Casablanca

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2010)

Casablanca was not what I expected it to be when I started watching it. I assumed that it was just going to be a slow, straight forward love story set in an exotic place. However, I was completely wrong. The movie has a really meaningful story, and a super exciting, fast-paced plot. The love story you see take place in the film is already half over when the film starts. I thought that we were going to be able to see the two characters meet and fall in love, however they had already met and are already in love from the beginning of the film. Having the characters already share history and having their history revealed to us over time is a really gripping and impacting way to tell a story. Everything in the move from the music and lighting to dialogue and camera-work are great and work really well. The whole movie is really well made and is super entertaining.