tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post2128560962663374136..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Moonlight (2016)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-14212257976893768912017-03-08T14:05:21.081-08:002017-03-08T14:05:21.081-08:00Babes in Arms sounds like something I would enjoy ...Babes in Arms sounds like something I would enjoy too!<br /><br />I felt exactly the same way about La La Land and Moonlight (I saw La La Land three times at the cinema); loved both for very different reasons, but I think the Academy made the right choice (considering awards are gumpf anyway - really, how can you judge films from different genres against each other?)Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-45063545158921792012017-03-08T07:02:32.824-08:002017-03-08T07:02:32.824-08:00And I should probably add that I loved Babes in Ar...And I should probably add that I loved Babes in Arms, which I watched before I went to bed last night. It had so much going for it, for my tastes, anyway. I live so many 1930s musicals. Plus it had a great Golden Age of Hollywood cast - Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Guy Kibbee, Margaret Hamilton, Reginald Denny. Some of the songs were kind of dumb, but the choreography was non-stop awesome, with each number including some little bit of business (like the bonfire during the number for the title song) that transcended the dumb lyrics. It also helps a lot that I love Old Hollywood's fondness for things like vaudeville and minstrel shows. Yeah, there's a minstrel show number that is OFF THE HOOK!<br /><br />Babes in Arms isn't quite Shall We Dance or Footlight Parade. But it's still pretty awesome. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-75944036830030351992017-03-08T06:54:06.137-08:002017-03-08T06:54:06.137-08:00I knew very little about Moonlight going in, and I...I knew very little about Moonlight going in, and I enjoyed it immensely. I love La La Land so much that I saw it twice at the theater (and I would probably be seeing it again next week if Kong Skull Island wasn't opening). But I can see why Moonlight won that Best Picture Oscar. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-4788566551616766562017-03-06T23:15:21.387-08:002017-03-06T23:15:21.387-08:00Hope you enjoy it! Strange how such things happen....Hope you enjoy it! Strange how such things happen. Sadly, Babes in Arms in not in my near viewing future (though I know I shall see it one day).Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-23711117955546982332017-03-06T10:28:17.811-08:002017-03-06T10:28:17.811-08:00I'm going to see Moonlight tomorrow. It's ...I'm going to see Moonlight tomorrow. It's kind of odd that you posted on two films in a row that I was planning on watching in a few days completely independently of your posts. You don't happen to have Babes in Arms coming up pretty soon, do you? Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com