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movie: The Philadelphia Story
Jul. 18th, 2006 07:08 pmMargaret Lord: "The course of true love..."
Macaulay Connor: "...gathers no moss."
We watched The Philadelphia Story in our film class today.
Everyone should watch this movie.
I don't normally say that about movies that are older than my parents are. But this movie was AWESOME. You know how sometimes you watch a movie from the 1930s or 1940s and you're like "Well, this is amusing, but it's so...quaint." Totally not the case here. I absolutely adored the dialogue in this film. The entire script. It was cute and funny and smart and all the jokes still worked. I spent the last hour with a massive grin on my face-- almost enough to make my cheeks hurt. I giggled aloud several times during the screening. It was just so damn funny!
And I don't mean it was funny in a cute nostalgia way. I mean I actually laughed several times.
I didn't like Cary Grant's character at first (I don't think we were supposed to) but about halfway through the film he started to win me over. Jimmy Stuart's guy seemed a bit like a prick but he eventually became my favorite character (and, also, kinda crushing on the 1940 version of him. which is weird.) Katherine Hepburn's character was great-- my opinion about her kept changing, and she was consistantly entertaining. All three of them (and the supporting cast) did excellent jobs. It was actually a lot funnier than the last few recent romantic comedies that I've seen.
I have to warn you, though, the very very last minute and a half I didn't care for. Right up until that final bit of plot resolution I adored it. For me the last minute and thirty seconds doesn't exist. ( And even though the movie is 66 years old I'm putting the ending behind a spoiler cut because I enjoyed the movie just that much. )
I highly recommend you guys go rent it. You'll enjoy it.
Macaulay Connor: "...gathers no moss."
We watched The Philadelphia Story in our film class today.
Everyone should watch this movie.
I don't normally say that about movies that are older than my parents are. But this movie was AWESOME. You know how sometimes you watch a movie from the 1930s or 1940s and you're like "Well, this is amusing, but it's so...quaint." Totally not the case here. I absolutely adored the dialogue in this film. The entire script. It was cute and funny and smart and all the jokes still worked. I spent the last hour with a massive grin on my face-- almost enough to make my cheeks hurt. I giggled aloud several times during the screening. It was just so damn funny!
And I don't mean it was funny in a cute nostalgia way. I mean I actually laughed several times.
I didn't like Cary Grant's character at first (I don't think we were supposed to) but about halfway through the film he started to win me over. Jimmy Stuart's guy seemed a bit like a prick but he eventually became my favorite character (and, also, kinda crushing on the 1940 version of him. which is weird.) Katherine Hepburn's character was great-- my opinion about her kept changing, and she was consistantly entertaining. All three of them (and the supporting cast) did excellent jobs. It was actually a lot funnier than the last few recent romantic comedies that I've seen.
I have to warn you, though, the very very last minute and a half I didn't care for. Right up until that final bit of plot resolution I adored it. For me the last minute and thirty seconds doesn't exist. ( And even though the movie is 66 years old I'm putting the ending behind a spoiler cut because I enjoyed the movie just that much. )
I highly recommend you guys go rent it. You'll enjoy it.
