The Band Wagon (1953) :
Brief Review -
The world is stage, The stage is a world of entertainment! Well done. One of those Astaire's last memorable Musical. One thing about The Band Wagon is most important that it is one of those last great musical drama from Legend Fred Astaire's late days. If you are fan of his work and have seen his early classics of 30s and 40s then this one is gonna be special for you. I got three best things about it which takes it from Good to Very Good level. The first one is like i said Astaire, second is Jack Buchanan's hilarious character and third is Focus on the script which excludes typical romance and cliches. In the climax i thought there would be silly Romance between Astraire and Cyd but thankfully it was skipped and it definitely helped the context to grow better. A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition but then things get better when the real genius of the league carries it further in his own way. The musical numbers here are truly chartbusters. Not every single but most of them are hits and the lyrics are totally killer. The one i put in the tagline is from "That's Entertainment" which remains my favourite and is already an immensely popular one for years. In the first 15 minutes you see Fred Astaire doing one of the finest musical ever on that 42nd Street segment. That surely blows your mind and you fall in the narrative quickly. Cyd Charisse is sensational, Jack Buchanan is freaking hilarious and Oscar Levant & Nannette Fabray are fantastic in supporting roles. The screenplay drags slightly in the finale and i think those serious and haunting segments in the last act lacked repeat value. Vincente Minnelli has done a fine job keeping everything close to the story and his overall presentation is certainly deserves your watch.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
The world is stage, The stage is a world of entertainment! Well done. One of those Astaire's last memorable Musical. One thing about The Band Wagon is most important that it is one of those last great musical drama from Legend Fred Astaire's late days. If you are fan of his work and have seen his early classics of 30s and 40s then this one is gonna be special for you. I got three best things about it which takes it from Good to Very Good level. The first one is like i said Astaire, second is Jack Buchanan's hilarious character and third is Focus on the script which excludes typical romance and cliches. In the climax i thought there would be silly Romance between Astraire and Cyd but thankfully it was skipped and it definitely helped the context to grow better. A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition but then things get better when the real genius of the league carries it further in his own way. The musical numbers here are truly chartbusters. Not every single but most of them are hits and the lyrics are totally killer. The one i put in the tagline is from "That's Entertainment" which remains my favourite and is already an immensely popular one for years. In the first 15 minutes you see Fred Astaire doing one of the finest musical ever on that 42nd Street segment. That surely blows your mind and you fall in the narrative quickly. Cyd Charisse is sensational, Jack Buchanan is freaking hilarious and Oscar Levant & Nannette Fabray are fantastic in supporting roles. The screenplay drags slightly in the finale and i think those serious and haunting segments in the last act lacked repeat value. Vincente Minnelli has done a fine job keeping everything close to the story and his overall presentation is certainly deserves your watch.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest