Finally a classic that lives up to it's name...

I finally watched Casablanca for the first time. I have had the dvd sitting on my shelf for a few months. What a great movie. A classic in it's entirety, I have recently starting getting some so called classics from Netflix and am surprised at how many of them do not live up to the hype. This movie really surprised me. What surprised me most is how much many of the lines are part of the pop culture of today. Like, 'Here's looking at you, kid." Or, "We'll always have Paris.", "Play it, Sam" (often misquoted as Play it again, Sam), "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." I have recently been getting a lot of Bogart's movies. I really think he was the quintessential actor of his day. Other than the quotes, it was one of the few old movies that wasn't hokey to me or overacted. The set design was great and the acting was great. The chemistry Bogart and Bergman had was incredible despite not even talking to each other except when on film.

    So if you are interested to know some of the other movies that I have not considered classics, they would be Raging Bull, Platoon, Animal House, and Scarface. Those are just a few that I have watched over the years and was not impressed with. I am sure I could think of more, but I really don't want to think much on the weekends. I think the above movies were highly overrated, especially Scarface. I don't know why that movie gets the notoriety it gets. It was long, boring, and dull. And had one of the most ridiculous roles ever from Al Pacino. Imagine a movie about Cubans with one Cuban in the whole movie. I mean I live in South Florida and we have a ton of Cubans. Not once have I ever heard anybody with an accent like the ones they have in that movie.

     With that off my chest I am going to go back to watching the extras on the Casablanca disc.