At the movies II
Unrealistic situations can always be found in the movies, like all those spacious apartments in New York City lived in by everyday people, those ready parking spaces in that same location, and how no one is ever buried on a sunny day, to name just a few.
I love the movie Mildred Pierce, but there's one part of the premise that seems downright wacked. It's a stretch for me to believe that, even in 1945 when the movie was filmed (and the novel it's based on was set in the 1930s, during the Depression), that a woman who waits tables and bakes pies for the restaurant where she works can afford to catch up on overdue bills, pay a mortgage, plus pay for dance classes for one daughter and for a good voice coach for the other, and have the all-purpose household help...
Can you think of any movie situations that you couldn't swallow? Did it detract from your enjoyment of the movie?
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The first version of "Imitation of Life" with Claudette Colbert and Dorothy Beavers (?) Not sure of the spelling of her last name. Colbert's character gave up her fiance because her daughter fell in love with him. That's just one incident in that movie that really annoyed me. (Is it just me?) The remake with Lana Turner was much more realistic.
Yes, I know what you mean. Mama has to have a life, too. Just imagine ten years later. Claudette Colbert's daughter would probably be happily married and long forgot about the crush she had on her mother's boyfriend, while Claudette Colbert would be alone and getting older every day. Funny, I can't remember how Lana Turner handled it in her version.
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