The Americanization of Emily

Sometimes fun and silly, sometimes exhaustingly dull. Weird vibe.

Sometimes fun and silly, sometimes exhaustingly dull. Weird vibe.

its perfect its real its like war itself ohh and that moment when she yell at him im gonna slap ur face charle its like casablanca but with an perfect ending i dont me casablancas ending wasnt good at all i meant its typical for me cause i get used to that but some times we and by we i mean iam need a ending when lovers end up together

its perfect its real its like war itself ohh and that moment when she yell at him im gonna slap ur face charle its like casablanca but with an perfect ending i dont me casablancas ending wasnt good at all i meant its typical for me cause i get used to that but some times we and by we i mean iam need a ending when lovers end up together

Not my thing

Not my thing

An interesting satire on the nature of cowardice in the absurdity of wartime and the over-idealized obsession over heroism, of course brought to you by our always lovable pal Paddy Chayefsky. Honestly, I'm surprised this movie isn't that well know. Hell, I only heard of this movie because the Johnny Mandel theme "Emily" is one of my favorite jazz standards. While this was made in the early days of the Vietnam war, the anti-war message this film presents would become more favorable as the sixties progressed, but it probably still could remain controversial even now. I'd love to have discussions with people about this movie, but that requires others to actually watch it. Honestly, I still need to settle with this film some more and probably give it a rewatch or two.

In the meantime, Andrews and Garner are both wonderful here. But Melvyn Douglas and James Coburn steal the show with their practically delusional obsession of pointlessly dying a hero. While I am biased on this fact, you will be humming the title tune for a while after watching.

An interesting satire on the nature of cowardice in the absurdity of wartime and the over-idealized obsession over heroism, of course brought to you by our always lovable pal Paddy Chayefsky. Honestly, I'm surprised this movie isn't that well know. Hell, I only heard of this movie because the Johnny Mandel theme "Emily" is one of my favorite jazz standards. While this was made in the early days of the Vietnam war, the anti-war message this film presents would become more favorable as the sixties progressed, but it probably still could remain controversial even now. I'd love to have discussions with people about this movie, but that requires others to actually watch it. Honestly, I still need to settle with this film some more and probably give it a rewatch or two.

In the meantime, Andrews and Garner are both wonderful here. But Melvyn Douglas and James Coburn steal the show with their practically delusional obsession of pointlessly dying a hero. While I am biased on this fact, you will be humming the title tune for a while after watching.

I feel almost like an idiot because I didn't realize this was a comedy until halfway through the movie. Once I figured this out, the rest of the movie was pretty awesome.

I feel almost like an idiot because I didn't realize this was a comedy until halfway through the movie. Once I figured this out, the rest of the movie was pretty awesome.