Day 41: Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty: 1936: Winner of the 8th Academy Award
 Starring:

Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh


Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian

Franchot Tone as Byam

Herbert Mundin as Smith

Eddie Quillan as Ellison

Dudley Digges as Bacchus

Donald Crisp as Burkitt

Henry Stephenson as Sir Joseph Banks

Francis Lister as Captain Nelson

Spring Byington as Mrs. Byam

Movita as Tehani

Mamo Clark as Maimiti (as Mamo)

Byron Russell as Quintal

Percy Waram as Coleman

David Torrence as Lord Hood

John Harrington as Mr. Purcell

Douglas Walton as Stewart

Ian Wolfe as Maggs

DeWitt Jennings as Fryer

Ivan F. Simpson as Morgan (as Ivan Simpson)

Vernon Downing as Hayward

Bill Bambridge as Hitihiti (as William Bambridge)

Marion Clayton Anderson as Mary Ellison (as Marion Clayton)

Stanley Fields as Muspratt

Wallis Clark as Morrison

Crauford Kent as Lieutenant Edwards (as Craufurd Kent)

Pat Flaherty as Churchill

This was a Clark Gable movie and it was about mutiny!! So the story revolves around the relationship between, Christian and Capt. Bligh this nasty mean dude who looks like my turd on a Wednesday. I really didn't think I would like this movie, because I don't like movies that have asshole characters in them, like All the King's Men, but I found that I really enjoyed it. I think what really did it for me was the character of Hititi. The chief of the island of Tahiti, it was like the little bit of fun and laughter the movie needed. I also liked the weird but hilariously pathetic boatswain ( I believe thats what they call the boats janitor). I don;t even remember his name to be honest but the performance was unforgettable. One thing however was I didn't understand why the last guy Byam, best friend to Gable's character got a Oscar nod when he was forgettable. Furthermore I had a real problem with the ending of the movie. I understand it was mutiny but the officers didn't deserve to be hanged. That made me upset because Bligh deserved to die in the sea! I swear he should have been ripped to bits! And then he should regenerate and they do it again all over again!!! He is one nasty piece of work. This is the second movie that won best picture for Clark Gable.

Day 40: The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai: 1957: Winner of the 39th Academy Award

Starring:


William Holden as US Navy Commander/Seaman Shears

Alec Guinness as Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson

Jack Hawkins as Major Warden

Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito

James Donald as Major Clipton

Geoffrey Horne as Lieutenant Joyce

André Morell as Colonel Hornsby

Peter Williams as Captain Reeves

John Boxer as Major Hughes

Percy Herbert as Private Grogan

Harold Goodwin as Private Baker


Well here's one movie where none of the main characters survive. It took me nearly an entire day to finish this movie. But I did it. And here's what I got to say about it. It had a very awesome soundtrack but it was by far unnecessarily long. I think it had something to do with thte way the movie began with a showmanship of British upstanding and pride and then he was in the oven for so long and .. well you can see how long the intro was. The end was quite good and I actually liked the ending, although I have to say, that stupid captain Nicholson was a real dud and possibly going through hostage loves kidnapper syndrome. He was trying to out the people that we're trying to help him escape, in what right mind does someone do that? He is crazy but I blame the Japanese commandeer. This movie was decent, but it doesn't really call my attention and I don't think I’d watch if it wasn't on the list. I swear War movies just suck and they are all pretty much the same. Thank the higher power that nowadays, most films aren't about war, because if they were they'd be sure to win. Look for example at the past 20 yrs. Of those movies 6 have been war related, three were actual war movies. It's like war movies were made for awards, truthfully I propose an incentive in the other direction, please for the sake of viewers, look at the brilliance of comedy, let go of the war worshiping past filmmakers!!.. On to the next war movie yawns.

It also won awards for:

Best Director :David Lean

Best Actor :Alec Guinness

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium :Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Film : Malcolm Arnold

Best Film Editing :Peter Taylor

Best Cinematography :Jack Hildyard

Day 36: Dances With Wolves

Dances with Wolves 1990: Winner of the 63rd Academy Award

Starring:

Kevin Costner as Lt. John J. Dunbar / Dances with Wolves / Narrator

Mary McDonnell as Stands With A Fist

Graham Greene as Kicking Bird

Rodney A. Grant as Wind In His Hair

Floyd Red Crow Westerman as Chief Ten Bears

Tantoo Cardinal as Black Shawl

Jimmy Herman as Stone Calf

Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse as Smiles A Lot

Michael Spears as Otter

Jason R. Lone Hill as Worm

Charles Rocket as Lt. Elgin

Robert Pastorelli as Timmons

Larry Joshua as Sgt. Bauer

Tony Pierce as Spivey

Kirk Baltz as Edwards

This movie was surprisingly funny. Ok so this one guy gets sent to the prairie, but he is a retard and he then shots himself but of course this guy never figures to go and check why. The guy was fucking loony. Anyway so this dude gets sent out to some flat land where the Sioux Indians inhabit and therehe is alone in the hinterlands until some Indians decide to mess with him. Blah blah blah later they are best friends and he gets captured by the US Army. I expected this movie to be like Brave Heart but it was a unlikely and very welcomed surprise. It was funny when it needed to be it was heartbreaking, dramatic, romantic and violent. All in its due time and course. Even though I wished with all my heart that Dances with Wolves and Stands with a Fist stayed with the Sioux, I understood why he had to leave. Plus, I totally loved Two Socks! He was pretty awesome. Even if he was a wolf, I so cried when he died. I also wanted to watch this movie because all of my friends had watched it. Even my cousin who is soo not a movie buff.  However rest assured it was pretty awesome. 

It also won awards for:

Best Director – Kevin Costner

Best Adapted Screenplay – Michael Blake

Best Cinematography – Dean Semler

Best Film Editing – Neil Travis

Best Sound – Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton and Gregory H. Watkins

Best Original Score – John Barry