Christmas Movie 20 - 20th December 2015 - White Christmas
Christmas Movie 20 - 20th December 2015 - White Christmas
White Christmas from 1954 is one of the most famous Christmas Movies ever made but it's one I've struggled to enjoy. This is a personal taste thing rather than anything specific to do with the movie. I'm just not a fan of Hollywood romantic dance movies with crooning song!
There's no denying the massive production investment however, something which I do love about this movie is the set design. The sets are HUGE and detailed. The WWII scenes at the start of the movie last just a few minutes, yet the sets are vast and intricate.
The Vermont, Columbia Inn sets are just as captivating - very amusing are the tardis like qualities of the Ski Lodge, which can somehow handle a full theatre!
I mentioned that I don't like Hollywood dance movies, which is true but I do like dance and appreciate complex choreography and the dancers' skills to execute it. The Florida sequence where Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen dance their way from the dance floor to the docks and back in again must have been so much fun to put together (again great set design) and I love the little "zipline"!
I also like the way the movie goes straight in with its namesake song, no beating around the bush and of course a reference back to Holiday Inn from 1942 where the song first debuted.
White Christmas from 1954 is one of the most famous Christmas Movies ever made but it's one I've struggled to enjoy. This is a personal taste thing rather than anything specific to do with the movie. I'm just not a fan of Hollywood romantic dance movies with crooning song!
There's no denying the massive production investment however, something which I do love about this movie is the set design. The sets are HUGE and detailed. The WWII scenes at the start of the movie last just a few minutes, yet the sets are vast and intricate.
The Vermont, Columbia Inn sets are just as captivating - very amusing are the tardis like qualities of the Ski Lodge, which can somehow handle a full theatre!
I mentioned that I don't like Hollywood dance movies, which is true but I do like dance and appreciate complex choreography and the dancers' skills to execute it. The Florida sequence where Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen dance their way from the dance floor to the docks and back in again must have been so much fun to put together (again great set design) and I love the little "zipline"!
I also like the way the movie goes straight in with its namesake song, no beating around the bush and of course a reference back to Holiday Inn from 1942 where the song first debuted.
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