The Thin Man

I don't have much to say on this one. Either you're adaptable to the quirks and eccentricities of early cinema, or you aren't. I don't know that noir and humor always go together, and the movie had a hard time juggling its bloated cast (or properly introducing them, for that matter), but it moves at a good pace, and the snappy dialogue between Willaim Powell and Myrna Loy is priceless, and gives the movie some great, crackling energy. You'll notice a ton of cliches, but this movie is from a time when the cliches weren't cliches yet, so there's an earnestness to it all. It won't blow you away with anything it does, but it also isn't trying to. It's a light, breezy romp of a picture. A fun, spritely 90 minutes, in and out. Sometimes, that's all you need in a flick.