AS Time Goes By...

Rating: Null/10 (5 March 2011)

As time goes by, this movie gets better and better. No matter how many times I see this movie, it never gets old. The love story lasts a lifetime as well as the action and suspense. The chemistry between Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart is incomparable. Bogart's portrayal of Rick is one of the greatest acting roles I have ever witnessed. To see a character so stoic and unemotional and then to know that a single woman is able to break him down to nothing is so groundbreaking to the mind. Beside the amazing acting, my other favorite aspect of this movie is the lighting. The lighting on this set of this movie was so moving, that it was hard to tell that they were trying to tell the emotional and romantic story with just the lighting. For example, the brighter lighting was reserved for when we saw Rick and Isla in France when they were happy and in love. The darker lighting was reserved for when Rick is alone without Isla and especially when he was alone and drinking the night she came back into his life. The lighting also told Rick's mental state as well. Such an amazing movie and deserving of every award given to it.