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Chinatown (1974)
It's Chinatown
The way this movie was shot was so good. I learned about a few of the ways they took the advancement in technology in the 70's and used it in this movie, it all fit the time period though very well, like nothing to fancy all of it was just right. For example one of the techniques was using a hand-held camera to really get in on tight spots so you could feel as if you were with the characters as they experienced some moment. The acting by Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson was really great and the chemistry they had on screen was flawless. And the movie was supposed to take place in the thirties so you'd think they wanted to go artistic and make it black and white, but the color looked really good and suited the movie just fine. A really good movie overall.
Marty (1955)
Simple Love story
It really is a realistic simple love story. The characters are relateable and the story is heart warming to those who watch it. I would definitely recommend this to people who like more realistic love stories between to regular people who aren't deathly attractive or a handsome devil. I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would, i had imagined I'd get a little bored but it kept me watching with really great acting by Borgnine and Blair who really had good chemistry. You found yourself rooting for Borgnine's character because you really felt for him, which I attribute to good acting. It was shot rally well, and directed well really expressing the characters feelings through their actions. A really nice movie
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's really is Delicious
To say this movie is a classic is an understatement. So good I feel like everyone should watch it once, so even if you hate it you can at least say you've seen it because it's that popular and an icon known to so many people. The actors, Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard had such great chemistry, I love Hepburn in all her movies this being no exception, she's just a really good actor and it shows in her movies and how she works with others. There were so many great shots to, many iconic one's. This movie made the already really special Tiffany's even more memorable and special. Everything came together in this movie to make it truly wonderful and just a great movie.
The Graduate (1967)
The best coming of age story
Just after watching I see why this movie is a classic. Really it was such a treat to watch this, and now I can say I've watched this, it just feels special. The story was intriguing and oddly relateable (only some parts of course. the acting, especially Dustin Hoffman, was remarkable, really believable, just hearing the awkwardness in his voice made all the jokes and jabs in this movie even more hilarious. Also so many iconic shots finally explained to me. Seeing it later in life, I had seen so many spoofs or parodies of the shots in this movie I had felt like I'd already seen the whole movie. But such great technique, a must watch for all.
All About Eve (1950)
All about Eve and others
I always enjoy seeing a movie about actors, it's very interesting to think that they are acting like actors when they are actors. This movie particularity the actors, did a great job playing actors. It's was witty, sassy, fun to watch and really well made and shot. The drama that unfolded in All About Eve was realistic but also had that dramatic flair that we love in these movies and imagine is what's happening behind the curtains in a theater. Romance, fights, betrayal, etc. This movie had most of it and portrayed it really well, so that the audience (me) was caught up in the story lie into the end and not regretting that she had watched it.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
You'll never Guess who
I really wanted to like this movie, like really, really wanted. I enjoy Poitier in his other movies, but something about this movie just felt really heavy handed in it's message with out of place speeches and a few scenes seemed absolutely unnecessary to the movie. I'm still rating it an eight out of ten, because I don't regret watching this movie, and you should also watch it if you haven't already. The acting was well done,exactly what you'd expect from such a talented bunch of people, and you could see that the directing and cinematography were also really nice and executed well. I have no problem with any of that, just how what was said was said. I was just left with expecting more.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Dark fairy tale, children on the run from a priest
A really interesting take on making a movie, it was very different from any other black and white movie I had seen, not at all the traditional drama you'd expect,but instead a really great artistic interpretation.The acting in this movie was really well done, it had that great kind of campy feel to it, like it knew what it was doing when it had, for example, the priest character sound like an over exaggerated priest. The tricks with Cinematography were some of the best for this movie, certain shots like the one on the river, or any of those shots from that after that scene were really well executed making this movie have a very fairy tale like quality.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singing in the rain, and other places too
Not a fan of musicals really, but this movie was an exception. The songs were so catchy, and the choreography and settings were executed really well. The acting was also done really, really well, Gene Kelly brought the whole movie together with his wonderful moves, and great voice. The other main character Debbie Renolds totally didn't show her green-ness at all, her moves and voice went right along with Kelly, she did really well keeping up. The movie itself had really great bright colors, and memorable settings and backgrounds that were just as colorful and belonged in that movie.The directing you could tell was done so well , to really make the movie a masterpiece.
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Greedy daughter and caring mom
This has always been a favorite of mine. A dramatic noir, with twists and turns, making you really feel for the main character. The acting by Joan Crawford was too brilliant, and very realistic as the desperate mother, and Anne Blyth as the spiteful daughter butting heads with her mother was also preformed really well. The use of different lighting to bring apart the flashback and the current time in the movie, how the present was darker and more shadowy compared to the past where at first it was light, but as the flashbacks come to the present they also get darker and more dramatic up to the end. The entire movie was done so well, and you find yourself caught up in it till the end.
