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.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

In Old Chicago (1937)

An early example of a disaster film, this one follows the O'Leary brothers as they make their way in Chicago.  Don Ameche plays the responsible lawyer who dreams of tearing down the poor neighborhoods and build a stone city of the future.  Tyrone Power is the business man and power broker of a saloon who with the woman he loves, an entertainer named Belle, sets out to make lots of money.   Soon there is a power struggle between these two men and it builds to a thrilling climax with the famous Chicago Fire of 1871.  Grade: B+

Spoiler:  That opening scene with the death of their father is quite impressive and surprising.  Of course, the O'Leary family gets over his death pretty quickly (which is humorous) but hey they're in Chicago now so maybe I too would move on. 
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