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.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

One, Two, Three (1961)

Billy Wilder's farce set during the Cold war still holds up as a fast-paced jab at socialism and capitalism.  Watching James Cagney as C.R. "Mac" MacNamara scheme and shout out orders is a great pleasure, especially in transforming a card carrying Soviet into the kind of son-in-law the owner of Coco-cola would accept.  Hopefully that doesn't give away too much but regardless of the plot, it's the crazy antics that make this such a fun film.  Grade: B+  
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