Fred Astair looks really good there
"An American in Paris" is another one of the DVD’s that Lorelai buys for Emily in "Dear Richard & Emily". I had the common misconceptions while watching this film:
1. Wow Fred Astair looks so good there. He almost doesn’t look like himself. That’s because he is actually Gene Kelly.
2. Where are the werewolves? I had confused this movie with a classic horror flick. I kept waiting for a creature from the netherworlds to jump up & eat someone during one of the dance numbers.
3. I’m sarcastic, I’m tough, I’m cynical, I don’t need musicals. It was nice to escape into a simpler, happier world. I’m surprised how much I do not need plot lines.
All in all, it was an enjoyable movie. Even my cold, black heart enjoyed it. It could still use a werewolf or two.
I love love love this musical for the dancing. Obviously all musicals have dancing, but Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly are divine and I’m hooked by ballet shoes and awesome costumes. A werewolf would have been awesome though…especially when Jerry is walking alone and it’s all foggy!
March 28th, 2007 • 12:37 pm
i fall over laughing sometimes from reading your quirky blog . . . i finally saw this movie for the same reason as you, it’s on a GG episode, and i gotta say it definitely needed some werewolves. it was enjoyable and Gene Kelly is amazing but every movie of his has one random super-long music scene (the piano player’s fantasy,) it must have been the time period, but whatcha gonna do, the girl was darling, and the song with the French kids was a riot!
March 28th, 2007 • 2:02 pm