Alaina has seen him in On the Town and of course Singin' in the Rain! Because I think that you want to find out more about an actor you need to see him in several different movies, I knew that I had to make her watch another film that was just a great!
The movie I chose may not be one that many people would have made her watch. I not even sure how many other people know about this movie if you don't watch the classics. The movie I chose is wildly under played and has Mr. Kelly paired with my favorite actress of all time Judy Garland. It's the movie called The Pirate.
If you love Judy Garland or Gene Kelly then you have to watch this movie! It has great music and it's hysterical!
The movie is about a woman who lives on a small island who dreams of traveling and seeing the whole world. She has this fascination of the myth of the dreaded pirate Macoco. She wants him to "swoop down like chicken hawk and take her away". Her dreams are dashed when she finds that her Aunt to arranged for her to marry the mayor or their island. On a trip to port to get her wedding gown she meets an entertainer named Serafin, a ladies man who falls in love with her. He goes on this chase to win to her love by following her home and lying saying that he is Macoco.
Ok, I know it sound crazy but it's really good. I chose this movie because it show off the dancing chops of Mr. Kelly so well and it show the hysterical side of Ms. Garland too!
Let's see if Alaina thought that this movie is as great as I think it is.
1. What were your thoughts going into this movie? I was looking forward to it because it was a comedy.
2. What was your favorite part of the movie? Where is was throwing everything in the room at him because she found out he lied. It was hilarious!
3. Who was your favorite character? Judy Garland's character Manuela (This shocked me because everything else Mr. Kelly has been in he was her favorite character).
4. Why? Because she was super spunky and I loved how she started screwing with him after she finds out he lied.
5. What did you not like about the movie? How quickly Judy Garland changed her tune about being in love with Gene Kelly. I mean she was just literally throwing everything in the room at him, including and ax, and when he is finally knocked out she realizes how much she loves him. They met like a week ago!
6. What did you think of Gene Kelly? I love him! I love how athletic is was and the gymnastics that he was doing through the film. He made scaling a building to get to a balcony look as easy as me going up one step on a staircase. He made it look super easy.
7. What did you think of the movie after you have seen it? I enjoyed it. It was very funny and very entertaining.
8. Would you watch it again? Defiantly!
9. Would you recommend it? Yes!
10. What relevance does it have to today? That movies don't have to be wildly complex or nasty to be entertaining, fun and awesome. This was not a complex movie was an overdrawn plot. It was a simple fun movie that everyone can enjoy and I liked how fun it was.
I have to say I could have not had said it better myself! I knew she would like this film and I am glad that she liked it more than I hoped that she would!
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