The CragBaby

I haven’t watched too many films as of recently, even skipping over the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Yet, the latest two to add to the classic line up are Citizen Cane and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Citizen Cane - This uber classic took me five attempts to finish. I was determined to see it through considering this past December’s news contained the controversy of Orson Welles’s daughter selling his Citizen Cane Oscar even though just years earlier she had fought for its custody due to sentimental value. The auction of the Oscar received quite a bit of hype, yet I never read (nor can find) if it actually did sell. Regardless, the movie itself was quite intriguing with the underlying theme being that no matter what this man achieved in his life, it could never replace the family life he never had. Interesting concept. Perhaps instead of chasing money he should have just invested in some therapy and learned to be forward looking for healthy relationships and not linger on the fact that his mother didn’t want him. Just a biased opinion though. =D

The Scarlet Pimpernel was given to my by my friend Sam. It was so kind of him and sent randomly in the mail during a time when he knew I was struggling. Sam truly is a great friend. The movie had a fun plot of mystery and deceit. But the best part of the film was the main character’s, Percy’s, phrasing of speech. Whew. I almost didn’t make it through the first 30 minutes of the film because the intonation and spacing of the Percy’s sentences was almost too much to bear. Funnily, I lent it to someone at work and he had the same hang up and ended up not watching the whole film. Ha ha. Once I was able to adapt to Percy’s speech, the movie was real enjoyable and the perfect entertainment while donating platelets.

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