Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

I'd like to be clever and say the title and release year is the best thing about the movie, but there are some really good parts in this musical. Sadly the songs really aren't one of them. They sound nice individually, but don't connect the film as a whole. 

That's not to say the songs are bad, its just that the story is way, way better. The characters and their struggle in trying to get a musical going in depression-era times is extremely compelling. I just thought the large musical numbers - how can he afford that for $1000? - were just silly.

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