences in question and with a weird uneasy feeling...you will with have to see what makes them feel this way by seeing the way they were.
I thought the movie was very interesting because it showed a completely different type of love story. It was showing how two opposites would handle typical fights that all couples go through. It was alittle hard to relate to because Katie was not a character someone can easily relate to as a whole, but relating to some of her characteristics would definitely be possible. I thought that the movie's point was to not give up something you love and that sometimes you have to give up people you love because you love them and want them to do what makes them happy. The only things that definitely last forever are memories.
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