Two Best Picture Winners

I have two Best Picture Oscar winners to update about, so that's what this post is going to be. I think I have about 37 movies left to watch (not counting a few that aren't on DVD yet), so I could be finished with this in two or three months, woo! It's been fun, though. Anyway, here we go.

Going My Way
1944
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald

This is the story of a church that is in financial trouble, and the priest who comes in to fix things. Bing Crosby is the priest who comes in to save things, and of course he croons his way through the job. From saving a young girl who is in trouble, to keeping a group of trouble making boys off the streets by having them form a choir, he has a song for everything.

Just like all Bing Crosby movies, it was an enjoyable movie to watch. I'm not sure if it deserved to win the best picture Oscar, but then, different types of movies tended to win back then. It's worth watching if you see it on when you're flipping through channels someday. I don't feel the need to own it, though.

I give it 3.5 stars out of 5.

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Clark Gable
Charles Laughton

J and I watched this one together - he loves Navy movies (even though this was the British Navy, it was still Navy, so it doesn't matter). I didn't understand some of the Navy stuff, but it was still very enjoyable for me to watch.

First - Captain Bligh is a horrible, horrible man. I can see why Clark Gable's character mutinied and set him (and his supporters on ship) adrift in a lifeboat. Did you know what keelhauling was? I didn't. He did it to someone, though, so I got to see it. A person is tied to a line, dropped into the water, and then dragged down the length of the bottom of the boat, drowning in the process. Horrible! Can you tell I hated Captain Bligh? What did this poor unfortunate person do to deserve this? He asked for water for his knees, which were being torn and burned to shreds as he was kneeled on the deck, cleaning it. Talk about the punishment not fitting the crime.

Captain Bligh also cut food and water rations to a point that almost killed the men who worked under him, all while eating and drinking like a king at his own table. Horrible man!

Anyway, I don't want to give too much away, because this movie is definitely worth watching. Just be prepared to hate Captain Bligh, okay?

I give this movie 4.5 stars out of 5.