What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Friday, March 1, 2024

The Upturned Glass - 1947

I can't remember exactly why I chose this one, but the title was interesting. And an upturned glass really has nothing to do with the movie.

Michael performs surgery on a girl and falls in love with her mother. The problem is that Emma is already married, so they eventually have to cut things off. Michael is shocked when he hears Emma had an accident and fell out a window to her death. Suspecting foul play, he plays the detective.

Without concrete evidence, he concludes Emma's sister-in-law pushed her out the window. The woman is a shrew, but I'm still not sure how Emma died for certain. She was probably pushed out the window, but for some reason, I needed to hear a confession. Michael then comes up with this "perfect murder" plan, which he tells to a classroom of people.

After the murder, things are a mess. The murder itself kinda made me laugh out loud. Kate (the sister-in-law) dropped the key to the locked bedroom with her on her exit from the window, so Michael was trapped in the bedroom. Then the caretaker wasn't where he was supposed to be. Michael drops a shoe, stops on the highway and almost gets hit, and then finds a doctor in the fog who needs a ride.

The end was a bit strange. I suppose Michael wanted to be in charge of justice for everyone around him, including himself. He liked to tell people he was sane, but I guess it's like humility. If you're telling people you're humble, you need to re-evaluate. And it doesn't matter how much you pre-plan. Murders are never going to go perfectly. This movie was middle of the road for me. I didn't hate it, but I didn't enjoy it that much either.



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