The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: King and I
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a classical commedy for the entire family to watch. Very interesting I saw this when i was only 4 years and after 25 years I still wanted to watch it. I never get tired of it.
Sharon
Movie Review: Seeing it again for the first time
Summary: 5 Stars
What a treat!! After watching the VHS for so many years, I finally broke down and bought the DVD. WOW!! Just the opening shot of the boat at anchor made my eyes go wide. I actually saw the whole port and not just the ship! It's so nice to see the whole scene and not just the "center."
I don't really go crazy about all the extras. I just love seeing the movie as I probably saw it in the movie theater as a child and forgot how wide a wide screen is. It was great!!
Movie Review: It's good
Summary: 4 Stars
It arrived in a timely manner. I like the thin case. If only it matched the other 300 DVDs in my collection or I could change those to thin cases. It would save room. Anyways, this is a childhood favorite. Thanks for that.Movie Review: Wonderful Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always enjoyed watching The Kind and I. My mom got me hooked on this movie was I was younger. I bought this movie for my mom for Christmas. She was surprised and was happy to have received it. This is one of her favorite movies as well. This is a must see movie for everyone.Movie Review: Much loved -and deservedly so -musical
Summary: 4 Stars
Yul Brynner stars -in a role he was born to play and that he made his own on stage and screen -as the King of Siam(now Thailand)who engages Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr)a young English woman to teach his children ,oF which there are several ,the ways of the West.She arrives in Thailand with her own son Louis(Rex Thompson)ans proceeds to discharge her duties with style and grace.Unfortunately there are clashes between her and the King.He is an autocratic monarch who brooks no opposition and a chauvinist of the first magnitude unused to assertive women.she is no timid shrinking violet being a strong determined woman .with her own road to hoe .A widow with a young child in a foreign nation she does not merely kowtow but stands her ground .
We see her at work ,becoming a tutor and counsellor -solving the problems of the household including an especially knotty one involving Tuptim(Rita Morenmo) a "gift" to the King from another monarch. She loves another man and is desperate to leave
As the governess and the monarch clash the verbal sparring transforms into something else -a deep affection and mutual admiration ,even love.
The movie is one of the few musicals that would work without the music -the theme itself is so strong and and the script, by Ernest Lehmann is outstanding and for my money improves on the original stage version.However we do have music and glorious music it is too.-Rodgers and Hammerstein at their best with wonderful standards like Getting To Know You ,amd Hello Young Lovers to the fore .
Brynner is exceptional and Kerr radiant.Her singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon -who deserves kudos-but even allowing for this she is touching and displays star quality in abundance
It is an immensely enjoyable movie -nothing more needs to be said
I am dockimng it a star for the slighly muddy colour -Fox used their own DeLuxe process and Technicolor would have been richer ,warmer and more suited to the subject