Old ladies kill for real

Old ladies kill for real

Arsenic and Old lace is very entertaining even if it is a black and white movie. My perception of black and white movies was that they were boring and outdated but when I watched this movie I kind of changed my opinion because I became drawn in looking past the lack of color and into the wittiness of the plot. I love the fact that the old ladies are behind the murders and that Mortimer wants to believe that it is Teddy. The fact that the police never went down into the cellar also amused me because not only did Jonathan tell the cops that there were bodies down there in the cellar but also did several others. The comical plot made it so much more interesting. It is also ironic how the aunts seem so fine in tell Mortimer and Jonathan about the killing the old gentlemen but then the tell Teddy that the old men are yellow fever victims and that they have him believing that he is digging the panama canal. It is also ironic how the old ladies live right next to a graveyard yet they are using their cellar as the place for burial. The old ladies also claim to be “good Christian women” and giving the men a good “proper burial” yet murder is not a Christian thing to do and being buried in a cellar isn’t really an ideal proper burial. I know murder is not something to laugh about but the way the story played out was hilarious. This movie changed my opinion about black and white movies and made me realize that one shouldn’t judge on the way something looks but the content of it.