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A good medicine for postwar trauma
Herminia 2022-03-24 09:02:11
The employment problem of soldiers after the war has always been a reality that all countries are concerned about and cannot escape. Not only war, when you do anything there will be an end to that day; as the saying goes: "There is no such thing as a feast in the world". When we are in pain, we hope that this matter will end quickly; when we are happy, we do not know how to cherish it, and it is only after it is over that we realize how unforgettable the past time is. The three protagonists in the film exemplify this mentality very well. After the war, soldiers always have to find a way out for themselves, whether to return to the original unit to continue working, seek better development, or start their own business; this film gives a good explanation. After making a choice, there are happy, miserable, and helpless ones. But no matter what the outcome was, they never gave up hope and bravely fought against fate. Although the ending of the film is too dramatic and not real enough, even now, it is a rare reality and inspirational film.
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August 2022-04-23 07:02:32
The returning home scenes were extremely moving. The remaining of the film was slightly dragged out, and like some comments say, idealistic and too hopeful about a veteran's pain, which ofc may exactly be the point for a 1946 film. The reconciliation of the young couples at the end were nonetheless beautiful. PS the two Stevensons were perfect.
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Rogers 2022-03-27 09:01:09
American theme. However, all social classes are also incompatible with the veterans, and the comfort comes from women! The most scrutinized is not so scrutinized.
The Best Years of Our Lives quotes
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Wilma Cameron: You wrote me that when you got home, you and I were going to be married. If you wrote that once, you wrote it a hundred times. Isn't that true?
Homer Parrish: Yes, but things are different now.
Wilma Cameron: Have you changed your mind?
Homer Parrish: Have I said anything about changing my mind?
Wilma Cameron: No. That's just it. You haven't said anything about anything... I don't know what to think, Homer. All I know is, I was in love with you when you left and I'm in love with you now. Other things may have changed but that hasn't.
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Fred Derry: I dreamed I was gonna have my own home. Just a nice little house for my wife and me out in the country... in the suburbs anyway. That's the cock-eyed kind of dream you have when you're overseas.
Peggy Stephenson: You don't have to be overseas to have dreams like that.
Fred Derry: Yeah. You can get crazy ideas right here at home.
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