More recaps from films viewed in January/February 2008:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
While cinema's first real look at alcoholism may have packed a punch in 1945, today it seems rather silly. Ray Milland is the New York writer who has problems with drink, and he's fine. But his soliloquies to the wonders of intoxication get repetitive and silly. And the fever pitch presentation of certain plot points is over-the-top.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Engrossing and moving film of life for three servicemen who meet while returning home after WW II, and their attempts to return to normal lives. Al Stephenson (Frederick March) is a family man with two children; Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) was married just before he left and find his wife may not be that excited about his return to being a soda jerk; and Homer Parish (Harold Russell) tries to figure out if he should marry his long-time love. Flawless performances by all involve the audience from star to finish, as well as serving a reminder that veterans problems don't end when they leave the battlefield.
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