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For Dads: Gone With the Wind #BlurayElite Review #SP

Gone with the Wind DH

As a member of Warner Home Video super exclusive Blu Ray Elite team, I get access to some of the greatest movies ever made. My mission is to give you how these movies fit in the life of a Dad. Movie: Gone With the Wind It may be weird to say but this was the first time I ever watched Gone With the Wind.  It seems like since the film is so ingrained in our culture I should have seen it at some point in the past 30 years of my existence.  One thing that might have contributed to that is the fact that the movie is almost 4 hours long.  If you are keeping track, Gone With the Wind is the #4 movie in the AFI top 100. Taking place a little before the civil war in the US the movie follows the life and loves of Scarlet O’Hara as war breaks out between the states, and her life in the south during these difficult times. In addition, it is an interesting glimpse of family life and drama in the south.  Dad Factor: Low.  While a classic movie, most Dad’s are not going to find … [Read more...]

For Dads: Casablanca #BlurayElite Review #SP

casablanca DH

  As a member of Warner Home Video super exclusive Blu Ray Elite team, I get access to some of the greatest movies ever made. My mission is to give you how these movies fit in the life of a Dad. Movie: Casablanca We now move into the Classics portion of the our reviews.  If you haven’t at least heard of Casablanca then I really feel bad for you.  During a brief period in college, Divina and I were really into watching as many of the American Film Institute’s top 100 films.  Perennially in the top 5 movies in history, Casablanca is one of the few films in my opinion from that era which really holds up today.  Since WWII has been co-opted as the background for so many movies over the years you can almost forget that this was filmed during the actual war.  The performances are top rate and most importantly the story of Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine (the original Han Solo) and Ingrid Bergman’s IIsa during this time of unrest still has the ability to affect … [Read more...]