Going to give a pass on this. Why does TPTB think we want to watch couples argue? I never had any desire to watch Marriage Story (2019) either. Not saying that every show about couples should be a saccharine romcom either. Watching couples fighting about broken promises and unfulfilled dreams just isn’t my cup o tea for Sunday night drama. Also don’t want to ride the volume button on my remote for an hour while actors and actresses test their lung power out on my surround sound.
shareTo each their own
shareOk so which couple are you talking about who argued???
If you mean the couple who had dinner with the other couple, they didn't really argue or SHOUT at each other.
There was the potential for the situation to turn into a SHOUTING MATCH, but that also comes to an end after the unhappy wife with the OPEN MARRIAGE arrangement goes upstairs with the other one where they have a discussion with each other.
I didn’t watch that far in. Just making a calculated guess that any drama about marriage dissolution will lead to a shouting match scene or two at sime point. Maybe it won’t. I will check back here after the series is over and anyone can let me know if I was wrong here. I will be impressed and might go back and watch it then.
shareI've posted 3 REVIEWS so far, and the LAST ONE (which is probably also the best one information wise) also seems to indicate this won't DEVOLVE into mostly being a SHOUTING MATCH.
https://moviechat.org/tt12682218/Scenes-from-a-Marriage/6140e0e2c724f06e8813c43b/RECAP-REVIEWS-of-S1-EP-1
All of them also seem to be giving PRAISE to the ACTORS who have performed these roles.
So check out the RECAP REVIEWS topic and see if anything that's mentioned there is able to renew your interest.
you're missing out, the writing and acting are phenomenal
shareI thought Marriage Story was really good.
I will probably eventually get around to watching this.
Youre better off to pass and watch Bergman's original instead. The Criterion Channel has both the original miniseries and the theatrical release which is about half as long.
share"Why does TPTB think we want to watch couples argue? "
Honestly, why would anyone want to watch a marriage fall apart for entertainment? We see that all the time in the real world for free, and we generally hate seeing it!
This is why I've lost my taste for serious dramatic entertainment. I see serious drama in real life, I don't need to pay to see more.
But the couple haven't really argued. Mostly they have discussions the same way as we see them having at the start of the story where they were INTERVIEWED.
And that's what makes it interesting is the way the husband remains clam after he's told his wife is leaving him for another guy, and stays RATIONAL, until the wife is gone, and he calls his friends, and finds out they both knew about the affair that his wife was having, at which time he finally gets pissed at THEM and expresses some EMOTION when BITES his OWN HAND.
In other words, you keep waiting for him to ARGUE with her after what she tells him, but he doesn't really do that, and acts more like a THERAPIST than a husband (by helping her to pack her clothes, asking her all kinds of questions about her lover, and telling her she's being delusional).
So instead of watching a SHOUTING MATCH, you're sitting there wondering why the husband is behaving the way he does (instead of acting the way one of us would probably do if our spouse announced they were leaving us for their lover).
I wasn't objecting to watching arguments, i was objecting to watching serious drama of any stripe!
Which, BTW, is the kind of general preference you will never talk anyone out of.
Ok. But you also quote from the OP (which complains about arguments which aren't really what the show is about) which is why one felt the need to remind others that there's no SHOUTING or anything like that happening in it the way WHO perceived the show to be.
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shareMarriage story cannot really be compared to this. You may not like the whole topic of relationships, marriage and divorce, but Marriage Story is different and it's pretty clever and realistic.
This seems to make the mistake of diving into the peculiarities of both characters, and not in any way that is interesting or compelling. I'm just saying you should judge both of these separately. Marriage Story is less of an investment that's for sure. I would not finish SFAM, it just got too slow and uninteresting.