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Gone With The Wind

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:26:07 +0000

A 14 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies-Article #6
by Emily Hodges

“Gone With The Wind”

Emily Hodges

“Gone With The Wind”. Where to begin? It was a long movie and I have to admit, at first, I thought it was going to be a boring movie. I mean, a long old movie about the civil war? But it surprised me. It was interesting and towards the end, my heart caught in my throat.

In my opinion, Ashley Wilkes did not fit in the society the war left in its wake. He was a studious and a sort of romantic man. With him, it was always dreams. He was untouchable to Scarlett. He may have been her beau before, but Scarlett had had many anyway. Before he left for the war, he married a shy (and later good friend of Scarlett’s) Melanie (Mellie) Hamilton.

Because Scarlett O’ Hara had gone through the trauma of a war, I expected her to straighten up and to forget about Ashley Wilkes. Yet she grew more conniving and selfish. For one, she stole her sister’s beau, Frank Kennedy not for love but for money. Secondly, she did not love the daughter she had with Rhett Butler. To me, that is just plain awful. Would you ever even dream of having a beautiful daughter and not love her?

It seems to me, that Scarlett does not know the meaning of love. She doesn’t know what it is. It might as well be a foreign or lost language to her. She may have felt the loss when Bonnie died, and she might have even felt lonely when Rhett left her. But her heart did not break; She put on a good act. At the end of the first half of the movie was very powerful, “…. for as long as I live, I shall never be hungry again….”

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Sabrina

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:27:50 +0000

Continuing Column: A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies-Article #5
by Emily Hodges

“Sabrina”
Emily Hodges

“Sabrina” is a romantic comedy from 1954 by Paramount Films Audrey Hepburn plays the part of Sabrina Fairchild who goes to Paris to learn cooking. Did I mention that her father sent her there so she could get over her father’s boss’s son?

When Sabrina comes back from Paris grown up and sophisticated, she falls in love with both of the mega-rich Larrabee brothers, whose family and friends definitely do not approve because she is the chauffeur’s daughter. First she breaks up the engagement of David and Elizabeth, which was put together for business reasons, and then David sits on champagne glasses. When David is put to bed rest with 25 stitches, he assigns his brother Linus to acquaint her for the time being. What David and Sabrina don’t know is that Linus was trying to send her back to Paris for her own good. While trying to carry out that plan, they fall in love as Sabrina falls out of love with David. To fix the problem she created, Sabrina decides to go back to Paris so as not to create any more trouble. Elizabeth and David stay together and Linus goes to catch the boat Sabrina is on for Paris because David made him realize he is in love with her after all.

I loved this movie to pieces. I couldn’t possibly say what part of this movie I liked most, because I liked the whole thing so much! But I must say Audrey Hepburn has a lovely voice. She sung wonderfully in the movie both in English and French.

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“Harvey”

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:03:59 +0000

Continuing Column: A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies-Article #6
by Emily Hodges

Harvey (1950)

Harvey is a very funny movie. It may be black and white but it is very enjoyable. My favorite part was in the beginning when Mr. Dowell was introducing Harvey to everybody. They were thinking, “Now that’s a crazy person”. Nobody could see Harvey except Mr. Dowell, Elwood P. Dowell.

Harvey Movie

Harvey, the invisible, 6’3” tall, rabbit, is a very smart pooka. This means: A creature from Celtic mythology which is a spirit in animal form that is always very large. A pooka appears hear and there, now and then, and to this one and that one; fond of crack heads and pot heads and “How are you Mr. Wilson”. Of course Harvey put that in there to spook Mr. Wilson who was reading that in a dictionary. He was looking around and was like “What the heck!” How spooky!

People looked at Elwood like he was crazy, too!! My favorite (visible) character was Vita, Elwood’s sister. She was a crazy old lady and is also the kind of person who makes a fuss out of everything. You can (now) see how she would react to Elwood coming to live with them. She got so crazy that she tried, and failed, to lock Elwood up at the loony bin. Instead, which is also funny, she gets locked up and Elwood is freed. It’s a very funny play. I loved it a lot.

In one of the scenes, you can see what Harvey looks like. Elwood has a picture of Harvey and himself painted and that he puts in front of Vita’s pictures, above the mantle (picture above).

The play/movie (whatever you want to call it) was a little long, but all in all, it was a pretty good one. I didn’t know what a pooka was until I watched it. It’s interesting that they put one in a movie. It was sweet and Elwood was nice to everyone. He stopped and said hi to strangers in the street. What I thought was pretty weird, considering that Elwood does have some kind of intelligence in the wacky head of his, was that I think that he either forgot the fact that nobody else can see Harvey and will think that Elwood is crazy or he just didn’t want to know or something.

From what I have read about pookas is that they can also come in the form of horses, goblins, and dogs. They can also speak and are spirits in the form of animals, so they are not always just animals. They just take the form of them.

