My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Gary Cooper is a Quaker in this drama about a family of pacifists during the American Civil War.   Yet it's more than a film about the question "to fight or not to fight" it's about a family of individuals trying to find their way under a common belief system.  I especially enjoyed the way they showed a comparison of a Quaker church service to a Baptist service.   It was a wonderful way to get into the mindset of what make these character tick.  The film has many wonderful scenes and Gary Cooper is great in it.  Grade. A-
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