June 14th: Splendor in The Grass

Girls are very very interesting when it comes to guys. A lot of us will do anything for the right guy. We'll tell him what he wants to hear, do what he wants us to do and so on. Then there are some of us (Like myself) who sit on the side-lines and pity the others. This is the situation that was called again while I watched todays film.

Splendor in the Grass came out in 1961 starring (Again) Natalie Wood as cute little "Deanie" Looms from 1928. She's an adorable high-school student who loves life and is love with a guy named Bud. Typical high-school romance except that in my opinion this guy is a complete ASSHOLE. Deanie becomes the Ophelia of the 1920's which, if you know anything of Hamlet, Ophelia was his squeeze who HE DROVE INSANE.

Okay, so the entire first half of the movie is Bud trying to get Deanie to have sex with him, but she doesn't want to. She was taught not to do anything like that unless she was married. Now, the 20's were somewhat of a cultural revolution for women where they became much more free with themselves, so Deanie's being expose to girls who are very into freedom and well, sex, including Bud's own sister. Still, she's a good girl and stays a virgin (which I admire actually) so Bud, being an asshole, Dumps her and starts banging the Class slut.



Wow. Can you imagine that? "Sorry honey but because you have a decent amount of respect for yourself I like this girl more." The sad fact is that that actually happens a lot. This is my public service message: Girls, Sex should never be why a man claims he loves you. You deserve a person who will respect your decisions about sex no-matter what they may be. Really.
Anyways, If you've ever been a high-schooler, you know everything gets around. So everybody knows on Monday what Deanie wasn't doing, and because of all this pressure the last half of this movie is spent watching her go crazy. Well, don't be to upset. She meets her husband in the loony bin and ends up okay.

The movie kept my attention the full 2 hours, but the story is AWFUL. It's very entertaining, but very depressing. Whats impressive is seeing Natalie Wood, Hollywood classic good girl, playing a crazy. She does a great job.





The Chick Of Flick, Signing off

May 26th: One-Eyed Jacks

Westerns are unlike any other genre in a few different ways. Thee is the obvious is the Cowboy fixation, but they are also filmed choppier to hold a different suspense from Dramas. Anyone who's watched even Mock-westerns in the odd T.V. show knows what I mean about this, seeing severe close-ups chopped up with far shots; It's not hard to recognize.

Spaghetti Westerns, however, are whats separated from the other western genre. Italian directors introduced sweeping camera movements into the western idea and this style has adapted into a mini- genre for westerns. One-Eyed Jacks is a good example of this.

The movie came out in 1961, starring and directed by Marlon Brando, who we all know as the Godfather. Brando Stars as "Kid" Rio, a bandit in 1880 with his partner and best friend, "Dad" Longworth (Karl Malden). Rio is a serious womanizer and total schmuck at the beginning of this film. After robbing a bank in small town in Mexico, the two are running from a posse, and get nearly cornered. They decide their horse is too weak, so Longworth goes and leaves Rio to get fast horses and come back. Except he never comes back. Rio ends up in jail for 5 years and comes out a changed man, for the most part.
Rio travels to Monterey, California, seeking revenge on Longsworth for letting him go to jail, but stays in Monterey, waiting out the new relationship with his 'Old Pal' , and falling for his beautiful Mexican Step-daughter.

The movie gets pretty intense once Rio's new buddies stir up to much trouble, and his anger at Longworth swells. The movie is in color, but more than two hours in length, being rather long-plotted. Still, really really good.






The movie can be seen here in one full piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26yb93rjos

Project continues well. Last day of school tomorrow then I belong to my blog for the summer!

The Chick of Flick

May 25th: Breakfast at Tiffany's

This one I borrowed from a friend, but it's such a classic it can be found Everywhere. Breakfast at Tiffany's came out in 1961 Starring Audry Hepburn as Holly Golightly. Really, though, this story is about A man named Paul and what happens to him when he moves into the same building as Holly, and all the weird situations the two get into including (but not limited to):

• Revealing Holly's true identity
• Stealing masks from the toy store
• Getting in trouble with the mafia

• And the always climactic, Finding your nameless cat before making out in the rain

The movie is now a Hepburn classic, and originally Blake Edwards (the director ) had wanted Elizabeth Taylor to do the part. It just proves that when in theater, TRUST THE MUSES.

The movie is not only a classic for Hepburn, but also the one people bring up with mentioning how classy and stylish she is. Wow. Apparently two generations before this one people knew something because if I was as 'classy' As Audry Hepburn is this movie, people would think I'm insane. (Of course, most of them already do thing I'm insane......)

The movie is a great romantic comedy, and i think its a great date movie. Note: there is a difference between date movie and make-out movie in my book )




Well, back in New York today. I'm feeling a round trip theme erupting in old movies. For now,
The Chick of Flick, Signing off