Casablanca (1942)

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2014)

There's no better way to say but I really enjoyed this film. The way the lighting and the scenes were displayed was beautiful. It had this soft/ smooth look and feel to it. I found it interesting that the film had a double meaning. One: it's a love story and a man who only wants to do what's best for him but later has a change of heart, Two: Humphrey Bogart is America and America is basically keeping to themselves and doesn't want to "stick its neck out for no one." It was great to see how it all played out. The plot/ story was great in itself, but the setting and layout of the film was great. There was one point when I felt like I was a patron in the saloon. I also notice how in the scenes when Rich (Bogart) was wearing white while everyone else had black on or gray. I feel as if it signified his neutral feeling towards the things that occurred in the film while everyone else was in misery or in darkness because of the war.