The next year we "randomly" selected just happened to be one year after our last pick. Tough luck on this one...2 really old movies in a row, but what can ya do? Well, you don't have to do anything, reader. It is us, Kim and I, who must do. And what we must do is each pick another old movie to watch. And then watch them, of course. Or do we? More on that later. First, I will briefly review the Best Picture of 1936...The Great Zigfield.
We both liked Flo Ziggy (as we call it - the movie was about legendary stage show producer Florenz Zigfield and his follies). It definitely had its entertaining moments (see: It's Delightful to Be Married number), but otherwise it wasn't anything special, though for some reason we reference this movie more often these days than most of the other Best Pictures. I gave it a 3.5/5, whereas Kim scored it a 4.3/5. Not bad, not bad - overall 7.8 is a respectable score. Also, for those keeping score, we failed to report in our previous post our scores for the last movie Mutiny on the Bounty, which I gave a 3.5 as well, but Kim only gave it a 3.45. Total score: 6.95.
Ok, on to our 1936 picks!
Adam: Romeo & Juliet (VETOED!)
Kim: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
So, the first veto made its appearance for this year (we each get 5, Kim now has 4 left). I wanted to watch the first full length "talkie" version of Romeo & Juliet.
Kim says: Let me butt in here- Ok, so the way I see it, Romeo and Juliet is Romeo and Juliet. I've seen many versions of it, read the play several times, and especially having been made in 1936, I'm sure it won't be any kind of special interpretation. I mean, they're probably just gonna put on silly costumes and go word-for-word from the play, which isn't one of my favorites by old Billy Shakespeare anyway, and I just wasn't in the mood. Of course, you could argue that I've wasted a veto on a movie that could have been easily suffered through considering I would know what I'm getting into, but I'm not interested in suffering through anything if I can help it. Back to Adam...
ok.....thanks honey for that "brief" explanation of why you didn't want to watch it (I got in a quick nap!) haha. So, basically, we're not watching Romeo & Juliet.
Kim picked Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (which I did not veto), and you may recognize the name, as it was "remade" a few years back by Adam Sandler, simply called Little Nicky. Yeah, that's a joke. It's basically about a schmo who inherits a lot of money and, well, 2 hours later and it's over. Kim picked it because it was directed by Frank Capra (who directed 2 of our favorite Best Pictures - It Happened One Night, You Can't Take it With You) and also because she confused it with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, another Capra film, starring Jimmy Stewart. Mr. Deeds stars Gary Cooper, for those who want to know.
We'll watch the movie and post back soon! (we already have it, so it hopefully won't be too long, less than a month at least!)
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