ds and the way he first presented himself, even if he did push Cornelia in the ash pit. All Godfrey needed to help out the family with the scavenger hunt was to be treated respectfully and that is what Irene did.We see the rich as being portrayed as silly individuals out of the minds which I find to be interesting because I have known people who truly fit that role. The women especially are shown as being the craziest. During our discussion in class on Wednesday someone at pointed out the idea of how the women are being shown as these unbreakable creatures who can go around causing chaos and still get away with it. I thought it was funny how Cornelia is shown as this proper yet incredibly bitchy character but yet she was involved with breaking windows. I guess I wasn't expecting such a thing from her character. I am a little disappointed that they didn't show that scene.
The whole time I couldn't help but think throughout the film, "my gosh...the men are the only sane ones in this film," even Carlo, he was more sane then the women.
Something else that I found to be interesting was the idea of how rich the Bollock's were, yet we were never given any real information on how they became to rich or what the father did for a living, it was just...they were were rich, the end.
I think the biggest disappointment with the film was in the end, Irene and Godfrey ended up together. I was really hoping for some craaaaazy drama and have Godfrey and Cornelia hook up. I really wanted that to happen. But thinking about it, at the end when Irene barged in Godfreys place she had groceries and ideas to decorate which kind of almost gives me the idea/hope that maaaaybe, just maybe she is starting to get it together, that is, if she was the one who indeed did the grocery shopping.
Interesting observations about gender. Do you think that this movie is sexist, portraying only the women as crazy? Or do you think something more interesting is going on with gender? Also, how does the reading fit in?
ReplyDeleteYea, I agree about the ending, way too predictable. But if you enjoyed this screwball comedy then you will definitely enjoy "Bringing Up Baby," which in my opinion is 100 times better on the screwball comedy scale. Katherine Hepburn takes the "crazy woman" thing to a whole new level in Baby. Check it out!
ReplyDeleteI agree that Bringing up Baby is ten times better than this screwball comedy, but I also found it amusing how you made a point to say how the men are more sane then the women in this movie. Most screwball comedies seem to have the women more crazy then any male character. But if you want to see a comedy in which everyone is crazy, (except for Jimmy Stewart) I would suggest You Can't Take It With You.
ReplyDeleteI would have to disagree about the ending being predictable. First of all, because there were vague moments in the film where we thought perhaps Godfrey and Cornelia would shack up in the end, that definitely left the ending ambiguous for me. Also, Irene was still a freakin nut in the end! Usually with romantic comedies, if one of the parties is as flawed as her, that character usually goes through some sort of growth throughout the movie and in the end is decent enough for the other to want to be with them, but NOPE! Not Irene. She was still asylum-ready. I guess this is what they mean by "screwball comedy."
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