The Adventures of Robin Hood Michael Curtiz + William Keighley, 1938
There were many hearty laughs throughout as Errol Flynn dashed around arrowing random dudes, getting out of tight situations, macking on the ladies, all for Richard the Lionheart. Flynn is really charming. I don't know how much I would like him in a role that isn't full of dastardly heroics, but he's awesome here. I love how everyone on his side is always laughing and having a good time, while the side with Claude Rains (LOOOOOOOOOOL) is all blerghy blergh blergh. Anyway, the thought of Eugene Pallette being a great swordsman will give me humor ammunition for many lonely nights.
Nana Jean Renoir, 1926
This movie was more or less single-handedly ruined by the lead actress, Catherine Hessling. She's all exaggerated silent movie acting, verging on mugging, and it hurts just to look at her. Anyway, I got other problems with the film, most of them having to do with how it works as an adaptation. You'd think a 140-minute film would get a bunch of stuff from the book, but, no, there's like a million things missing. Some characters get combined, others dropped. I expected all of that, really, but it still peeved. The film also makes some annoying changes to the character's basic natures, but there are a few moments when the film manages to get things right (like when Nana makes Count Muffat act like a dog - high society completely corrupted by sex!), but it mostly is annoying and overlong and a complete disappointment.
Jab We Met Imtiaz Ali, 2007
Shahid Kapoor plays some random rich guy who feels terrible about his life. His company isn't doing great, his girlfriend has just married some other guy, life is tough. He wanders around town like a bum and randomly gets on a train. There he meets Kareena Kapoor (Bebo), a constant chattermouth who won't stop bothering the nearly suicidal Kapoor. Through some crazy, crazy twists, they both end up off the train. Things will happen from here. The plot is nonsense, but that's okay. Why? Well, if you have to ask, I'll tell you. Shahid Kapoor and Bebo have incredible chemistry and they both frequently elevate the material. And the songs are actually pretty great in this one (minus the last one, which pretty much does away with the reality of the situation to stage a music video at some nondescript club-like location. But, yeah, cliches abound, but the actors and their charm make it much more entertaining than it has any right to be.
Coeur Fidele Jean Epstein, 1923
I'm all wrote out, but this was amazing (in its emotions, montage, etc, etc, GREAT).