Review of Anchors Aweigh (1945) by I Don't Know W — 29 May 2011

Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra compliment each other so well. Kelly is a freaking dance genius. I could watch him dance all day. And Sinatra's voice is seemingly effortless. My love of the two male leads doesn't overshadow the awfulness that is Kathryn Grayson, however. She has very poor stage presence and her singing (while very powerful) is unbelievably annoying. She also plays the stereotypical leading lady who can't think for herself or have any sort of personality when a man is around. Bleh.

But anyway, I liked the musical numbers the best, obviously. They didn't really fit in with the context of the predictable story, but who cares! And sure it was a little long...but again, who cares! When Gene Kelly is onscreen, none of that stuff matters.