Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Millie and Mayhem

Sunday was the day of rest. For my mom and I that mean a day for movies. Mom and I had tickets to go and see Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 movie Rear Window in the movie theaters for the 60th anniversary celebration. Knowing us when we are board, and when dad is not watching tv with us cause he doesn't like out movies sometimes, we watch a movie that has been waiting for us to watch for way too long.

So yesterday was the viewing "Thoroughly Modern Millie". The movie is from 1967 staring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moor, and Carol Channing. I haven't laughed so hard at a movie in a while. I LOVED IT! It's based out of the 1920s and it's about a girl named Millie, played by Julie Andrews, who wants to be "modern" and get a job. However, the only reason that she wants a job is to marry her boss, aka a rich man. Which I guess if you look at both the 20s and today you can see where that is more "modern thinking" however I still find it a silly reason to get married in the first place. 

This costumes were lovely Millie's outfits were very sharp, clean cut, and drastic to show the modern 20s feel, Miss Dorothy's (Moore) were very pretty and soft in comparison showing that she was not the dominating character but one to be reckoned with.

Channing's character served as more the moral compass of the cast, but she does it HILARIOUSLY! She is always doing something singing, dancing, being used as a human yoyo. She does deliver the best line of the movie though.

She is talking about her late husband, who was a rich man, and about a piece of jewelry that he gave her. When she had gotten engaged to him she did not know he was a millionaire. He gave her a piece of "green glass" jewelry as a present when she found out it was really real emerald she thought he stolen the piece. That's when she finds out he is a millionaire.

The then tells Millie:

"While I prefer Emeralds, I really do, we could have made it on green glass".

The movie, Rear Window is always a treat! I love that movie. However, I have never seen it on the big screen.

So that was the best part about it! The movie theater I was in there were like maybe 10 people coming to see the movie. Yet, it's still an audience that is free to laugh and experience it together.

That is something I have come to realize in the last year when we go and see old movies at the theater, that no matter how big the audience is, and not matter how many times we have seen the same movie, everyone is always playing off each other.

Sometimes we become numb to the funniness of a movie because we expect it, cause we have seen it  a ton. However, when watching a movie with an audience someone might think that "drab" line is very funny and then you start laughing and it's like you are rediscovering the whole joke all over again!

That is watch this movie did to me. I made me fall in love all over again because I watched it with other people.

There is also something about the movie theater that makes it creepy to watch. I knew going into this movie I wasn't going to be scared. I knew the ending, I know how everything would turn out. However, I almost had a heart attack when I heard those footsteps! I don't think I have ever been so scared in a movie in my whole like... AND I KNEW THE ENDING!

I think the best part about this movie was spotting something new. In the scene where Lisa and Jeff are talking to Doyle about how they think Mr. Larson killed his wife.

If you see on the picture behind him in that scene there is a picture on the wall of five people. Three of them are pointing to one man, that one man has his hands on his head, and the last people is blindfolded with the gun. I geeked out when I saw it cause I was thinking at this point if you have people watching this movie they are already siding with Jeff and Lisa but you know it still speculation at this point and you don't know why you are siding with them.

IT'S THAT PICTURE! The Picture with the three people pointing is Stella, Lisa, and Jeff. The man with his hands on his head is being arrested is guilt, the blind man with the gun is Doyle who doesn't believe that he really did kill his wife but he can't see it yet!

Just goes to show that sometimes that answer is right in front of you right!

That is what I love about movies. You can watch them a million times and still learn something new!

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