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Sommerløjer, had me a blast Sommerløjer, happened so fast I met a girl crazy for me I met a boy cute as can be

Gene Kelly does more with rolled up sleeves than most actors can do with a full-on nude scene.

For Parasite or Midsommar? I’d be curious to hear both.

I prefer Judy + Gene. Take this with a grain of salt, because I only have a vague idea of what I'm talking about, but I prefer Judy in the barn, in a tap-dance-off, rather than being lead around the ballroom floor doing a quickstep. Not that Judy is an inelegant dancer or anything, but I think I prefer her dancing with Gene.

You're almost there! What wacky title translation will Japan come up with?

I think Midsommar would have been improved by ending after the first big shock.

For the record I prefer Astaire to Kelly, but I do think Kelly does make for the far better romantic lead.

I just REALLY looked at this poster and it’s fucking awesome. Makes me wonder if they’re going to a production of Midsommar in Sommerlojer. I think Midsommar would actually be improved by being a musical.

Kelly all the way. Astaire is great but I honestly like him for his dancing most of all . I never seem to see anyone but Fred Astaire in his roles

I didn’t see the first one, but thought the chemistry was what made Summer Stock work.

I liked Kelly and Garland far more.

You might be one of the few who would enjoy the hell out of Xanadu.

That would have been too a-moo-sing

Speaking of that cow milking scene, I was waiting for Gene to make a “this is udderly ridiculous” joke. He didn’t

I literally said out loud at least five times " Christ he's hot" or various versions of that. Gene Kelly can GET IT even in the great beyond.

Gene Kelly is so attractive ( to me ) that i can't see anything with him in it. I just... zone... out. I know he was straight, i know he wasn't nice to his co-stars in Singing In The Rain, i know he is dead. I don't care. Sorry, i just needed to get that off my chest and onto the internets.

I did too, but then I realized that’s what her *sister* wanted, not her. Garland tells him right off for that shit at the end, which was pretty refreshing. It’s also why the sister and whatshisface ultimately worked for me.

So did anyone else read about Henry Ford's crazy white supremacist plot to make square dancing replace the evils of jazz? https://www.avclub.com/this-square-dancing-conspiracy-goes-deeper-than-you-thi-1821128344

I think some people—before we watched the movie—said they were big fans of Phil Silvers (I think I have that name right—I’m not familiar with him) and I don’t want to judge him based on this character, but I FUCKING HATED this “wacky” character, everything about him, from the stupid tractor shit down to the terrible music number. Having said that, even though the film wasn’t perfect, it was a good Thanksgiving choice. Both Judy Garland and Gene Kelly were great. Even if the story was somewhat rote, they totally redeemed it. His number with the piece of paper/squeaky board was awesome, as were others. Although The musical finale did seem insanely slapped-together (with Garland’s big number being the exception). And the ending of the movie felt totally rushed to wrap up—sister and fiancé together for no real reason! i also thought the “sometimes a woman needs a man to tell her what to do” shit was datedly funny. Oh, 1950!