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My first week of school went by with hardly a hitch, and I was rewarded for my patience with Katharine Hepburn on TCM last night.
I finally watched "The Philadelphia Story." There were some things that I really liked about it, and some that bothered me. That tends to happen a lot when watching older films, though; ideas about romance and relationships have changed so much over the years and some things that probably seemed incredibly romantic back then seem slightly absurd now. I'm not a huge Cary Grant fan so it wasn't surprising that his character didn't appeal to me much (Dexter was probably my biggest problem with the movie). James Stewart has never been one of my favourties, either, so I was surprised that I loved him so much! That was a very well-deserved Best Actor award, because I absolutely fell in love with him in this movie. That was probably why the end of the movie was something of a disappointment. Of course, the ending was rather obvious from the beginning of the film, but I had to hope for something a little more satisfying. Oh well; the majority of the movie was extremely entertaining, so I can forgive the fact that the last ten minutes weren't exactly what I wanted to see. I also caught the first half of "Holiday" (I'd only seen about the last hour of it before). Cary Grant is definitely more appealing in that film, and I do actually like the way it ends.
Even though I have minor quibbles with both of those movies... Katharine Hepburn! She is so incredibly awesome that she can make any movie enjoyable! I was disappointed that most of the films were Hepburn and Grant rather than Hepburn and Tracy, but after looking at the TCM schedule for the rest of the month I think they are saving some of them for Spencer Tracy's day (which is on a Saturday, so I can probably catch them).
I finally watched "The Philadelphia Story." There were some things that I really liked about it, and some that bothered me. That tends to happen a lot when watching older films, though; ideas about romance and relationships have changed so much over the years and some things that probably seemed incredibly romantic back then seem slightly absurd now. I'm not a huge Cary Grant fan so it wasn't surprising that his character didn't appeal to me much (Dexter was probably my biggest problem with the movie). James Stewart has never been one of my favourties, either, so I was surprised that I loved him so much! That was a very well-deserved Best Actor award, because I absolutely fell in love with him in this movie. That was probably why the end of the movie was something of a disappointment. Of course, the ending was rather obvious from the beginning of the film, but I had to hope for something a little more satisfying. Oh well; the majority of the movie was extremely entertaining, so I can forgive the fact that the last ten minutes weren't exactly what I wanted to see. I also caught the first half of "Holiday" (I'd only seen about the last hour of it before). Cary Grant is definitely more appealing in that film, and I do actually like the way it ends.
Even though I have minor quibbles with both of those movies... Katharine Hepburn! She is so incredibly awesome that she can make any movie enjoyable! I was disappointed that most of the films were Hepburn and Grant rather than Hepburn and Tracy, but after looking at the TCM schedule for the rest of the month I think they are saving some of them for Spencer Tracy's day (which is on a Saturday, so I can probably catch them).