Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Chernabog · 03-19-2008, 02:40 PM

I just saw the movie "Ordinary People" on Sunday (best picture from 1981 I think), which was REALLY good. I guess it seemed really progressive at the time for its positive portrayal of psychiatry when going to therapy was a stigma and therapists were mostly seen as quacks. It was good to see Mary Tyler Moore in a non stereotypical "cold hearted bitch" role...

Timothy Hutton was actually kinda adorable too (oh man did I identify with him), whereas now I see him as creepy lol.

My primary thought while watching was that I felt like a voyeur to the real life of this family, totally deserving of the award.

03-19-2008, 02:40 PM	#11
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I just saw the movie "Ordinary People" on Sunday (best picture from 1981 I think), which was REALLY good. I guess it seemed really progressive at the time for its positive portrayal of psychiatry when going to therapy was a stigma and therapists were mostly seen as quacks. It was good to see Mary Tyler Moore in a non stereotypical "cold hearted bitch" role... Timothy Hutton was actually kinda adorable too (oh man did I identify with him), whereas now I see him as creepy lol. My primary thought while watching was that I felt like a voyeur to the real life of this family, totally deserving of the award. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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