Movie-Fi-Cation Wrap Up Part 2
All the movies in this article were made in the
60s or earlier and there wasn’t a movie listed
below I had seen before. In fact, I hadn’t even heard
of all these movies. Check
out my thoughts below!
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) ★★
I have known about this movie for quite awhile, but I
never really had much inkling to watch it until I
watched an episode of The Grand Tour where
Jeremy Clarkson and James May were going on
about it. In all honesty this movie turned out to be about
what I expected. A very slow war movie that did have
some small comedic scenes throughout, but is overall
a movie for old British men that I
don’t plan on rewatching anytime in the near future.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) ★★★★
Not going to lie, I went into this movie thinking it was
about karate cowboys. Don't ask me why. However, I
am sure you can imagine my relief (and also maybe
slight disappointment) when I realized this western
didn't involve any aspects of karate. The movie opened
up with the line “Most of what follows is true,” which I
thought was a great twist on the typical “based on a true
story” line. (After the movie I looked into the true story of
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and found the story
quite interesting. I highly suggest you look into their story
as well!) The movie also had a great main cast of Paul
Newman and Robert Redford who's on screen chemistry
made for a highly enjoyable movie experience. The movie
score definitely added an unexpected yet welcomed twist
in many scenes and sometimes even had me rolling on the
floor laughing. Overall this movie is definitely one that I
would be able to watch again and again and is worthy
of being on the greatest movies of all time list.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) ★★
This war movie has a fairly decent plot, but overall
poor execution. The whole movie was very slow and
it reminded me of a horror movie because there wasn’t
any real action until about the last 30
minutes of the movie. Not one I will watch again.
DUCK SOUP (1933) ★★★
One of my biggest concerns before starting this movie
was that the political jokes (I had read in the
description that the movie is a political satire) were
going to go right over my head. However, this movie
pleasantly surprised me with its lack of actual political
references. I haven't seen any of the Marx brothers' other
films, but if they are anything like this movie then I wouldn't
hesitate to watch them as well! The comedic banter, quick
wit, and slapstick comedy by the brothers, which is
definitely reminiscent of comedics such as Charlie Chaplin
and the Three Stooges, left me either smiling or laughing
out loud the entire movie. This is definitely a
movie I would watch again.
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) ★★★
Hitchcock has made himself into a director many aspire
to in the mystery/thriller genre with his ability to take
seemingly ordinary situations and turn them into these
tense and suspenseful scenes. In this movie he was able
to make me root at times for both the “bad guy” as well
as the police inspectors during an attempted murder and
the following murder investigation. Although I will admit
some things did happen a little too smoothly, it was
still a film I enjoyed and found thrilling.
Have you seen any of these movies? Any that would make
your must see list?