This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
The Thief of Bagdad
I had the joy of watching this film up on a huge projector screen. We had set it up at my girlfriend's apartment when we had a movie night party to watch Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare, a really horrible movie that I've blogged about before, but one that can be extremely fun to watch when drunk with a bunch of friends.
We left the screen up at her apartment the rest of the weekend and I watched a couple more movies including this one. I was quite enchanted with it, and kind of wonder if I would have been as much if I hadn't seen it on such a big screen. I wonder how much the screen size really affects my opinion or enjoyment of a movie. I would assume most of the time it would be more enjoyable. I wonder if there are any situations where seeing a movie on a big screen can actually make it worse. Like maybe it would magnify the flaws of the movie? Does anyone feel like that situation has ever occurred to them?
I think I would have liked this movie either way though. Douglas Fairbanks is captivating. There's the right amount of drama, humor, and enchantment for a film like this. And I realized that this is the second movie directed by Raoul Walsh I've seen in my movie year countdown. The other one being White Heat with James Cagney which he made 25 years later and is a different kind of movie altogether. The man had a highly long and prolific career with movies in almost every genre it seems. All I can say is I know he's made at least two movies I love.
Rating: 9/10