{"id":1051,"date":"2020-07-18T18:47:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centrasoft.com\/wp\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2020-07-18T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:51:19","slug":"ceremony-year-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/centrasoft.com\/wp\/2020\/07\/18\/ceremony-year-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony Year (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Movies Came Out In (1932)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Winner:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

Grand Hotel<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 I watched on TCM, and thought it was pretty decent.\u00a0 It\u2019s obviously dated considering it\u2019s almost 90 years old, but the story was pretty decent.\u00a0 Interesting stories about guests staying at the hotel, I could see this movie being remade for modern day and being successful.\u00a0 It was corny\/cheesy at times, but not terribly annoyingly so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

Arrowsmith<\/a><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0This film wasn\u2019t that good.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t recommend watching this movie.\u00a0 The acting is just so-so, but the plot (a doctor finds a vaccine for the plague, and has to determine who gets it and who doesn\u2019t, and his wife complicates matters) just isn\u2019t that interesting.\u00a0 The movie also seems \u201csloppy\u201d with no clear direction. \u00a0 It took me quite a while to figure out what exactly was the point of the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

Bad Girl<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0This film was just average.\u00a0 It had a few very funny\/sarcastic dialog scenes, but not a ton.\u00a0 The story was just so-so (a sarcastic man falls for a sarcastic woman, and they have a baby but have communication problems).\u00a0 It honestly just wasn\u2019t very interesting.\u00a0 Even if it was modernized (like in a today setting), I don\u2019t think the story would be very compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

The Champ<\/a><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Just watched recently, and this movie was pretty silly.\u00a0 It\u2019s about an alcoholic washed-up boxer that tries to prove he\u2019s a fit father for his son (about 10 years old).\u00a0 The silliest part is that the mother apparently gave up the boy when he was a toddler, then a chance meeting happens between mother and son.\u00a0 The boy has an incredibly weird name (Dink), the mother doesn\u2019t even make the connection that it\u2019s her son, until much later on when she sees her ex-husband with Dink.\u00a0 Really ridiculous.\u00a0 Somewhat transparent and predictable plot and the acting was really apropos for the period (like watching an episode of The Little Rascals).\u00a0 Would not recommend watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

Five Star Final<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Rented on Amazon Video because I couldn\u2019t find it anywhere else.\u00a0 An editor of a newspaper goes against his journalistic ethics to resurrect a decades old murder case and the end results are tragic, to say the least.\u00a0 This was a good film.\u00a0 Edward G. Robinson stars as the journalist, and is been known (to current generations) as the inspiration for the voice of Chief Wiggum on the Simpsons.\u00a0 The plot is very good and actually relevant for today\u2019s media.\u00a0 This story could be retold in a modern setting but instead of the newspaper business, it\u2019d be a topical medium like Twitter or Instagram perhaps.\u00a0 I enjoyed watching this film quite a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

<\/a>One Hour with You<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Another film starring Maurice Chevalier (see below), which is a bit of a rom-com-musical.\u00a0 The plot involves a not-so-happily married couple trying to get in between a happily married couple.\u00a0 A silly film but still enjoyable in my opinion.\u00a0 Nothing earth shattering or surprising about it, but not bad for a 1930\u2019s rom-com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Shanghai Express<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Watched on TCM, and I didn\u2019t think it was that bad, given the age.\u00a0 But the plot (a woman encounters a former lover on a long & dangerous train ride to Shanghai) was pretty intriguing until the end, when it just wrapped up in a happy corny bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The Smiling Lieutenant<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Watched recently, and this film is basically a romantic comedy with a lot of singing in it.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost a musical, but not quite in my opinion.\u00a0 Maurice Chevalier does his typical acting and singing, and he\u2019s pretty funny in it.\u00a0 The plot is basically an amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess due to a snafu, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pretty short film and does have some funny moments.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t go out of my way to watch it, but I did find it somewhat enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian’s Winner:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Five Star Final<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#BrianWatchesOscarMovies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1932<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceremony Year (1933) – Movies Came Out In (1932)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Movies Came Out In (1932) Winner: Grand Hotel \u2013 I watched on TCM, and thought it was pretty decent.\u00a0 It\u2019s obviously dated considering it\u2019s almost 90 years old, but the story was pretty decent.\u00a0 Interesting stories about guests staying at the hotel, I could see this movie being remade for modern day and being successful.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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