Casablanca

I recently watched the movie "Casablanca," and I have to say I could see where it became a classic movie.  This movie has been around not only for its historical meaning but also because its just an American love story as well.  This movie was appealing to me because I enjoy learning about history and in particular World War II.  I thought for the time that this film was shot they did a great job of using the technology that they had.

One thing that made this film unique to me was that this is the first film that I have seen from the World War II era, and this was actually one of the first black and white films I have seen.  I enjoyed watching this movie because I liked seeing how they portrayed another country at this time in history.  I was told that this movie was good but not great, so that being said, I had little to no expectations for this movie, but needless to say, this movie exceeded my expectations.  I enjoyed the way that the plot was turned from Isla and Rick being being in love and Isla leaving him and ditching at the last moment in Paris, to Rick discovering she was married to Laszlo this whole entire time, and then back in Casablanca Isla and Rick plan to leave again together with the transport papers and then in the end Rick is the one that deserts the plan.

Another thing that I noticed was the way that this movie followed along sort of like the movie "Out Cold."  Now obviously because of the time frame "Out Cold" was the one that copied Casablanca, and I just thought the way that they played the piano and the way Isla entered the Nightclub, was almost exactly like how the girl entered with the song on the juke box.

That being said, I enjoyed watching this movie because it was an American classic and I would recommend this film to anyone.