A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2005)

I absolutely agree with user kdyran. This is a Classic, a Masterpiece. This is what real acting and real film making is about. Casablanca is, in my mind, the pinnacle of American cinema. It is rather depressing to go from Casablanca and look at what is coming out in theaters now-American cinema has really declined in quality since the age of Casablanca. Perhaps this is because the film industry was just starting out, and money could only be devoted to movies and ideas that really deserved it. Today, the film industry is so huge that even the trashiest films get funding and viewer time. The American Moviewatching Association ranks Casablanca #1 or 2 as the best American movie ever made, trading places every so often with Citizen Kane (another great classic). If you don't like Casablanca, either there is something really wrong in your head, or you have absolutely no taste. What a fantastic film!