Showing posts with label Judy Garland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judy Garland. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The General: This is a fun silent movie, Buster Keaton is always hilarious. In this movie he's a Southern train engineer during the Civil war and needs to find a way to make the father of the girl he loves approve of him.

Meet Me In St. Louis: I was reminded about this movie by a friend and decided to give it a try since it's a classic. On the whole it's pretty cheesy, although Margret O'Brien was quite good. I suppose that part of the problem is that I'm just not a Judy Garland fan.

Monday, September 13, 2010

In The Good Old Summer Time: So if you recall when I talked about Shop Around the Corner and You've Got Mail, this movie was based on the same story, only it's a musical. This was a nice movie and very funny, but somehow it didn't have the magic that the other two, it was a good movie but not wonderful; the story didn't quite gel together completely, some movies everything just clicks and they live on, an other movies don't quite make it there. Buster Keaton was responsible for a lot of the humor in this movie, his part didn't actually work so well but his comedic direction was wonderful. Van Johnson and Judy Garland played the main roles and they were all right but neither are actors that I really love. Enjoyable but I'll stick with the other two movies in the future.

Coco Avant Chanel/Coco Before Chanel: This was a very interesting movie about the life of Gabriel Chanel before she became the fashion icon we know today. I enjoyed this movie and came away with a new respect for this woman; I had no idea how much she liberated women by her styles which did away with corsets etc. Oh, and this movie was in French.

Jodhaa Akbar: I loved this movie, I really, really loved it. This movie tells about the marriage between Emperor Akbar (I'm sorry I don't remember his other names or how to spell them, the same goes for his wife) and Princess Jodhaa... He was the head of the Moughal(sp?) Empire and she was a Princess of a kingdom that he gained command of in part through marriage to her. Their marriage was pretty ground breaking because he was Muslim and she was Hindu(i) and he allowed her to keep her religion and traditions, this lead to religious freedom and respect/tolerance in his empire. I know very little about these cultures and so it was very interesting to see more. I really loved the respect and wisdom between the two; I don't know how accurately it's portrayed but this movie is based on real people. See it today! P.S. the movie's in Hindi.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Holiday Inn: This was the first time I ever saw this movie. I can't remember why but something possessed me to put it on hold, maybe hearing that White Christmas was a sort of sequel to it. Anyway the movie was alright but not my favorite. I'm not a huge fan of either Fred Astaire or Bing Crosby and they're both in this movie. It was a fun concept though, an inn only open on Holidays.

Easter Parade: Fred Astaire and Judy Garland are the stars of this movie and as I've previously mentioned, I'm not a huge fan of either one. It's kind of a tradition to watch this movie every year. I think I liked Holiday Inn better than I like Easter Parade.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Wallace and Gromit the Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Disappointing. I have come to expect more from them.

The Pirate: Move over Pirates of the Caribbean, Gene Kelley is my favorite pirate. I'm not a fan of Judy Garland but I quite enjoyed this movie. The plot's a bit weak but the dancing and acrobatics are amazing!