I never saw Too Many Husbands but anything with Jean Arthur in is on my list.
I nearly used GWTW as my example of an ending that could be interpreted differently by different people. Personally I think he goes away to make her learn her lesson, I think he perhaps has a shot at happiness with someone else, Scarlett will go to Ashley but only in friendship and she will plan to get Rhett back, in my mind she succeeds.
It's part of the fun of a board like this that someone might review a film that I've seen but I haven't seen it in the same light and I will go back and watch it again.
I think it's says something about ourselves too, I must be an incurable romantic I suppose, I like the happy ending, Charlie will end up with the girl and Scarlett will get Rhett back, I just know in my mind the ending is happy. I also like films were the lovers don't end up together,
Casablanca,
Brief Encounter (hope that hasn't spoiled it for anyone
) because I then think it's better to have loved well than to never have loved at all.
I also like the way some films make you doubt what you've seen, although films like Mulholland Drive just go to far for me, I can even begin to make sense of the story and because it is so frustrating it takes away from the beauty of the film.
As far as reviewing films on the site go, I get terribly frustrated sometimes when I can't say exactly what I mean when everyone else expresses themselves perfectly.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself - Charlie Chaplin
Sometimes movies have been made about important and historic topics and do carry messages. Movies have been used for propaganda. There are numerous instances of things being read into movies that aren't there. Hitchcock is a good example.
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