I'll Never Forget You (1951) :
Brief Review -
Decades before time-breaking sci-fi giants like Back To The Future, Arrival, Mirage, and Tenet. I'll start by saying, I'll Never Forget You is an underrated gem. Now that I have liked this film, I am damn sure I'll like its original version, "Berkeley Square" (1933), too. I'll catch it very soon, I promise. We have seen more than 10p films on time travel, time machines, and other such formulas in the last 7-8 decades, and out of them, hardly 5 or 6 have actually had an impact. The best has to be Back To The Future, a timeless classic, and the last (so far) has to be Nolan's Tenet (2020). To be honest, I don't give a damn about other flicks. I'll Never Forget You was a new formula for its time, as was Berkeley Square. I should give it to the 30s flick more than the 50s adaptation because cinema was more challenging and difficult in the 30s-the beginning of talkies. The musical fantasy classic "The Wizard of OZ" (1939) used the same technique of black and white frames in the beginning and the ending scenes, while the rest of the film is in colour. For Berkeley Square, it was not possible, so I'll Never Forget You doesn't let you forget it so easily. The film is about a 20th-century American atomic scientist who is transported to the 18th century. With him knowing the future and many unknown things, he becomes a famous personality, but that's what keeps him away from the closed ones. Supposed to be married and have children with Kate, he falls in love with his cousin. But he has to leave her because he cannot challenge the future or what has already happened in the past. Expectedly, he returns, but there is a twist to his passionate love story at the end, and it's quite emotional too. Tyrone Powers and Ann Blyth's chemistry feels lovable in gorgeous colours. Roy Ward Baker's attempt is simply pathbreaking and deserves more attention. A slight push in the climax, and this would have been a groundbreaking cult film.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Decades before time-breaking sci-fi giants like Back To The Future, Arrival, Mirage, and Tenet. I'll start by saying, I'll Never Forget You is an underrated gem. Now that I have liked this film, I am damn sure I'll like its original version, "Berkeley Square" (1933), too. I'll catch it very soon, I promise. We have seen more than 10p films on time travel, time machines, and other such formulas in the last 7-8 decades, and out of them, hardly 5 or 6 have actually had an impact. The best has to be Back To The Future, a timeless classic, and the last (so far) has to be Nolan's Tenet (2020). To be honest, I don't give a damn about other flicks. I'll Never Forget You was a new formula for its time, as was Berkeley Square. I should give it to the 30s flick more than the 50s adaptation because cinema was more challenging and difficult in the 30s-the beginning of talkies. The musical fantasy classic "The Wizard of OZ" (1939) used the same technique of black and white frames in the beginning and the ending scenes, while the rest of the film is in colour. For Berkeley Square, it was not possible, so I'll Never Forget You doesn't let you forget it so easily. The film is about a 20th-century American atomic scientist who is transported to the 18th century. With him knowing the future and many unknown things, he becomes a famous personality, but that's what keeps him away from the closed ones. Supposed to be married and have children with Kate, he falls in love with his cousin. But he has to leave her because he cannot challenge the future or what has already happened in the past. Expectedly, he returns, but there is a twist to his passionate love story at the end, and it's quite emotional too. Tyrone Powers and Ann Blyth's chemistry feels lovable in gorgeous colours. Roy Ward Baker's attempt is simply pathbreaking and deserves more attention. A slight push in the climax, and this would have been a groundbreaking cult film.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.