Pleasantville — Page 2

#26

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 11:10am

I don't like it. You do. You can like the movie, but I still don't. I thought that the movie should have either picked Nazism or a happy ending, but not both, and it bothers me that a huge political issue could be solved so quickly, even if it is supposed to be a comment of television as a whole.

#27

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 11:16am

#28

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 11:49am

It's truly a wonderful film, with absolutely perfect performances from top to bottom. I remember seeing it in a packed theater and the ripple of unease that went through the crowd when the epithet "colored people" got tossed out, almost as if you could hear people realize maybe the movie wasn't really about what they thought it had been about.

It's also a movie that uses music extraordinarily well, which is perhaps why folks think it would make a great musical. The problem comes when you try to find a new song that expresses the mood as well as "At Last" or "Take Five" do in the film.

#29

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 12:26pm

Joan is so beautiful in this movie

#30

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 12:43pm

" I thought that the movie should have either picked Nazism "

it ain't NECEssarily about the Nazi's/fascism. There are multiple metaphors that work. I have always thought it was about the authentic vs the inauthentic life and the fear that is engendered when an unsought change has evolved naturally or otherwise.
"Nazi's" is just too limited a view for me.

Updated On: 10/22/14 at 12:43 PM

#31

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 12:48pm

It's a pretty sharp takedown of that certain mindset that has nostalgia for an America that never existed. But a commentary on Nazism? Nah.

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#32

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 12:49pm

No, it's all about Hitler. Fantod nailed it.

#33

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 12:51pm

h'okay sexy.

#34

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:06pm

Back in 2008 there was a song presented at the BMI Showcase from a musical version that somebody was working on (I can't remember who the writers were, though I do remember that Aaron Galligan-Steirle played the Toby Maguire part). The song was catchy and I remember it was pretty well received by the audience at the show case. I'm curious what happened with it.

#35

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:17pm

I think that It IS about Nazism. How do you think things went down in the '30's around that time? There was a problem and there was change and the people blamed the problem on the change. The unfair trials and the new laws without the say of those excluded are very much like what the Nazis did. Tell me that those joined hands didn't even slightly remind you of the Swastika. Obviously, it's a movie so nobody can be right unless you want to talk to Gary Ross.

#36

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:27pm

The 30's? Oh, child.

#37

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:29pm

TO morrow Belongs
To morrow Belongs

Tomorrow Belongs To Me.

#38

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:33pm

"Obviously, it's a movie so nobody can be right unless you want to talk to Gary Ross."

Well, based on your post, you can certainly be wrong.

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#39

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:43pm

Now I understand why there was that little girl in the red coat in Schindler's List. She was from Pleasantville.

#40

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:45pm

OMG that made me laugh SO. HARD. LOLOL

#41

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:46pm

^^^
LOL
and dats where da Nazi's came into it!

#42

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 1:46pm

But actually, when Joan Allen is leaving and telling William H. Macy how to use the oven, I see now it was really about how to kill Jews.

#43

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:12pm

Isn't that the title of the new Shonda Rhimestein series?

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#44

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:27pm

LOL at Wildcard.

Wynbish-That picture you posted is the scene I remember most from this movie.

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#45

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:51pm

Wynbish, fine 1925-1933 if you want. Why are people not capable of having a different opinion than somebody else on this Board? I might be wrong, in fact I'm probably not right on target, but come on you could at least kind of validate my opinion because I am also a human being, and shame on you for treating another human being with such little respect, even if it is an online forum. I might be wrong, or I might be crazy. So what?

#46

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:52pm

Dear Sir or Madam-
You might be right.

#47

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:55pm

I haven't seen this movie in years, but I don't remember anything about Nazis.

I would love a musical version, but who is Barney Fife enough now to play the Don Knotts character?

#48

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:56pm

Joel Grey!

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#49

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:57pm

Then it needs to happen soon!

#50

Pleasantville

Posted: 10/22/14 at 2:59pm

That was a whole lot of nonsense about nothing. You're saying that your opinions need to be validated simply because you're a human being?



And I'm glad you got that this film that takes place in an all white 1950's All-American, pre civil rights town was a narrative about Nazi Germany. You paid attention, obviously. GOOD FOR YOU!

(Is that enough validation for you?)