ahhhh, snow days

[dangermousie]

Baby Mousie is stuffing her face with pasta and playing, and I am drinking chai latte and lunching on tomato soup while watching Casablanca - the local diner we went to is playing it with subs.

Heaven. Heaven heaven heaven.

I love Casablanca so much - a little more so with every time I watch it (though for the record, I am more of a Lazslo girl than a Rick one).

Speaking of classic movies, I wonder if my hint to Mr. Mousie about getting the Thin Man movies box set was sufficiently specific. I love those movies. It was the first time I realized marriage could be fun! (- was in high school at the time :))

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[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Casablanca is such a beautiful piece of filmmaking. It's one I need to watch again, I feel that movies like that continually get better as I get older.

And I LOVE The Thin Man movies! Nick and Nora have to be one of my favorite onscreen married couples ever. (And when I was younger, I liked watching them for Asta, too. hehe) Sigh. Classic films are so wonderful. Hardly anything can hold a candle to them these days.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, you know the movie is good when it holds up over time and on rewatches.

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when asked for a favourite film I get lazy and decide to go for a clichéd answer and say Casablanca .. though I guess it's kind of true. Saw it as a youngster, seen it a ton of times afterwards and it gets better with each watch. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I actually thought it was merely OK when I first saw it but it gets better and better every time.

[(Anonymous)]

I love Nick and Nora - though I have to say their couple dynamics with regard to alcohol are only recommendable onscreen.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL true.

[vanimy.livejournal.com]

Oh Casablanca... I actually watched it for the first time just a few years ago. And boy does it live up to its expectations! Right after first watching it, I only got up and put the DVD back in again. It was that good.

I'm more of a Rick girl myself. ;) I think Bogart conveys so much with only one look.

I think Casablanca is the closest thing to a perfect movie. There's absolutely no useless scene, everything serves its purpose. And that Marseillaise scene? I get shivers every single time. It's a good thing I was already spoiled for the ending before first watching it or I would've been bawling at the end.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I almost teared up at the Marseillaise scene (again) today, which was kinda embarassing because - diner ;)

[ulkis.livejournal.com]

Casablanca is eminently quotable. My favorite line to say is, "I'm shocked, shocked, to find there's gambling going on in here!"

The last time I watched the Thin Man was at an old movie house last year in Jersey City, it was so much fun. Make sure you're specific enough, those movies are worth it. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think "I would love a box set as a present" is specific enough :)