Tuesday, February 14, 2006
OUTAGE
Blogger was having a bad day yesterday so this—Mama—and some other stuff didn't get posted.
They have recovered but I lost some timely musings as a result. You can't go back.
MAMA
I remember
I would have been 11 when I saw it and I still remembered the feelings from that viewing. I wanted to be in that family!
The feelings are still there, as I view it again, but I am happy with my own family today.
It is a great sentimental piece which never falls off the tenous bridge over the sea of saccarine shlock.
The television series does not count, incidentally.
The structure is nicely drawn and the performances are well delivered.
I loved Oscar Homolka. In this one, he goes to the top of his form and that is just wonderful to see. He has the timing and the courage to take us through a whole range of emotions from laughter to tears.
It is all good. It was like meeting an old friend after, well, almost 60 years; and to have the ‘meeting’ go more beautifully than one could have suspected.
It has been a 5 all these years and will remain a 5 for Netflix.
