The Graduate (1967) Directed by Mike Nichols Starring Dusting Hoffman & Anne Bancroft This movie was so much more than I expected, I love old movies like this about teenage/young adult angst, like this one and Rebel Without A Cause (1955), at this day in age watching movies like this are so cute and innocent, although in this movie the idea of a young, confused twenty something having an affair with a rich married housewife is something that is still frowned upon. I'm used to older Dustin Hoffman from Meet the Fockers and Stranger than Fiction, but he is so perfect in this movie and I find Anne Bancroft terrifying, if this is what guys think is sexy I think just comes off as confident skanky-ness. The affair doesn't even start off in a super romantic or exciting way, it starts out with boredom. I honestly don't think either of the main characters finds eachother very outstanding or special, it's obvious they are both bored with life and see this as something to excite their lives. One of the aspects of older movies like this that I love is how the man can know after spending one night with a moderately attractive girl and know that he is destined to marry her and become completely obsessed with being with her, which is pretty difficult when you just told her that you have been having an affair with her mother. When they do eventually end up together and they are on the bus together the look on their faces is the most honest display of human emotion I have ever seen. They are scared, vulnerable and disappointed with a 'now what' expression after their adrenaline wears off. If their relationship does last all I can think is what are Christmas mornings going to be like at the ol' Robinson house? I do have to compliment Wayne's World 2 for perfectly capturing the last couple of scenes, in the most hilarious way possible, having Charlton Heston give directions is the most amazing 45 seconds of film ever. Simon and Garfunkel are one of my favorite bands, which is another reason why I wanted to see this movie, when I started listening to their music I listened to it for a week straight, afterwards nothing measured up, so then I moved on to solo Paul Simon. I really enjoyed the soundtrack, HOWEVER, hearing the same song play over and over and over again got a little monotonous to me and in my opinion the connection with the song to the moment was lost when that particular song was being associated with so many other parts of the movie. But maybe their mission was just for people to leave there with the words to all their songs memorized. In conclusion, I loved this movie so much I was very glad to cross it off my list, to have seen it and to ponder it. Farewell for now and happy viewing!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Graduate
The Graduate (1967) Directed by Mike Nichols Starring Dusting Hoffman & Anne Bancroft This movie was so much more than I expected, I love old movies like this about teenage/young adult angst, like this one and Rebel Without A Cause (1955), at this day in age watching movies like this are so cute and innocent, although in this movie the idea of a young, confused twenty something having an affair with a rich married housewife is something that is still frowned upon. I'm used to older Dustin Hoffman from Meet the Fockers and Stranger than Fiction, but he is so perfect in this movie and I find Anne Bancroft terrifying, if this is what guys think is sexy I think just comes off as confident skanky-ness. The affair doesn't even start off in a super romantic or exciting way, it starts out with boredom. I honestly don't think either of the main characters finds eachother very outstanding or special, it's obvious they are both bored with life and see this as something to excite their lives. One of the aspects of older movies like this that I love is how the man can know after spending one night with a moderately attractive girl and know that he is destined to marry her and become completely obsessed with being with her, which is pretty difficult when you just told her that you have been having an affair with her mother. When they do eventually end up together and they are on the bus together the look on their faces is the most honest display of human emotion I have ever seen. They are scared, vulnerable and disappointed with a 'now what' expression after their adrenaline wears off. If their relationship does last all I can think is what are Christmas mornings going to be like at the ol' Robinson house? I do have to compliment Wayne's World 2 for perfectly capturing the last couple of scenes, in the most hilarious way possible, having Charlton Heston give directions is the most amazing 45 seconds of film ever. Simon and Garfunkel are one of my favorite bands, which is another reason why I wanted to see this movie, when I started listening to their music I listened to it for a week straight, afterwards nothing measured up, so then I moved on to solo Paul Simon. I really enjoyed the soundtrack, HOWEVER, hearing the same song play over and over and over again got a little monotonous to me and in my opinion the connection with the song to the moment was lost when that particular song was being associated with so many other parts of the movie. But maybe their mission was just for people to leave there with the words to all their songs memorized. In conclusion, I loved this movie so much I was very glad to cross it off my list, to have seen it and to ponder it. Farewell for now and happy viewing!
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