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About as dated and fake as a Norman Rockwell painting...

posted 9 years ago by al666940-3
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You know, where you see a whiter/richer/better America than you even remember (never mind actually seen).

Where can we start?
a) Dream parents: just how many married couples are:
- BOTH big time business owners (they didn't own Nike, but were more than well off enough)
- Still good parents (running/owning a business usually comes at a price regarding family life/time, here there was none to be found)
- Still with plenty of time together and in love (read the above, in real live they would never get to see each other unless they made appointments with each other's assistant, owning/running a business ain't a 9-5 Monday-Friday gig).
- In their late 40's yet perfectly fit (not gym freak fit, but you just don't look that good pushing 50's without daily regular exercise)
b) Dream town (for people longing for a Norman Rockwell type of America, you know, the "good old days"):
- Minorities are rare and well behaved (whiter town I can't imagine)
- Town is 99% white, well off yet not a single gated community (even the super rich in laws didn't live in one, literally anyone could just pull up and show up, didn't see George and Nina going through any type of security).
c) Dream wedding: I don't care how much money George and Nina make, that wedding ($250 times 572) would have put them out of business and in the street. Only millionaires could afford such wedding (and they didn't live like millionaires, so weren't ones).

I'm pretty sure this movie must be a hit among black and latino crowds (sarcasm)...

Oh well, I still like it though. Just don't let your daughters anywhere near this movie, you don't want them getting such expectations...

[–] zeekmati 9 years ago

This film is reflective of the typical baby boomer sentiment. You know the type. The type who tell you to work hard to achieve anything you want. That's all you need to do, nothing else. These are the people who purchased their first home at 23 for $30,000 which even if inflated to today's money would not even be close to what homes cost now. They got jobs based on the firmness of their handshakes and often did not need any college education. They could live in the town they worked; often commuting an hour a month in one of two vehicles they owned to their pretty large home(at least for the time).

So yeah, it's largely outdated even for 1991. There is a reason this is a remake of a 1950 original. It's the same product but now featuring father-daughter basketball to bring it into the cool, hip 1990s and liven up the same product.