Meryl Streep, SHE-DEVIL - 89' or DEATH BECOMES HER - 92

Meryl Streep, SHE-DEVIL - 89' or DEATH BECOMES HER - 92 Sept 4, 2018 7:19:57 GMT

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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 4, 2018 7:19:57 GMT

Sept 4, 2018 7:17:44 GMT moviemouth said:

Sept 4, 2018 7:08:39 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

I am very jaded when it comes to drama film. When I watch top quality dramas, as in something like Ordinary People, Terms Of Endearment and The Ice Storm, which set a benchmark for quality family themed films, I can tend to get a bit too nitpicky with something that delivers less than the sum of its parts. I find some t.v. films can deliver some emotional wallops with family drama as well, as in Surviving - 85' with Molly Ringwald and Consenting Adult - 85', with Marlo Thomas and Martin Sheen.

So for you there is great drama and meh drama with no in-between?

Not every movie has to be some benchmark achievement. Ordinary People is the only one of the 3 movies you mention that I think is great. Far From Heaven is only slightly below Terms of Endearment and The Ice Storm in terms of quality for me.

I will settle for nothing less than great.

Yes, there are in-betweens, but my point was, if the film isn't resonating with me on a dramatic level, I would rather go and watch one that does, that I know will satisfy. Of course taste in film and opinion is all subjective.