Casablanca

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2010)

This movie has such a great story. The fact that the plot takes place during World War II is something that people in the 1940s can relate to. The verisimilitude love triangle, however, is kind of a different story. A women thinks that her husband is dead, and she ends up falling in love with another man, but then goes back to her husband after she discovers he's alive. Then she wanted to go to America with Rick, but Rick makes her stay with her husband. For the story of the movie I believe this works. I don't believe, however, it's realistic in real life.
Besides the verisimilitude of the movie, there were other aspects that were great. The acting, especially on Humphrey Bogart's part, was spectacular. The lighting and the scenery was done very well. The writing and directing is what impressed me the most. Towards the end, I anticipated on what would happen, and it turns out I was totally wrong. Rick doesn't go to America, Rick shoots the German officer, the chief of police doesn't arrest Rick. This certainly surprised me in a good way. what I liked most was the theme in the end. How France and America were not going to sit back anymore and watch Germany take over. They were going to fight for their independence again.