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The Best Years Of Our Lives, what a movie!?

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Artiste:
Thanks and Happy Easter to all!

Indeed this film is like BBM, as adiabatic says:
“Harold Russell [who plays sailor Homer Parrish] was a real veteran who had lost both hands in a training accident during the war.  Although an acting novice, Russell won two Oscars for his performance in BEST YEARS, an honorary award and a statuette as the year's Best Supporting Actor, making him the only performer in the history of the Academy Awards to win two statuettes for the same performance.”
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This film is both Jack and Ennis. Ennis did have in a way a lost of his hands as he could not put his hands on Jack to love him!! Only on the shirts Jack had in his closet!! Only on their shirts Ennis had in his closet, after that!! These shirts, those are like two of Ennis's hands?? !! And like two of Jack's Hands?? !!

Harold Russell  acts like an Ennis; having lost his hands, his charactor can barely speak... now to his friend (who is like Jack in many ways) and to his girlfriend who wants still to marry him!! With great love and as  helping as like a menage-a-3 (which becomes a menage-a-4 in a way too), the story ends happily!!

I think that this is BBM and a remake or a serie of BBM could be that?? !!

Hugs!!

Artiste:
Thanks cameron!

You say this:
Maybe another parallel is that this film deals with these men's struggles between who they really are at this point of their lives and who the people around them and society also, expects them to be.
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 Cameron: this is really great what you say!!

Amd that can be detailed! Like an BBM moment, story!!

Hugs!!

MaineWriter:
I remember the first time I saw this movie, on Thanksgiving evening, probably 25 years ago, now.

It was very very powerful and moving. I have seen it many times since.

I think a parallel that it is has with Brokeback is that it is a movie that has stood the test of time.

L

ifyoucantfixit:
  The movie, was and is a classic in every sense of the word..I remember seeing it at various times all of my life...There even was a television series based on this movie..A friend of mine played a part in it.  It has been so long ago i would have to watch it again, to see which part.  But as to the movie, it had a well known cast of stars for the time.  They were all well known except for the man with the war injury to his hands...I also remember that movie, kind of made as the watermark for excellence for many years after it came out....But the bbm reference, im sorry i just dont get that one...Maybe in the going against convention part, but there have been quite a few of those in the time since....

Artiste:
Thanks, thanks MainWriter, and ifyoucantfixit!!

May I say that we all carry a cross... it seems so to say that was/is Holy Friday!!

Jack carried his cross... as he could not suceed getting to live with Ennis!
Ennis carries his cross too in many ways then and to-day!! Fear is fear, and Hurt is hurt in both!!
Their lives alone and combined are powerful and moving, similar to what you say MaineWriter.
They had at least, some The best years of their lives too, somehow, thanks goodness!!

Concerning the movie The Best Years of Our Lives (you can see on You Tube), War is hurt, and violent it was as that soldier did not have his two hands anymore... may I say ifyoucantfixit. And now he feared (like Ennis) that society would reject him, especially could not marry his girlfriend now, and with no buts the love of his male friend and his girlfriend makes it possible and an enjoyable mariage!! Society can help too to increase helping and to love!!

Just helped mother as I did finished washing the dishes. She is baking apples pies... come eat some hot!!

Happy Easter ifyoucantfixit and Maine-Writer!! And all!!

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