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Why Casablanca is a great movie
Nov. 30th, 2003 12:27 pmBecause it's absolutely chock-full of logic errors and plot holes that you just plain don't notice, and, when they're pointed out to you, you just don't care.
Okay, people have often pointed out that there's absolutely no reason that the Nazis would respect "Letters of Transit" signed by "General de Gaulle". But there's all sorts of things like that. Like, nobody ever LOOKS AT the letters of transit. Or, as Ebert points out in the final scene, "Now, right here -- is there anybody here who would prevent all four of them, Louis, Rick, Victor AND Ilsa from getting on the plane?"
And, of course, there's that final scene itself. There's the main characters, in the fog, Rick in his raincoat, the wet tarmac glistening . . . in the desert.
But you know, I really don't care. I'm perfectly happy to believe that Rick was wearing his raincoat because it had been raining out there on the tarmac in the desert, which is why it was so foggy. That shows it's a great movie.
Okay, people have often pointed out that there's absolutely no reason that the Nazis would respect "Letters of Transit" signed by "General de Gaulle". But there's all sorts of things like that. Like, nobody ever LOOKS AT the letters of transit. Or, as Ebert points out in the final scene, "Now, right here -- is there anybody here who would prevent all four of them, Louis, Rick, Victor AND Ilsa from getting on the plane?"
And, of course, there's that final scene itself. There's the main characters, in the fog, Rick in his raincoat, the wet tarmac glistening . . . in the desert.
But you know, I really don't care. I'm perfectly happy to believe that Rick was wearing his raincoat because it had been raining out there on the tarmac in the desert, which is why it was so foggy. That shows it's a great movie.