tarnower
Joined Apr 2002
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tarnower's rating
I always watch this movie when I can. There's so many perfect situations in it.
Most of the reviews have gone over the family dynamic involved. People nowadays don't know the significance of ground breaking movies in those days. This movie may have been the first glimpse of a reunited family that didn't step out of a Norman Rockwell painting. They have real life problems with finances, fidelity and maintaining a cohesive family unit.
There are some perfectly defined moments in the film. Hobbs marveling at a 50 year old light bulb, or the maid quitting because she misunderstood him when he said he was going to get "some sun on the beach".
The one scene that chokes me up every time is when Stewart shows O'Hara the $5 bill that Fabian returned to him after the dance.
Most of the reviews have gone over the family dynamic involved. People nowadays don't know the significance of ground breaking movies in those days. This movie may have been the first glimpse of a reunited family that didn't step out of a Norman Rockwell painting. They have real life problems with finances, fidelity and maintaining a cohesive family unit.
There are some perfectly defined moments in the film. Hobbs marveling at a 50 year old light bulb, or the maid quitting because she misunderstood him when he said he was going to get "some sun on the beach".
The one scene that chokes me up every time is when Stewart shows O'Hara the $5 bill that Fabian returned to him after the dance.
When I was a kid in the early 1960s, this movie came on TV and I watched it with my mother. She said she was an extra in the scene where the dance hall is torn down by the monster. There's a fairly good shot of her for a second or two.
She told me that Don Sullivan hit on her. Not bad for a mother of 4. When he asked her out, she said, "I'll have to ask my husband first", and he just walked away.
She told me that Don Sullivan hit on her. Not bad for a mother of 4. When he asked her out, she said, "I'll have to ask my husband first", and he just walked away.
I was about 10 when this show was on, and I watched as many episodes as I could.
That said, I ROTFL in a "Get Smart" rerun I saw a while back. The bad guy is dying and:
Max (reassuringly): "Help is on the way."
Bad guy (in great pain): "I'll never make it, but do one thing for me."
Max (compassionately): "What?"
Bad guy: "Tell me 'My Mother the Car' is coming back on TV."
Max (with a puzzled look): "Why?"
Bad guy: "Then I won't mind going so much."
That pretty much summed up the opinions from the rest of my family when I tried to watch this show.
That said, I ROTFL in a "Get Smart" rerun I saw a while back. The bad guy is dying and:
Max (reassuringly): "Help is on the way."
Bad guy (in great pain): "I'll never make it, but do one thing for me."
Max (compassionately): "What?"
Bad guy: "Tell me 'My Mother the Car' is coming back on TV."
Max (with a puzzled look): "Why?"
Bad guy: "Then I won't mind going so much."
That pretty much summed up the opinions from the rest of my family when I tried to watch this show.