Movie #: 247
Movie Title: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Year Released: 1942
Director: Michael Curtiz
Notable Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Short Description: A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan. (IMDB.com)
Rank on the Top 100 Lists
AFI.com: #98
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Date Watched: 1/23/2013
What I Liked: I got a huge laugh out of the part in the movie where James Cagney, as George M. Cohan, was in costume as an old man and had Joan Leslie, as Mary, totally convinced. While I’m not a fan of tap dancing, I do recognize it takes skill to do it and James Cagney was impressive in his dancing scenes. Also, when I saw that Cagney was in the movie that pleasantly reminded me of a quote from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie where Michelangelo does a fairly accurate impersonation of Cagney’s voice.
What I Disliked: This is only the fifth movie of 251 and I was already willing to quit my goal after 20 minutes of watching just so I’d be able to turn the movie off. The disconnect between what was entertainment 70 years ago and what entertainment is today is very apparent in the bad songs and dancing from back in the day. I don’t blame the movie for the bad songs and dancing; instead, I blame the people who lived in the early 1900s for thinking those songs and dances were good. The movie is just the unfortunate medium that’s used to present the bad songs and dancing.
Grade: 1.5 out of 5 (Marginal)
Rationale: If not for the few parts I liked involving James Cagney, this would have been completely unwatchable and gotten a 1 of out 5.
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