Double Indemnity (1944)
Killing for love
Very suspenseful, and well done. I wouldn't call it a new favorite, but it was still a good movie. The acting was good, very dramatic, and the actors had really good chemistry as lovers. It was appropriately dark as a crime movie, and there was good use of light and shadows in scenes that were serious or dark. There were also a few good scenes of cinematography that were shot, it really added to the suspense of the movie, there was one part where the woman was so close to the man that wanted to arrest her, only separated by a door it was full of that thriller feeling while watching it, really directed and shot well. The entire movie was thrilling and I would recommend it.
Rebecca (1940)
Haunted as the second woman
Hitchcock movies are known around the world for a reason, they're really good, acting wise, director wise, and cinematography wise. The whole story was acted out wonderfully by Olivier and Fontaine, Oliver played the mysterious handsome man well, and Fontaine was believable as a naive girl who fell for the looks. There were so many instances of great cinematography unique to Hitchcock films, playing with light and shadow to really tell the story along with the dialogue to make everything come together. Alfred Hitchcock as the director definitely left his mark on this movie, since I saw it was adapted from a book, and not created by him, he made it his own with great directive vision.
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
I wasn't thrilled for this movie, a bit too biography for me, even though not 100% was true. Overall it was a good movie, just not a favorite. The tonality wad again pretty good, nothing to gawk at. The story was quite nice, and even tough I didn't like it that much it kept me watching. The sound was nice , It had a lot of background music which I hadn't really seen to often in movies before this, so that was an interesting plus for me in this movie. The acting by the character who played Lincoln, Fond,a was done really well. The movie itself succeeded at making itself a classic with a good story and good directing by Ford.
Fantasia (1940)
Gorgeous sound and picture
What can I say other than excellent, I've been watching fantasia movies since i was little and the gorgeous music was only heightened by the wonderful (hand drawn) animation that accompanied it. Since the animation was drawn for the music it fit so incredibly well together that it was mesmerizing, to any child or adult. I can still sit and watch, it, they've made new ones, but the first is such beautiful classic that you want to watch them all, not just the newest one. Whoever had the idea for putting music behind great classic Disney animations was a genius for creating a really wonderful classic that people will continue to watch and admire into the future.
Casablanca (1942)
A Classic Love story
Not truly a fan of Love stories like these, very dramatic and for me that can get kind of annoying after a while, personally I felt like it dragged on for a little to long. Though I can see why so many people fell for i, trust me if I would have been more into romantic stories I would have fallen for this one and possibly even called a favorite, the story was really well written with a lovely twist at the end that would make any girl swoon.There was lovely use of Lighting, like really good, with showing both characters and their emotions by the darkness, the lightness, the different shapes the lights took on the characters, all of it was so well put together it definitely helped make the movie. The cinematography and setting also created the alluring romance of the movie. With the great bar scenes and busyness of the town, as well as the airplane scenes, it was all really well done.
Stagecoach (1939)
A Good Western for the ages
I grew up watching westerns because my dad was such a fan, this is a very memorable one, and it's what brought back Wayne's career. The action with the feel and fantasy of the old west work really well to create a classic. This movie did so well with it's tonality as well, a western can use all sorts of lighting, whether its out on the road or in a dingy saloon, both actors Wayne and Trevor create such interesting drama that you end up watching it not only for the action and cowboy and outlaw feel, but for a bit of story as well. It had the feel that you could keep watching this into the present and future and feel the excitement from this movie. Americans fantasies with the west really shine through on this one, it's wonderful desert cinematography and memorable shots definitely help i=with the dream.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
When the butlers the smartest one in the house
Really enjoyed this goofball movie, but that's why they call it "screwball comedy" It was so over the top and zany that you couldn't help but laugh. The jokes were well placed and not awkward, everybody laughed at something in this movie. The movie also did something that was probably my favorite part, it gave a message in all this comedy, something that really matters and that you actually really paid attention because this movie was such an attention grabber. The whole family went to well together and the actors that portrayed the sisters got screwball to the "T" and played there characters as believable over the top people.
