Casablanca (1942)

I wasn't planning on watching this at 5:30 AM but I'm so sick I can't even sleep.

As usual, I know next to nothing about this movie. It has Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (who I haven't seen yet). I'm assuming it takes place in Africa. I think this is the one with the line "Here's looking at you kid". I also think this ends with some guy playing a piano but I'm not sure.

This is generally considered one of the greatest movies of all-time so I have high expectations for it.

I have never seen this one but i think one of the famous lines in this movie is "Play it again Sam".
I hope i didn't spoil anything with that.

Well. I started to watch this but felt to sick and every noise the movie made my headache worse. I'll try again later.

I just watched this. Roger Ebert once said this film, while not the greatest film of all-time, is the most loved. He said he'd never read a bad review of the film. This review won't be a bad one either.

With that said, I was a little disappointed in this. Sure, it had its moments, but it seemed to really drag at points. The love story wasn't bad, but I never really got into that. The film has some historical aspects, but they weren't all that great.

The acting in this film was pretty good but I thought it was better in The Maltese Falcon which has pretty much the same cast - just substitute Ingrid Bergman for Mary Astor. As usual, Bogart was great. Lorre and Greenstreet were alright, but I've seen them better. This was the first time I've seen Ingrid Bergman and her acting was decent as well.

Overall, this wasn't a bad film but I wouldn't rate it as high as most people do. In fact, although this makes me look like a fool, I preferred Gone With the Wind to this film.

73/100
C-

UP NEXT: Let's try what the people at the IMDb call the greatest film noir film of all-time - Sunset Blvd.

I had rented this through netflicks like three years ago because me and my boyfriend were going to watch it. But then we broke up and the next day it arrived. I was to depressed to watch it alone so I tried to get my sister or mom to watch it with me but they wouldn't. I told them that if I watched alone I would be so sad that I would slit my wrists and kill myself and it would be all their faults. Sadly I never got to watch it because it some how disappeared after that.

Okay, I must have REALLY missed something in this movie. From Amazon:

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This movie has been discounted.

laprimamirala wrote:

What'd I miss? I could have sworn Rick was straight! Maybe that's why he let Ilsa run off to America?

was he messing around with Louis? He walked into the fog with him at the very end!!

laprimamirala wrote:

was he messing around with Louis? He walked into the fog with him at the very end!!

That's a big leap for Amazon to make though. I mean I wouldn't call Casablanca a gay and lesbian film. Rope is probably a better movie since the two main characters clearly live together in a tiny apartment. That one didn't get a 50%+ discount

I liked it for its innuendo and historical intrigue. And actually, Bogie never said, "Play it again, Sam;" he said, "Play it, Sam."
I was amazed how either naiive, trusting, or free-minded Paul Heinrich was to let his wife go off with Bogie!
Also, way too much cigarette smoke, but that was the times. You almost wanted to cough while watching the movie itself!

laprimamirala wrote:

I liked it for its innuendo and historical intrigue. And actually, Bogie never said, "Play it again, Sam;" he said, "Play it, Sam."
I was amazed how either naiive, trusting, or free-minded Paul Heinrich was to let his wife go off with Bogie!
Also, way too much cigarette smoke, but that was the times. You almost wanted to cough while watching the movie itself!

I thought the quote was "Play it Sam, play 'As Time Goes By'"
Smoking looks cool in those old movies for some reason. I mean I don't smoke and get disgusted by people smoking around me, but for some reason it just looks cool when it's in black and white. Whenever I see The Maltese Falcon and see Bogart light up a cigarette (using some sort of weird match lighting thing) he just looks cool.

It is...many think he said, "Play it again, Sam"

Smoking looks cool in old Sports Photos too


Fans dressed in suits smoking cigars on Opening Day or players lighting up in the clubhouse


But not anymore!

Best thing they ever did was make seated sections no smoking!

Let Fans light up in designated smoking areas; but not by me

amazing what tobacco companies had us believe...and the movies and sports propagated it!