Emily Hodges

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“Karate Kid”

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:55:55 +0000

Continuing Column: A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies-Article #5
by Emily Hodges

“The Karate Kid” (1984) starring Ralph Macchio as Daniel Larusso, Elizabeth Shue as Ali Mills, and Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi.
Look at this movie and everything about this movie HERE

The Karate Kid leveled out the romance and the Karate parts of the movie perfectly if I do say so myself, a thirteen year old girl. It is a great classic movie from the 80′s that has romance and drama.

In the beginning of the movie, Daniel shows off his soccer skills in front of a cute girl at a beach party. When a gang shows up on their bikes they get in a fight. Unfortunately, he loses the fight and ends up trying to learn karate from a book! This is when Mr. Miyagi comes into the movie. Daniel asks for help and Miyagi uses, what seems silly at first, special techniques to teach him how to defend himself and how to punch. That was my favorite part. “Wax on, wax off”. To Daniel, they seemed like chores; painting the house and fence, sanding the porch, and waxing the cars! Finally he explodes and says he’s going home but, Miyagi stops him and teaches him how the “chores” were supposed to help him. Indeed, he triumphs at the end with one of those techniques he used earlier.

It was fun watching Daniel and the girl from the beach party fall in love. It was cute. It was also funny watch Daniel go to the dance at the school. He went as a shower!!

E.N.H

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“A Walk To Remember”

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:21:17 +0000

Continuing Column: A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies
Article #4: “A Walk To Remember” with Mandy Moore and Shane West
Considered an Instant Classic Movie by Classic Movie World.
Look at this movie and everything about this movie HERE

A WALK TO REMEMBER
By Emily Hodges

This movie was so great I consider it an instant classic movie. I loved it. Mandy Moore plays Jamie so well. They did a wonderful job choosing the actors to play Jamie and Landon (Shane West). They have chemistry.

My favorite scene in the movie was when Jamie and Landon were in the play on opening night. Jamie (Mandy Moore) has a very nice voice as she sings her heart out. It was a very pleasant scene.

I like how Landon hardly left Jamie’s side while she was in the hospital. I think that was very sweet. It also showed that he really was in love with her. I think that is when he proved to Jamie’s dad that he had changed-that he was not the bad boy he once was.

It was cute how Jamie had a list of things to do before she died. It was cool that she actually wanted to do them. I am glad that she did everything before she died. I was sad at the end of the movie when she died, though. However, it was a good thing that Landon was serious about being a doctor and did get into medical school.

This is a very good movie and I hope everyone would be able to see it. It is a very inspiring movie and a good family movie with Christian values. It is movie for everyone. “A Walk to Remember” is interesting and endearing.

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The Sound of Music

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:51:14 +0000

A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies
Article #3 submitted by Emily Hodges
“The Sound of Music”
The Sound of Music movie is a wonderful musical full of love, laughter, and most of all-music. In my opinion, this is a classic movie that should be watched over and over again.

As a 13 year old, my favorite song was “Edelweiss”. It is sung with love and remembrance of of what their beloved Austria used to be. One of my favorite scenes was when Maria (Julie Andrews) and the children sang “Do Re Mi”. It was fun to watch them get used to the idea of singing and going around and dancing. They looked happy.

I feel like the “Sound of Music” movie isn’t just a musical of just “sound of Music” lyrics but a classic movie that should be introduced to the hearts of everyone in each home.

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Funny Face

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:08:29 +0000

Feature Column by Emily Hodges.
This is the second column contributed by Emily: Perspectives on Classic Movies from a 13 year old….

“Funny Face”

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire team up and film a fantastic movie about a girl who thinks she has a funny face and would not be anything more than a poor English book keeper.

When a model agency decides to photograph models in a book store, the girl meets the photographer who lures her to his agency. She discovers true love and a dazzling smile. This is a must see classic movie.

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“My Fair Lady”

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:02:56 +0000

Welcome to a new column featured weekly on Classic Movie World, written by my beautiful and talented daughter, Emily. It is called “A 13 Year Old’s Perspective on Classic Movies” which will be a synopsis of classic movies she has watched. I hope you will find her column and insight as interesting as I do, especially coming from a 13 year old’s perspective on old movies. Replies are welcome and encouraged.

“My Fair Lady” by Emily Noel Hodges

As a 13 year old, I think that Audrey Hepburns’ portrayal of a poor London girl seeking the help of a professor to tun her into the lady she always wanted to be is incredible.

Hepburn captures the heart of her audience with her character’s charm and attitude towards life.

In the beginning, Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle (Hepburn) do not get along, but they get past the feelings towad each other from the beginning and fall in love. Eliza finally finds her place in life with Henry Higgins and the may others she met since being away from her old life.

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