Are you ready for..... CASABLANCA II : Here's Lookin at You Kid ?

[Omega Alpha]

Any sequel trying to repeat the greatness of Casablanca is doomed to failure in part because the movie was for the most part an accidental masterpiece- many of the lines and a decent part were improvised or written on the set, or even latter (the last line was something Bogart thought only when the movie had been finished, for example), and Ingrid Bergman really didn't know with which character she would end up with.

It's also clear to me they weren't taking themselves so seriously on the set (I imagine Claude Rains specially having a lot of fun in that role), while anyone filming it today would have the great pressure to live up to that level.

Is it bad Ive never seen this film? I just have a hard time sitting through most old timey films.

That almost certainly happens because you're thinking of them as old timey, rather than just films.

[Legato]

That almost certainly happens because you're thinking of them as old timey, rather than just films.

It's a understandable reaction though. I've have a hard time sitting through It's A Wonderful Life

[Libaax]

It's a understandable reaction though. I've have a hard time sitting through It's A Wonderful Life

You are comparing sappy Christmas melodrama for kids,family to Bogart,Bergman film? Nothing against melodrama family films but its hardly cool film with Bogart. Its like comparing slapstick to Film Noir. Casablanca and that Wonderful Life film have only common that they are both old films. Like in the future you compare a superhero film with slow drama because they were both done in the same decade.

I feel bad for fans like Surtur because they are making themselves think films are not good just because they are old. Things was truly better before when its American Cinema.

[Omega Alpha]

It's a understandable reaction though. I've have a hard time sitting through It's A Wonderful Life

Hard to sit through one older film? No problem.

Hard to sit through all older films? Then you've got a problem.

[Legato]

Hard to sit through one older film? No problem.

Hard to sit through all older films? Then you've got a problem.

That would depend on the movie.

[Greg Anderson]

I really need to see this movie again. I seen it years ago and just couldn't get into it. I fought hard not to fall asleep (and I didn't). I think I'd appreciate it a lot now as I'm older and have become more of a film guy.

[Frank]

I would only watch it if Jon Hamm is Rick. And it would be more interesting if it's done in a prequel of sort, even before Rick meets his lover in Paris and seeing what made him who he is.

[dupersuper]

*weeps*

It's a understandable reaction though. I've have a hard time sitting through It's A Wonderful Life

I enjoy that movie. I remember watching it with friends one year, and one of my friends had never seen it before, leading to this exchange:

friend: "They sure spend a lot of time on preamble."

me: "You mean...his life?"

[jesse_custer]

It's A Wonderful Life is a great movie, and even though it doesn't have Bogart, it has Jimmy Stewart. It's not just melodrama. It's moral and truthful filmmaking, something we could use more of these days.

I would only watch it if Jon Hamm is Rick.

Hamm is a significant downgrade from Bogart.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

People will fall miserably if they try to mimic Bogie.

Instead, they should go in a whole new direction and create a new take on the character.

IMHO

[Libaax]

It's A Wonderful Life is a great movie, and even though it doesn't have Bogart, it has Jimmy Stewart. It's not just melodrama. It's moral and truthful filmmaking, something we could use more of these days.

That film is not to my taste and i like Jimmy Stewert alot in his other roles but im not dissing the film i was just saying you cant compare films just because they are old when not in the same genre,type of film.