San Francisco
Posted: June 13th, 2010, 11:53 pm
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Duh . . . Crown me with the stupid dunce cap and sit me in the corner for a while. Do you have any idea how many times I've watched and enjoyed San Francisco? I don't know how many, but it is definitely past normal. Last night I checked Encore Western, and the networks and found nothing worth bothering with, so I settled down to San Fran happily with my apple and peanut butter snack. As the movie continued, and I mouthed the dialog with the actors, I realized for the first time, in my dense mind what a true example of good over evil this movie is. And how you could use the earthquake as an example of punishment for greed and avarice. Plus it's not just one example of Blackie Norton and Father Tim, it's Blackie and the City Council, even little Mary gets her shakes in there bouncing back and forth between the Operahouse and the Paradise. Sometimes I get angry at Mary for not making up her mind. I understand her wanting to use her voice for what it was intended, but Blackie wasn't the only one using more than a smile to get what he wanted. Of course there wouldn't have been a movie but Father Tim should have talked to Blackie in the beginning. He knew that Mary was out of Blackies league, but neither Mary nor Blackie did. Mary was entirely different from any other woman he had known. Actually he never knew a lady before.
It's a shame Mrs. Burley never had a chance to take Blackie under her wing and teach him a thing or two. Her own son was such a wuss, Blackie would have given her some life. She was a tough old bird though, and I always liked her.
The time between Blackie praying and the end was a little overdone but in all it was a fair ending for the movie made in 1936. I did however, love the final end with the camera blurring and clearing up as the modern San Francisco. Does anyone know when the Golden Gate Bridge was built? It wasn't in the modern picture, so I assume it was installed later than 1936 - any ideas?
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Duh . . . Crown me with the stupid dunce cap and sit me in the corner for a while. Do you have any idea how many times I've watched and enjoyed San Francisco? I don't know how many, but it is definitely past normal. Last night I checked Encore Western, and the networks and found nothing worth bothering with, so I settled down to San Fran happily with my apple and peanut butter snack. As the movie continued, and I mouthed the dialog with the actors, I realized for the first time, in my dense mind what a true example of good over evil this movie is. And how you could use the earthquake as an example of punishment for greed and avarice. Plus it's not just one example of Blackie Norton and Father Tim, it's Blackie and the City Council, even little Mary gets her shakes in there bouncing back and forth between the Operahouse and the Paradise. Sometimes I get angry at Mary for not making up her mind. I understand her wanting to use her voice for what it was intended, but Blackie wasn't the only one using more than a smile to get what he wanted. Of course there wouldn't have been a movie but Father Tim should have talked to Blackie in the beginning. He knew that Mary was out of Blackies league, but neither Mary nor Blackie did. Mary was entirely different from any other woman he had known. Actually he never knew a lady before.
It's a shame Mrs. Burley never had a chance to take Blackie under her wing and teach him a thing or two. Her own son was such a wuss, Blackie would have given her some life. She was a tough old bird though, and I always liked her.
The time between Blackie praying and the end was a little overdone but in all it was a fair ending for the movie made in 1936. I did however, love the final end with the camera blurring and clearing up as the modern San Francisco. Does anyone know when the Golden Gate Bridge was built? It wasn't in the modern picture, so I assume it was installed later than 1936 - any ideas?
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