The Viewing Files: 365 Movies in 365 Days - Week Nineteen

We can ignore the horror that is Gone With The Wind and pretty much say that it was Bogart all the way in this week's viewing.

Who knew that a short, middle age man with the face that's done a few rounds with a boxer could ooze that sexy bad boy vibe so well.  I am now a total convert and lovin' all things Bogie.

Now I just need to erase the memory that is Gone With The Wind.

Gone With The Wind
Starring: Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh
Original release: 1939
Synopsis: The spoiled daughter of a plantation owner uses every means possible to get what she wants.

Nope, nope and nope.

Seriously.  This is the worse. Unpopular opinion that it is.

I just wanted to strangle Scarlett who really is just a bitch, slap both Melanie and Ashley who were total wimps and deserved each other and shoot Rhett who is a total rapist.

This is not romance and none of these character are at all likable.  Totally dysfunctional people who make you want to run a mile in the other direction.

Casablanca
Starring: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Original release: 1942
Synopsis:  A cynical nightclub owner protects an old flame and her husband from Nazis in Morocco.

Now this I liked.  So much better than the previous movie that's it's not even in the same league. Intrigue, romance, bromance and Nazis'.  What's not to love.

The acting was pretty great too.  One I would definitely watch again.

The Maltese Falcon
Starring: Humphrey Bogart
Original release: 1941
Synopsis:  A private detective takes on a case that involves him with criminals, a beautiful woman and a quest for a priceless statuette. 

My kind of movie in every way.

More great acting and lots of twist and turns.  Another one I would watch again.

To Have and Have Not
Starring: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Original release: 1944
Synopsis:  A charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance during WWII.

Maybe I should just stick to Bogart movies in future.  Because once again this was really good.  Easy to see why Bogart and Bacall married after making this film together.

The Big Sleep
Starring: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Original release: 1946
Synopsis:  Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family and becomes involved in murder and blackmail, and what might be love. 

Yeah it's Bogart again.  And yeah it's good.  What can I say except I have a thing.  I also iked the glasses wearing Acme bookshop girl who was awesome in every way (she's my new idol) and more than an equal match for Bogart. Now this pair had chemistry sizzling off the screen.  Just watch the clip below.

After all that there is also men doing bad things, an aloof and snooty daughter, a slutty and possible bat shit crazy daughter and Marlowe aka Bogie caught in the middle of it all.