Review of A Night at the Opera

Once upon a time I saw a movie called A Night at the Opera. It’s a Marx Brothers movie. It is really funny. Three year olds or four year olds or two year olds would like it. I think everybody would like it because it is super super super super super super super hilarious.

It is about an opera. Like I said in the beginning it is called A Night at the Opera, so it is about an opera. There’s a guy and he likes a girl but she doesn’t like him. And she likes a different boy and he likes the girl. They sing at the opera.

The Marx Brothers are Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. Chico is my favorite. He has a very bad Italian accent. He wears kind of a funny hat. It looks like an egg, actually. Groucho always has a cigar. He has a moustache and he wears glasses. He says stuff like “I’ve been waiting for you” but he doesn’t really mean it. He’s says “I’ve been waiting for you,” but he really means, “I have not been waiting for you, I have been waiting for HELP!”

That is what he really means because all these people on the ship are in his room. Harpo—he can’t talk. He honks a horn. He has curly hair and he just does what he wants and not even asks. Because he can’t talk. So he is kind of rude but kind of funny.

In the middle, Groucho keeps saying “The party of the first part” and Chico says, “No, I don’t like that.” And then he keeps going over and over again like, “The party of the second part…” “No, I don’t like that.” The party of the eleventh part…” “No, I’m going to think about it.” They are tearing the contract apart.

There was a scene and it was about eggs. And Chico kept saying “And two hard-boiled eggs.” And the Harpo would honk a horn and Groucho would say “And make that three hard-boiled eggs.” It was hilarious. And clever—very, ver

y clever.

Margaret Dumont--she had a very high voice. I wish that I was her because then I would get to be with the Marx Brothers. Because she is really famous—that’s why she is in the Marx Brothers movies. She doesn’t get treated very well—but it was kind of funny. I think I would really rather play Chico because he is just so funny.

There was a scene and a policeman was chasing them around. The beds kept going everywhere. And at the end of the scene they dressed up like an old man and an old woman and Chico was just like a chair.

The music was great and funny. Harpo plays harp. Chico plays piano. They are funny musicians. In another movie—Animal Crackers—Chico plays a song and it has lots of dings, and it goes across dings, and it is really hilarious.

At the end, two people were singing at the opera. They were super excited because they had to sing. The Marx Brothers are about to go to jail, but then the policemen decided they won’t go to jail. Harpo was pulling these ropes and it kept changing the scene. And the background went up and down and up and down. And then when this old lady turned around, he wasn’t there--he was behind the scene! That was a really funny scene.

People should watch this movie because it is super fun to watch. I think everyone would like the Marx Brothers because they are funny and kind of smart and tricky. They say funny things and do funny things like pull down curtains and ask for hard-boiled eggs in a funny way. This is Ada Grey, and I hope that you enjoy my reviews. See you some other time. Good-bye!

Review of Some Like It Hot

Once upon a time at my house I got to watch Some Like It Hot. If kids that are three really want to see it, tell them there is some shooting. And people do get killed. But not very many. All of the people who are killed are not nice, very mean and rude, and not athletic. Athletic means that people are very acrobatic. The boys are athletic because they can run on high heels—that’s pretty athletic.

And there is a character named Sugar Kane. Marilyn Monroe plays Sugar Kane. I think she is kind of hilarious. She waves her hand—I think it is funny because she says “just relax” to Junior who is really Joseph. I think she is a little bit athletic but not very athletic because she can run in high heels as well. Oh the dresses—they were very beautiful. They make her look very fancy.

Some of the music was very slow and some was very fast. Like the walking—it was fast and slow. Sometimes it was slow—but when the bad guys were there then, no, it was not slow. In the end they are going to hear some more about the bad guys.

The title comes from Joseph/Josephine/Junior who says “Some Like it Hot.” He’s talking about jazz. I adore jazz music. I prefer hot. He likes classical, but I like hot because I like dancing. Cha cha cha.

The maraca scene was really funny because he was like cha cha cha. The guy who owned the yacht proposed to the other man—Jerry/Daphne.

In one of the scenes there were roses--they keep getting passed from person to person from mouth to mouth. That means I should say now they did roses and roses and roses of them. Daphne and the man who owns the yacht are in it. They keep switching scenes between the yacht really (the kissing of Sugar and Josephine/Junior/and Joseph) and the dancing.

They were in a boat at the end and the bad guys were chasing them. And Sugar Kane was trying to catch up. Then this man who is actually in love with another man (at this time guys couldn’t marry guys) he says “nobody’s perfect.” That means no one is the goodest person in the whole world to marry. I think since she had the maracas and she looked excited then, that Daphne wanted to marry him. But I think in real life Jerry/Daphne had to marry one of the girls in the band. Because of the time that it is he had to marry one of the girls in the band. Or he might not even get married at all. It’s his choice so I guess he might marry the guy or he might not if it was in real life and they were still alive.

Tell your kids it is in black and white.

People who would like this would be people who like fighting, people who are athletic, and people who are funny. But just any person would like it—these are just my guesses.

The end.

Review of Mary Poppins at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. June 10, 2009

I went to a show and it was called Mary Poppins. I was thinking it was going to be just like the movie, but it wasn't. And it was a very strange version of Mary Poppins because she came back after the intermission. A new nanny came and that new nanny was very rude—just the kind that the father wanted. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" was in the middle. And none of the nannies that came to the house to be the children's nanny flew away in the wind. There was instead of penguins there were statues in "It's a jolly holiday with Mary, no wonder that its Mary that we love. When Mary holds your hand you feel so grand, your heart starts beatin' like a big brass band—baaaa!" Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious also came at a different place. It was danced differently. They made letters with their bodies.

My favorite part was when Bert made a kite for Jane and Michael. Bert was a funny character. And also very kind. And also very fun. "Chim Chim-in-ey Chim Chim Cher-oo" was a very fun thing to listen to. (That rhymes!) Bert walked on top of the wall in "Step in Time." How did he do it? He tap danced too. He was upside down on the wall which was very cool but I don't know how he did it.

Mary Poppins is a very kind nanny—kinder than the father wanted. The actress that played her must be very nice. Her singing was very pretty. She was pretty and very funny and also spunky and nice.

Jane and Michael were mean at first, then they turned nice. They loved their mother but they didn't love their father then because he was choosing a nanny they didn't like. They flew a kite with Bert and the Police Officer and they danced with a statue. They learned how to be nice and so did the father. I think the actors did a really good job—all of the actors. All of the actors did a really, really, really good job.

I thought the singing and dancing were awesome. "Practically Perfect" and "Brimstone and Treacle" were very good songs. And also the toy one—"Temper, Temper."

Everybody should come see Mary Poppins. And that is all I want to say. Good bye!