South Pacific
Published September 5, 2010
Film info
- Title South Pacific
- Director Joshua Logan
- Year 1958
- Run time 2hrs 23m
- Genres Musical, War, Romance
- Tagline There is nothing you can name that is anything like South Pacific!
When a young American nurse from Little Rock (Mitzi Gaynor) meets the handsome and mysterious French planter (Rossano Brazzi) on a South Pacific island during World War II, they find refuge from the battles around them as their romance blooms, in this finely crafted, Oscar®-Winning musical.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:31 | That does look pretty much like paradise. |
| 4:32 | I like the sign in their cockpit for tradesmen to use the rear entrance. Get a lot of tradesmen in a plane, I bet. |
| 7:06 | Isn’t he in The Sting? Bit different to playing with grass skirts. |
| 9:12 | Boar’s teeth or women. Tough choice. |
| 10:07 | Perfume = poifoom. |
| 18:30 | Gosh, is that really her voice? It doesn’t sound like that would come from her. |
| 21:16 | An island where the sky goes purple. That sounds familiar. |
| 25:20 | You’d think they might have sent word that he was coming. He could be anyone. |
| 28:26 | Now the sky is yellow. I’m very worried about this paradise place. |
| 32:42 | I get that these two are in love, but did I miss who they actually are? Is she the nurse? |
| 35:22 | Is the whole film going to have coloured filters over the lens? |
| 37:51 | This is an incredible amount of screen time for two people who are essentially just saying they like each other. |
| 39:15 | Now he’s telling her about their children, how he’ll be dead while they’re growing up, and what she should do. Planning ahead, much? |
| 42:39 | Oh, that’s the Frenchman he was asking about in the plane! D’oh. |
| 47:45 | That is the nurse. I think I understand the characters now. |
| 59:08 | Way to wash a man right out of your hair. Washing fail. |
| 1:07:34 | Does Bali Hai hold a parade for every new visitor? |
| 1:14:31 | Like that would ever happen. The mother wants to set them up, and he does actually fall in love with her. |
| 1:21:50 | Those are some massive lilypads. |
| 1:23:57 | I like that she says she’s had enough champagne and takes the glass from him as well. He’s had enough too. |
| 1:33:24 | It’s like a slightly less embarrassing form of the birdy dance. |
| 1:39:03 | Is that dancing or an aerobics routine? |
| 1:40:11 | It was dancing. |
| 1:48:12 | That darn malaria… |
| 2:00:38 | There’s a gaping hole in that plane! |
| 2:04:05 | Somewhere along the way, this turned into a proper war film. |
| 2:12:13 | WHAT?? |
| 2:21:47 | Nice ending, but I can’t believe that about lieutellant. |
Thoughts
I know a lot of the songs from the musical, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it. I certainly don’t remember the story, except that at one point she is washing a man right out of her hair. The iPlayer to the rescue, then, as this film must have been on over the bank holiday weekend.
It’s a bit long, for a start, but the story is just about good enough to hold it for that long. The songs are good, as expected, but I really wasn’t a fan of all the coloured filters and things. I don’t need a purple sky to be convinced that Bali Hai is a special place to visit, and I certainly don’t need a yellow screen to believe these two are in love. Why yellow?
Rating: 3 / 5
