tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post3739343353204405171..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: Mrs. Miniver (1942)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-11227906496742213832014-01-31T19:52:10.197+02:002014-01-31T19:52:10.197+02:00Well, I am starting to realize I am in minority on...Well, I am starting to realize I am in minority on this film, so it may just be me. And I also cried in the end.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-5283841180371997372014-01-31T18:09:57.628+02:002014-01-31T18:09:57.628+02:00I must admit that I was too busy crying to notice ...I must admit that I was too busy crying to notice some of the flaws you found. Maybe it's a Greer Garson thing ...marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-45227699616766375342014-01-31T09:36:49.525+02:002014-01-31T09:36:49.525+02:00Well, certainly it figures in all the lists and st...Well, certainly it figures in all the lists and statistics. That is a sort of immortality. I realize opinions are divided on this one and my problem might also be one of context. From my perspective having just experienced what the film media can do in terms of making a film relevant for me, Mrs. Miniver fall far off the mark.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-84033533050948694492014-01-31T09:33:22.966+02:002014-01-31T09:33:22.966+02:00Well, as propaganda it is effective and very well ...Well, as propaganda it is effective and very well made, no doubt about that. It just does not hold up very well when out of this context. At least not for me. As propaganda films go there are a number of films on the list from this period that holds up far better. "Fires were Started" is my favorite in that category.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-15329315184424174182014-01-30T23:40:57.230+02:002014-01-30T23:40:57.230+02:00I also liked this more than you did, and because I...I also liked this more than you did, and because I saw it at a particular time. It is definitely propaganda, but I feel it applies to any war, not just WWII, so in that sense I see it as still relevant. And fair or not, as a Best Picture winner it is probably known by more non-movie people than Brief Encounter.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-13107785721861230812014-01-30T23:25:54.846+02:002014-01-30T23:25:54.846+02:00As it happens, I watched Mrs. Miniver during a tim...As it happens, I watched Mrs. Miniver during a time when I was reading a book about Americans in London during the blitz. For that reason, I found it really interesting. It's also really inaccurate--lives were so much worse in reality than they are depicted here.<br /><br />If you look at this as a piece of propaganda, as a way to motivate the U.S. into entering the war, it does a hell of a job. I like it and I think it's an essential, but I can see disagreeing with that.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com