rbritton

When I got up this past Saturday morning (7-18-09)this movie was on and what a welcome surprise it was to be able to cook breakfast and watch this old favorite. When I was a little girl this was one of my favorite movies. It is just as touching now as it was then. The only thing I didn't realize was that Jackie Gleason wrote this movie and the musical score and that Gene Kelly directed it. No wonder it's a classic! Jackie Gleason totally embodies the "child-like" qualities of Gigot as well as the compassion and innocence of a caring adult. I cried just like I did years ago at the sad parts and I laughed just as I did at the humorous parts years ago. I saw that it is not available to purchase on-line so thank goodness I taped it when it came on again (it was shown twice on our local PBS station. Also this time I happened to notice that the lead Katherine Kath was also the lead dancer in the original version of "Moulin Rouge" (La Goulue). Anyone who has never seen this movie it is truly a classic as it brought back sweet childhood memories for me!

I watched "Happy Feet" last weekend (3/31/07) and I really liked it. My only critique was not that Robin Williams was used as a voice-over because he does great work but the fact that he was used for two "ethnic" voice overs. I am African-American and as the voice of "Lovelace" he sounded like a "white person trying to sound black" and the same with him doing the voice of "Ramone" and trying to sound Latino. In that respect I found it to be quite insulting and a mockery. Come on guys spend the money and try and get an Eddie Griffin, a Tommy Davidson, an Issac Hayes, a Ron Glass, or a James Avery (Uncle Phil on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air". And as for "Ramone" I'll bet you Carlos Mencia, Paul Rodriguez, George Lopez, or maybe even Cheech Marin would have done a bang-up job. I do know that there were some Latino actors used for some of the other minor parts and that rapper "Fat Joe" was also used. Remember, nobody likes a "poser"!