Creativity With an Affinity for Darkness
The Dark Opera
  • Bio
  • Contact

Hey You, thanks for stopping by.

Scroll down for my latest work as well as for whatever's on my mind.

It's not all just dark stuff, so check back for a laugh, some motivation or for pure randomness.
 

I want to read a story

Terms of Endearment is Delightfully Quirky, Witty, Frustrating and Sad.

8/31/2011

0 Comments

 
Terms of endearment (1983) gets an 8/10. It was funny, frustrating and sad.

It won five academy awards including Best picture, Best Direction, Best adapted screenplay, Best actress for Shirley MacLaine and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson.

First, the funny. This mother and daughter movie has great moments for each character, their love interests included. There are scenes here that I burst out laughing. The humour is mostly witty with some situational type stuff including a certain funny/shocking accident involving an inebriated Jack Nicholson and a car on the beach. Nicholson is especially vulgar but has a special charm that makes him the perfect match in casting to Maclaine’s powerfully played Aurora. Though the two above received the prestigious accolades, Debra Winger and Jeff Daniels (Harry off of dumb and dumber) turn a great performance here as well.

The frustrating is that amidst all the fun, the characters have these despicable flaws (some more than others). That’s where the drama comes in – that and well, life’s cruel twists. While you may hate some of the personages because of their actions, it’s difficult to remain completely angry with them because of their endearing qualities. Now, I’m not a huge fan of those kinds of real life traits in a movie as I generally prefer a little less grey, but this flick does it in such a way that though it’s frustrating (especially Winger’s and Daniels’ characters), it’s believable and doesn’t necessarily feel like it’s trying to be difficult on purpose.

Finally, the sad. The opening scene has a worried and somewhat eccentric mother pinching her baby, short of crawling into the crib with her to make sure that she is still breathing (the mom likely having checked only moments before). From its delightfully quirky beginning on through to the tragic but all too realistic end, we are able to peek in on the lives of the mother and daughter pair. Though never as physically close in the later years due to circumstance as they were in the earlier years, they still kept close contact via phone. There’s longing, betrayal, heart ache and loss all here.

One thing though. It was that I thought the swell of sentimental music is a little much at times. That aside, it’s an excellent movie if ever you’re in the mood for a romantic comedy-drama. Not necessarily a date movie, it’s more of a mother-daughter thing, but it is sure to have some appeal for everyone.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Welcome to the Dark Opera

    Celebrating and Inspiring Creativity

    'Like' our Facebook page
    'follow' us on Twitter
    'Subscribe' to the Youtube channel!


    Blog Writers

    Josh
    Kevin

    Archives

    October 2016
    October 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Book News
    Book Reviews
    Comics
    Creativity
    Dark Things
    For Your Life
    Game Review
    Gaming News
    Humor
    Humour
    Ideas
    Inspiration
    Interviews
    Movie Collecting
    Movie News
    Movie Review
    Movies
    Movie Short
    Movie Trailers
    Movie Trivia
    Music
    Poetry
    Recommendations
    Series Review
    Site News
    Ultimate Hot Chocolate Recipe
    Website Update
    What To Watch
    Writing

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.