Georgie and Lexy's Favorite Movies

Georgie's Favorite Movies
* Notebook
* Princess Bride
* Aristocats
* A Walk to Remember
* Alice and Wonderland
* Avatar
* Transformers 1&2
* Finding Nemo
* Miricale
* The Blind Side




Lexy's Favorite Movies

• Step brothers
• The notebook
• Alice and Wonderland
• High School Musical 3
• Up
• Rent
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Citizen Kane

Rosebud. What could something so simple mean so much to someone, that they say it when they are about ready to pass away?  The meaning behind rosebud signafies Mr. Kane's childhood. During the entire play we were curious about what rosebud meant however it finally came full circle to us. We gave this movie four stars out of five. The reason why was because we liked the fact he made something out of himself although he seemed confused at some points and misunderstood. Although Kane had a rough childhood he got over it and accomplished many things.

The genre of this movie is definatley drama. The leading actor/actresses are Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane. The supporting actors/actresses George Coulouris, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Shannon, William Alland, Ray Collins. The director and producer was Orson Welles. Some of the symbolism in this movie would be the rosebud that never really grew up, and blossomed, which to us was like Kane, he never really got to live his childhood the way that would have satisfied him.

The rising action to us is when Jim Getty threatens Kane to be out of the race for govner, when Kane's wife and Susan Alexander were in the room.  The climax to us was that later on in the movie Susan and Kane got married, meaning Kane left his wife for her. When Kane loses the the election and his relationship with Susan is coming to an end is the falling action to us.

Mr.Kane is like both of our dads, we feel that if you would have a conversation with him, it would be all business and it's really all about money. Although Kane is a very caring man and wants his loved ones to be happy he doesn't exactly know the right way to show it, he might just buy them something to show it when really that's not what your looking for; what their looking for is a different kind of love, an emotional love. We feel as if Kane is only happy if he buys his happiness because of his lost chilhood. He is missing something important in his heart. He trys to fill it by getting statues or buying pointless items.

"If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man." (Kane) We think he said this because he might have had to work harder if he didn't get sold off into a rich family and get everything handed to him. Overall we really liked Citizen Kane because we could relate well to it and it and liked the symbolizism. It's a  great example of how people can't be happy when they buy there happiness,  they need their family, friends, and self confidence to be happy.

Gone With The Wind

"Frankley my dear, I just don't give a damn", is one of the most famous quotes that has been among us for decades, from Clark Gable, formally known as Rhett Bulter; one of the main leads in the flim Gone with the Wind. To us that's just frankley how we feel. It's not one of our favorites although we know that this movie was one of the best in its time it just wasn't for us, but we didn't mind it it's great, clear, historical views gave us a taste of how it was back in the 1930's so we rate Gone with the Wind 3 stars out of 5.


Gone with the wind was directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor (uncredited), Sam Wood (uncredited), and William Cameron Menzies (credited as Production Designer). The leading actors and actresses were:Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland. The supporting roles were played by: Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O’Neil, Ona Munson, Butterfly McQueen, Alicia Rhett, Evelyn Keyes, and Carroll Nye. The Genre to this movie was romance, war, and of course drama.


To us the start of the rising action was when we figured out that Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) was in love with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) who didn't have the same feelings as she did, and he was in love with another women. All of this coming together along with the Civil War just made drama! Scarlet had a feature in her that would never give up on Ashley; it might be that she was so strong-willed and greedy that she always had to get what she wanted. Overall we liked Scarlet as a character.


What really got our attention was the climax. When Scarlet went back home to Tara, Atlanta, her family and all she left behind was just one of the exciting parts in the flim, having to go through the parts of the city conjested with war, burning building, and explosives. We also found that her mother dying and her father going crazy added to our excitement. Not only because Scarlet was going to have to deal with it but because it made her have to grow up and look at herself for advice and hardships in the upcoming future. Bonnie dying on the horse just like Scarlett's dad was also just ironic to us. The death's really opened our eyes on how much life has changed and let us notice all the new technology we have now and should be thankful for.


Rhett (Clark Gable) and Scarlett's (Vivien Leigh) relationship was very intriguing to us because although Scarlet acted hard to get and conceited, we could really tell she cared for Rhett very much. Rhett was a man of luxury, and basically could get anything he pleased, except Scarlet. This we think bothered him and made him stick around longer but then when Scarlet actually wanted him he just didn't care, and picked up and left. It's almost just how young relationships are today, "you want what you can't have". 


"...Tara!...Home. I'll go home, and I'll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!". This shows Scarlett is finally coming to her senses on which Ashley doesn't love her. He loves Melly and always has and always will. Which is no surprise since Melly is a kind, 
outstanding character is this movie. She can hide her feeling and know in the end everything will be alright on her end, especially since she has ashley. When Melly dies we just asked ourselves why? all it did was add one more death to this drama fested movie. Then we noticed it lead to Ashley finally telling Scarlet he didn't love her, which for us was the falling action to the movie. This was very frustrating because the entire movie Ashley was being the cheating, trying to be a good guy character in the movie, especially when he kept Scarlet dangling by a thread, head over heels in love with him.

The movie Gone with the Wind was and still to today is a knowledgeable, soap opera. All about the past in the late 1930's. We didn't exactly care for the film with its length and drama filled scenes. Overall we did like it and would recommend it to viewers who haven't seen it and would like to learn more about  our countries past.



Awards- 1939 Academy Awards:Winner, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh)Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel)Winner, Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler)Winner, Best Cinematography, Color (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan)Winner, Best Director (Victor Fleming)Winner, Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom)Winner, Best Picture (David O. Selznick)Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay (Sidney Howard)—first posthumously awarded Academy AwardWinner, Technical Achievement Award (Don Musgrave)An honorary award for outstanding achievement in the use of color to enhance dramatic mood (William Cameron Menzies), according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/awards. -Thanks for the information!