Sep
19
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous (USA, 1937, Victor Fleming)
Rudyard Kipling's well-known novel enjoys an excellent adaptation in Victor Fleming's splendidly directed film.
Captain's Courageous boasts some well-directed action sequences that get the heart pounding, but the core of the story is in the slowly developing relationship between Harvey and Manuel. In an unlikely "love" story, these two opposites -- a privileged, tyrannical child who has never known a moment of pain or want, and a gentle, humble man who has had to work very hard for everything he has and endure some real hardships along the way -- learn to love each other.
Rudyard Kipling's well-known novel enjoys an excellent adaptation in Victor Fleming's splendidly directed film.
Captain's Courageous boasts some well-directed action sequences that get the heart pounding, but the core of the story is in the slowly developing relationship between Harvey and Manuel. In an unlikely "love" story, these two opposites -- a privileged, tyrannical child who has never known a moment of pain or want, and a gentle, humble man who has had to work very hard for everything he has and endure some real hardships along the way -- learn to love each other.
