For some reason I have always hated musical movies… Moulin Rouge, My Fair Lady, 8 Women – all the movies were nice, only the songs were annoying. But recently, I get to discover that there really are nice musical movies. The first one I saw was Chicago, I think. And this one really is nice as well, but in a totally other way, of course. Singin’ in the Rain really is a classic *_____* I’m so glad I didn’t let my prejudices against musical movies prevail *g*
I’m watching the performance of Cosmo (Donald O’Connor) right now – it’s really cool and funny. *g* I guess this my favourite character XD Maybe I can enjoy these scenes this much because I don’t see many old movies – and when I see some, they all feel refreshing to me. It really helps that I like the actors a lot. Somebody I know used to say that there are no good actors nowadays compared to that time… when I see movies like this, I begin to believe him.
Aaah, fangirling! In minute 33, there is a scene with dancing girls wearing white dresses with music score patterns… arrr, they are gorgeous! It’s interesting to see how many elements in older fashion are timeless… In fact, there are lots! If I were a designer, there would be one single rule I would never abide: accentuation on the waist. Low and empire waisted clothes are interesting both in style and ‘message’ of course (low waist meant to rebel against traditional beauty in the 20s – and empire waist has a long cultural tradition – not only at Napoleon’s time, but in medieval Korea as well for example). But in my personal opinion, the waist of a woman is too beautiful to catch it away… which reminds me that I am thinking of making/buying myself a real corset *hrrr*
It’s the 23! XXD What a good number *g* The trivia on Wikipedia are interesting to see *hehe* For instance, Jean Hagen seems to be a lot better actress than Debbie Reynolds, and Gene Kelly a tyran – which doesn’t surprise me *g*