tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post1354290599536128910..comments2024-03-22T11:43:15.466-07:00Comments on Oscargasms: Greer Garson, Mrs. MiniverAllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-29355755220707820322015-02-25T21:49:15.692-08:002015-02-25T21:49:15.692-08:00glad we agree!glad we agree!Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-39977274512578940782015-02-25T21:49:05.264-08:002015-02-25T21:49:05.264-08:00Too much of a heavenly saint for my tastes. I supp...Too much of a heavenly saint for my tastes. I suppose we don't need to judge the quality of her fortitude because for the fortitude to plop itself onto sweet Mrs. Miniver's lap to begin with is punishment enough... I guess my issue with her is that she's so terribly perfect.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-52531756955477708522015-02-25T21:46:47.650-08:002015-02-25T21:46:47.650-08:00funny, i thought that she did the best she could w...funny, i thought that she did the best she could with what was given to her. Mrs. Miniver herself isn't a very interesting character imoAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964977693763983338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-82053372311462535372015-02-19T22:32:55.979-08:002015-02-19T22:32:55.979-08:00There's a saying, "Adversity is like a st...There's a saying, "Adversity is like a strong wind. It blows away from us all but that which cannot be blown away, so that we see ourselves as we really are."<br /><br />In <i>Gone With The Wind</i> such a moment profoundly comes, and to its audience's great unnerving, as we watch Scarlett scrounge a radish or carrot from the ground, then swearing by a raised fist to God, she'll turn murderer before she'll ever be hungry again. Such a scene, where all artifice falls away from the story's heroine and we get to judge the quality of her fortitude is woefully needed in <i>Miniver</i> and we don't get it. Garson probably would loved such a moment, risen fearlessly to the chance, and bolstered her win.<br /><br />As it is, I feel like <i>Now Voyager</i>'s Mrs. Henry Wendell Vale is a far more malignant threat to her daughter Charlotte than those disruptive German bullets tearing up Kay Miniver's backyard.dvlarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154934310323584284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-60394909413052679672015-02-18T09:22:30.927-08:002015-02-18T09:22:30.927-08:00She's the best part of the film for me, but I ...She's the best part of the film for me, but I always had the feeling that she could do much more with the material...GMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058868751501120504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014874020674080213.post-69370917180611835602015-02-18T05:16:53.666-08:002015-02-18T05:16:53.666-08:00Sounds right :)Sounds right :)Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03291268052797806635noreply@blogger.com