Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is a comedy movie made in 1959 starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. It is about two men, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) who dress up as women and play in a women's band to evade the mob. Joe (who calls himself Josephine) falls in love with Sugar, the band's singer/ukelele player, so he pretends to be a millionaire named Junior to win her affections. Meanwhile, Osgood Fielder, an old millionaire, falls for "Daphne" who is the disguised Jerry. Eventually the mob finds Joe and Jerry and they have to run away from the whole messy situation. Daphne and Josephine say their goodbyes and start to leave. Through a whole bunch of strange circumstances Sugar and Joe end up together, and when Jerry tells Osgood that he is a man, Osgood says the famous last line "nobody's perfect".

This film was directed by Billy Wilder in 1959 and is based off one that was made in 1951 in Germany by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. The movie is set in 1929 in Chicago, and as such, there is a lot of talk of mobs and gangsters. The 1920s w

ere known for it. Also happening at this time is prohibition. This could account for all of the alcohol being very hidden in this movie and Sugar almost getting kicked out of the band for it.

I think that the overall story of this movie is good. The plot w

as fairly original at the time. Men dressing up as women was highly unheard of and frowned upon, but the shock value added to the allure of the film. The story pulls you in for a number of reasons. There is excitement right off the bat, which captures our attention. Also, we find ourselves wondering what the outcome of this predicament could possibly be, so we continue to watch. Overall, this film was light-hearted and funny,

 and just a very amusing film to watch. This movie is quite funny, so the emotion felt throughout the course of it is usually fairly light. Sometimes we also feel exasperation with the characters and the impossible situation in which they find themselves. Thankfully, the way the film was made created a funny situation out of a dire one.

This story of this film keeps our attention very well. At the beginning, we are wondering about the funeral home, and what is going on. This makes us want to keep watching the film. We start to care about the main characters when we realize how dire their situation is – they have no money and they are being chased by a dangerous mob. We want to see what will come of this impossible situation, so the film is very interesting and engaging. The complications section of this movie is very riveting. The complications start when the main characters narrowly escape the mob. There are also many complications that come along with dressing up as a woman, and near the end when they are being chased the action is quite intense. The resolution of this movie is good. Like a true comedy, everyone ends up happy and together. The ending is extremely funny mostly because the man who falls in love with ‘Daphne’ finds out he is a man and simply says, “Nobody’s perfect.”

  The acting in this movie is good for the style of movie. The actors and actresses play their roles well. The acting is a little bit extreme, but it fits with this story and the comedy genre. Marilyn Monroe acted the part of a young and somewhat unintelligent musician very well, and often the audience laughs at the way she plays the part. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis played their roles extremely well also. We always had to laugh at their memorable lines and the way they delivered them. The lighting and camera work for this m

ovie was really good. In the 50s, they didn’t have a lot of the technology we do now, but they did an excellent job nonetheless. They filtered to make day look like evening in a few shots, and they used a variety of lighting throughout the film. The lighting f

or different times of day was well done and it created a lot of interesting scenes. There was also a variety of camera work, and there was the use of inter-cutting to create contrast between scenes. This interrupted the more serious scenes with some more light-hearted ones. The stunts and action in this film were done well. There were some good stunts, like when the main characters go down the fire escape at the beginning, and when they climb into their rooms at the hotel later in the movie.

 The dialogue in this movie is excellent. There were a lot of effective things happening. The movie was very humourous because of the dialogue. There were some very memorable lines, such as Junior’s description of how the only girl he ever loved died, and the memorable last line, ‘nobody’s perfect’. The whole movie was full of clever wordplay and dialogue and it made the movie very funny and interesting. I think that the overall theme of this movie is accepting people for who they are, and it is played out well by Sugar and Osgood when they still want to stay with the men, even though they weren't who they thought they were.