Casablanca

Rating: 5/10 (13 January 2017)

I thought this film was okay but not fantastic like what most other people think of the movie. Despite this, I can see why this was a huge film for Hollywood and regarded as a classic movie. In my opinion, I don't think there were enough moments that got me engaged within the movie so I couldn't give it a higher rating.
The film is set in Casablanca, Morocco and the main character Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) owns a nightclub. This nightclub is called 'Rick's Cafe Americain' and this represents America's dominance all over the world and it signifies wherever there is American ownership, there is power. This is a example of surveillance during 1942.
Later on in the film we get to know Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and we find out that he is in a relationship with Rick's ex Isla Lund (Ingrid Bergman), she is a French girl and to show his love for Isla, Laszlo sings La Marseillaise. I thought this was powerful as it reinforces the idea of patriotism during the time of war.
At the end of the film, we find out that Rick still loves his ex Isla despite her leaving him and Rick does the right thing for Isla by sending her back to France. We see that he puts people before himself because even though he loves this girl he does the right thing for her by sending her home.