The best love triangle movie

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2004)

`Here's to looking at you, kid' was probably the most overused line in the movie, but nevertheless, Casablanca was one of the best love triangle/war movies that I have ever seen. The movie is set during WWII when people from Europe are traveling to Casablanca to try to get to America, where it was safer. This was a very hard and risky thing to do.	Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman lit up the screen playing Rick Blaine, an exiled American and owner of a well-known cafe and Ilsa Lund laszlo, Rick's love interest that left him in Paris when she found out that her husband was alive.	Meeting in Paris, Rick and Ilsa fall in love and plan to spend the rest of their lives together, until Rick receives a letter from Ilsa before boarding a train saying that they can't ever see each other again. Rick is torn apart, especially when he sees her again unexpectedly at his café and is obviously very bitter towards her. He later finds out that she left him in Paris because she found out her husband was alive.	I really liked Humphrey Bogart in this movie. He played the bad boy, which seems to be a reoccurring role in the older classic films. Although he was perceived as a rebel who `doesn't stick his neck out for no one', he was the kind of guy who would do the right thing in the end that was best for everyone. I think he's a great actor who delivers his lines well and makes the scene seem very realistic.	I thought that the movie was well done. The were many scenes in which there was mostly talking and a lot of information was given at one time making the movie somewhat confusing at times, but for the most part it was a great film. There were many parts that movies today copy, which made the movie interesting to watch. Although I am not a big fan of war/love movies, I thought that this was a classic because of Bogart and Bergman's incredible performances. Even the corniest parts such as the flashbacks and the famous line, `Here's to looking at you kid' were well done.	Everyone should see this movie at least once; it's a classic that has been an inspiration to many filmmakers for many years.