Film Class Update

Recently in my film class, we have been going over Genre's and documentaries. However, this week we have started watching Musicals. For Genre's, my teacher had us watch the western movies- 3:10 to Yuma, Stagecoach and Blazing Saddles. Yuma was really good and like a western should be now a days, action and gun sling. Stagecoach was good since it has John Wayne in it (I like John Wayne movies) but it was in black and white. Its a hard movie to watch since it all takes place in a stagecoach with no real climax. Blazing Saddle was made by Mel Brooks....Enough said. The three movies are so different in almost every way but they still have the Western idea.

After that it was onto Documentaries which were just plan boring. I had to watch a PBS documentary on Jazz and it turned into a history event. I could barely stay focused it was so slow. The worse part was the narrator- he was monotone and slow speaking. A real head nodder. The musical idea was the next week. My teacher likes to start off with older movies and work to more current movies. We ended up watching the movies "singing in the rain" and "stormy weather." I have never seen either but half way through singing I tuned out. Then the only part I watched in Stormy weather was the Jumpin Jive. The rest of the time I was doodling a superhero with a "K" on its chest.

I do have to give props to the dancers in both movies, they did a good part with dancing and such. The two guys from Stormy Weather was really good. I could never do or want to do as many splits as they did through out their dance routine. Towards the end it just looked painful to watch. Its too bad half my class did not see that part. Once the musicals started, about 50% of the class got up and left. I stayed to watch, even though I doodled ninety percent of the time. At least next week, we get to modern musicals. Most likely Phantom of the opera or Moulin rouge. I would laugh (or cry) if he brought in High School Musical. I will just have to see. But that is my update on what we have been watching. I am getting well rounded in different movies.