More Movies
November 30, 2008 – 8:25 amI must be too bored or something. Never have I watched so many movies in a few days - I’ve never been one to watch movies. But then, when you’re bored, there’s nothing much you can do about it, except watch a movie.
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
Brilliant, brilliant film by Frank Capra, whom you’ll remember as the director of the Christmas tear-jerker “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Jefferson Smith, portrayed by yet again the fantastic James Stewart, is a young man full of wonderful ideas who gets to the Senate when the governor picks him. His state is run by a Taylor, who is just evil. So of course, Mr Smith faces quite a few problems when he realizes that all the Lincoln speech/Constitution stuff are not real in the Senate. But of course, he stands up against it - great great scene. A typical good vs evil thing, but not at all boring. Fantastic movie, especially when you’ve got a supporting actor like Claude Rains, whom you might remember from Casablanca (the police guy), and Hitchcock’s Notorious. I must say, I didn’t recognize him from the two movies, but nevertheless, throughout the whole movie I felt that Claude Rains was simply awesome as the conflicted Senator Paine. Just terrific.
Rebecca (another Hitchcock film!)
I felt it didn’t quite live up to other Hitchcock stuff. However, it still is pretty good. A girl marries a widower, whose dead wife is called Rebecca, who even in death still seems to have a hold on the entire house. Scary for the second wife, who was quite insecure. And a great performance in the character of the maid Mrs Danvers, who is just absolutely spooky.