Why???
Have I never seen this until now?!? As a major Gene Kelly fan, I'm just ashamed that I never took the time to watch this before. At the beginning, I had doubts about it, but I LOVED IT so much!
I love the over-the-top, lavish spectacle of it all! Gene Kelly and Judy Garland were so great together onscreen, and they were both SO funny in this! I was cracking up when Judy was throwing all the knicknacks at him! There were some great one liners, especially the quip when they first meet by the water and Gene says, "Don't you believe in love?" to which Judy replies, "No, haven't I told you I'm getting married?" Classic!
I have to gush about how freakin' sexy Gene was in this! Swoon! Even with the horrible wig, moustache and cheesy costumes, he was HOT! I've always been fascinated with him and thought he was very handsome, but I've never found him overtly sexy until now. Of course, his legs in the ballet scene were unbelievable but what really got me was the scene where he hypnotized Judy and was wearing that costume that showed his arm with the gold armband! I was mesmerized by that perfect arm muscle.
And I think he did some of his best dancing ever in this film. As opposed to the tap, this was so much more athletic yet graceful. The pirate ballet scene just looked exhausting, and I really loved the "Nina" dancing where he just seemed to float as he climbed up the buildings, around the balconies, etc.
I just love this movie!!
"The time to make up your mind about people is never."