Saturday, January 14, 2012

90. The Jazz Singer (1927)

I'm not going to lie, this was my least favorite movie so far. There was no talking. It was weird, it was too long, and I fast-forwarded through most of it. This movie constituted a lot of "firsts" for me.

1. It was my first "talkie" - meaning that when movies first started incorporating voice over action, they called them "talkies". This one didn't have talking over the dialogue, just the singing, so it was still pretty boring. And worse than watching a movie with subtitles, because they just showed text on a black screen for the dialogue.

2. It was my first movie with black-face. As evidenced above.

3. It was the first time I've been in a synagogue (visually, anyways).

4. It was the first time I've fast-forwarded through a majority of a movie and still understood exactly what was going on. Except the part about why Al Jolsen was in black-face, I still don't get that.

So this concludes 10% of the list! I'm on to the 80's, and from the looks of the list (http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx) I'm looking forward to it!


Monday, January 2, 2012

91. My Fair Lady (1964)


It took me months to watch this movie. Months. Can't you see how long it's been since I last posted? Months.

It was long. I didn't particularly like it. And I really just wanted them to sing one song the whole movie, "My Fair Lady".

I will say, that Audrey Hepburn lady can do a sick accent. I think my favorite part of the whole movie was her hats. And the dresses. But mostly I'm just glad it's over.