Do NOT watch An Officer and a Gentleman. It's awful. Thinking about the end of that movie makes me want to hurl. And I haven't seen it in decades. I love Terms of Endearment, too. Ohgod, the scene with her kids. It's a Larry McMurtry book. Emma shows up in a couple of his other '70s books, too.
You’re the only person I know who watched Best Friends Forever, please tell me you’ve seen Playing House. It’s because of their Steel Magnolias references that I finally watched the movie last month and have now watched it four more times.
This is a movie where I well up just thinking of it. Debra Winger is so damn good (she's excellent in anything I've ever seen her in; Eulogy is probably one of my favorite performances of hers). And this movie is proof for me of what a good actor Jeff Daniels is; I LOVE him but absolutely loathe Flap. Is there a more useless husband?? 😆
Love this, they are useless in so many movies! Plus Shirley MacLaine can do no wrong. I'm going to have to watch this cause I don't know if I can ever by John Lithgow as the love interest :)
I associate Debra Winger with Urban Cowboy. Totally forgot she was in Officer and Gentleman because Urban Cowboy was my obsession during that era. I saw her face and immediately said "Sissy!" I couldn't even remember her real name. LOL! I haven't seen Terms of Endearment and I'm leery about watching it because of the tear-jerker factor. I cry so easily!
It’s been at least 20 years since I watched this, but could tell you a dozen lines that have stayed with me forever. The line about how easy Emma is to make happy (and how he should’ve done it more); the kid’s snarky comment about his mom being too lazy to sign them up for Scouts; her line—looking at all those piles—about what if they’d married someone who didn’t love books. Even Lithgow’s wife’s back problems. I don’t know if that’s because it was such a great movie or because my mind was so ripe for the strong impression it made.
Do NOT watch An Officer and a Gentleman. It's awful. Thinking about the end of that movie makes me want to hurl. And I haven't seen it in decades. I love Terms of Endearment, too. Ohgod, the scene with her kids. It's a Larry McMurtry book. Emma shows up in a couple of his other '70s books, too.
You’re the only person I know who watched Best Friends Forever, please tell me you’ve seen Playing House. It’s because of their Steel Magnolias references that I finally watched the movie last month and have now watched it four more times.
This is a movie where I well up just thinking of it. Debra Winger is so damn good (she's excellent in anything I've ever seen her in; Eulogy is probably one of my favorite performances of hers). And this movie is proof for me of what a good actor Jeff Daniels is; I LOVE him but absolutely loathe Flap. Is there a more useless husband?? 😆
Love this, they are useless in so many movies! Plus Shirley MacLaine can do no wrong. I'm going to have to watch this cause I don't know if I can ever by John Lithgow as the love interest :)
I associate Debra Winger with Urban Cowboy. Totally forgot she was in Officer and Gentleman because Urban Cowboy was my obsession during that era. I saw her face and immediately said "Sissy!" I couldn't even remember her real name. LOL! I haven't seen Terms of Endearment and I'm leery about watching it because of the tear-jerker factor. I cry so easily!
It’s been at least 20 years since I watched this, but could tell you a dozen lines that have stayed with me forever. The line about how easy Emma is to make happy (and how he should’ve done it more); the kid’s snarky comment about his mom being too lazy to sign them up for Scouts; her line—looking at all those piles—about what if they’d married someone who didn’t love books. Even Lithgow’s wife’s back problems. I don’t know if that’s because it was such a great movie or because my mind was so ripe for the strong impression it made.