i loved this... did i mention i hate musicals?

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 2011)

today we are going to watch a movie... yay! its a musical... aw crap... *2 hours later* holy crap that was great! singin in the rain is one of the movies you always hear about as a movie buff... without exception it has been on all the top 20 lists i have ever seen for classic cinema... frankly i t deserves it... this film is hysterical from start to finish... chronicling a key period in film the transition from silent to sound films... all the characters are great even the ones we aren't supposed to like... my personal favorite being Cosmo he is just hilarious at all times... the coloring in the film is superb especially for the early days of color... the photography was beautiful only once was there a noticeable scratch and it was clearly the end of a reel or something but otherwise it went without issue the sound was great *the exception being where they made fun of sound quality* the dance numbers were choreographed amazingly (by Gene Kelly if i remember right) tap numbers peppered throughout the tapping well recorded... the only time the song and dance really wore on me was the Broadway gotta dance bit which dragged on a little... the make em laugh scene is my favorite number by far mostly because Donald o'Connor as Cosmo is a total boss... my favorite non musical scene is the problem ridden scene making the disastrous swordsman movie... that was too funny... an interesting bit of trivia is that the dubbed Lina's voice in the movie with Kathy's however in real life jean hagen "Lina" dubbed the singing for Debbie Reynolds "Kathy" so Lina dubbed Kathy dubbing Lina.... anyway if i keep going ill write a book... good movie HIGHLY recommended