Dracula (1931)
A monster in Disguise
Not quite a "horror" to me, but still a great piece. It's great use of tonality to create so much difference with the light and dark aspects of such a dark movie, in black and white it was so much more than (my opinion) what it would have been in color, so much creepier. And the cinematography id a great job with making the sets seem real and spooky, even though it was shot in the studio, Lugosi did a wonderful job with portraying Dracula as a terrifying monster who took on a charming human guise to catch his victims. The story was okay for me, but the setup all around it was what brought the movie together for me.Its was very dramatic and that's what made it interesting.
Nothing Sacred (1937)
A trip to the big apple fuled by a hilarious lie.
This was indeed a hilarious movie, and reminded me (because I saw it first) of the Movie with Queen Latifah "last holiday". Any movie with impending death is supposed to be sad, but when you through in a misunderstanding and a man and a woman, and NYC it's definitely going to be "screwball comedy." The actors Lombard and March portraying a really great pair, the movie went along smoothly with some really funny jokes. The comedy with such a sort of tragic (for those in the movie who didn't know she wasn't dying) background somehow worked to make it more funny. And it was quite over the top, which is what makes a screwball comedy a screwball comedy. It just worked so well.
Frankenstein (1931)
Crazy scientist creates monster
Really to be called a horror is a little crazy compared to what we see nowadays, but still, I guess back then this movie would have been terrifying. It was really well made, and one of things that we looked at in our film class was the really great cinematography and lighting in his movie. The tonality of this piece fit the "horror" monster setting very well, and the shots in the movie all came together to make this such a memorable classic. It did a very good job at showing how the monster was almost human, but missing so many key things.There really wasn't much sound, but it really helped in some moments, creating tension. In the end the movie Showed you not to mess with life.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A man down on his luck, gets stuck in a chain gang. Leading to the most unlikeliest events.
This movie is one that I will remember, it's a new favorite. from the great work with sound to the lighting and setting choice. There were many memorable scenes that were created and let the whole movie flow so well. With the sound, the constant sound of chains gives not only the characters current setting, but also signifies the chains that hold him down during a high point in his life. It's constantly there as a reminder and creates a great metaphor (speaking of metaphors this movie has so many good ones, though some include spoilers). The other work with sound would be the absence of music, it was all raw sounds like pick axes, whips, cars, etc. and most powerful of all would be the absence of sound in one scene where the character finds himself submerged. The camera goes from him, total silence under water, to the loud noises above him on land, really great. Another notable bit would be the choice of lighting, one moment in particularity that will talk about: The very last scene (no spoilers) the choice of fading into black was so brilliant to show how life had come full circle almost, for the main character. It left so much irony and tension in the scene that you as the watcher was left shaking your head in pity for what a great man had become.
Hell's House (1932)
A kid get's caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Now personally, I'll have to save that this movie wasn't a favorite. The plot was good, yes. But I'm a stickler for acting, and only two actors, Davis and O'Brien, actually provided a good performance.Overall, I was kept watching by the interesting story. The sound for a movie still early in the sound game was quite good, you were able to hear sounds like the bricks being thrown and cars clearly and even though there wasn't much of it, the music was also pretty good. The camera work I didn't find spectacular, there was one artistic moment that I can remember enjoying, which was when the boys shadows are cast on the reform room wall, it was a good choice to show that. But this movie, though good story was just lacking a little for me in the acting and camera work department for me.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
The story of the crime-crushing criminologist: Sherlock Jr.
Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. was hilarious at the least. The story was cute and humorous, and kept me watching. All the tricks with editing and cutting from scene to scene and reacting with it, especially at this time was amazing and brought a lot of character to the movie, making it different and very enjoyable to watch. With how the stories switched from dream life to the real world was melded well together and not awkward or confusing at all. the camera work in a lot of the action scenes was well done and gave interesting angles and perspective to the movies. Something else i enjoyed were the tons of stunts that Buster performed, many things that led to the movies physical comedy being so high. Overall this movie should be a classic because of its interesting and memorable techniques and story.
The Circus (1928)
Charlie Chaplin's favorite little tramp character gets unexpectedly roped into becoming a circus performer
The circus was a very good movie. And not only in the "For being a silent movie" circle, it was truly entertaining and had me waiting for the next seen to play out. The story was very well written , it had comedy and a story. Chaplin's character was lovable and laughable, and the way he interacted with the other characters was very well thought out in my opinion. The silence of the movie helps the movie in the very best way, the exaggerated emotions that had to be preformed at the time of filming make watching the movie much for interesting and you can do so much with your face and body language that lends to the comedy of the piece in the best way. When I first watched this, I had only heard of Charlie Chaplin or seen parody's of him on other t.v shows and movies.But watching this, I saw why he was such an icon in movie making, even today.