Having been cheated on once every weekend by these two selfish people.
I may have charmed by the actors and the writing but I can't get past the arrogance of Doris and George to systematically and gleefully break their vows each year.
And yet I enjoyed the movie anyways. Maybe it was the schmaltzy music, LOL.
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The affair just happened? I could possibly see that if it was a one time mistake but consider this.
They committed adultery and shamed their spouses, once a year, every year. And they never expressed any real guilt or regret about their actions.
I like the movie for the actors and the dialogue and the music despite the fact that it blatantly glorifies adultery.
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I have actually seen the movie several times, they used to air it every year on CBS and I have also watched it on DVD.
Please tell me which scene represented their so called guilt? The only time I saw any flicker of remorse was when George told her his wife died and she had known about their affair for some time but it did not stop them from doing what they were doing.
Also another so called guilty moment was when Doris told him that her favorite perfume was "My Sin". But again the moment of guilt was very fleeting.
Have you ever seen the Ellen Burstyn movie "Twice in a Lifetime"? It really shows the flip side of the adultery issue and how it affects not only the wife but the whole family.
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Well, really I thought that guilt was played for laughs, not to be taken seriously. But I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this subject.
Thanks for debating with me. :)
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The entire scene in '56 was about guilt. George even decided to leave "23 hours early" because of the phone call from his daughter about the lost tooth.
Doris expressed her guilt as well even to say she thought about calling George several times over the past year to "call it all off"
It's oversimplifying things to suggest that this movie "glorifies" adultery. It sentimentalizes the issue a bit, perhaps, but it's not insensitive to the feelings of the spouses. When George reveals that Helen has passed away, Doris says it's like she's lost her best friend. And it is George who saves Doris and Harry's marriage, when he calls Harry and reassures him that Doris still loves him.
I feel a little bad for Harry, since -- unlike Helen -- he's oblivious to what his spouse is doing. Still, even Doris admits late in the movie that her marriage with Harry is based on mutual respect, not necessarily sex.
"What I don't understand is how we're going to stay alive this winter."
I guess I didnt really think about their spouses and concentrated more on their relationship because their spouses stories were not being highlighted
I didnt think George or doris 'gleefully' cheated on each other. I believe they always had guilt about it. I did think the nerve of Doris to get mad when she thought her husband was having an affair.
Ely, you'd best skip 'Brief Encounter' then.
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