Hope and Glory
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Movie Reviews of Hope and Glory
Movie Review: Memories of my Childhood Days.
Summary: 5 Stars
Here is a film that brought back many of the experiences of a boy who was the youngest of 4 boys right after World War II! No, there was no way I could imagine the impact on the British Children during the bombing of London...yet..I could imagine many of the real and personal experiences of the children in their growth as individuals! The film was very well done. The actors chosen were exceptional! The production scenes, the special effects, the emotional performances portrayed by each actor in his or her role, allowed the film to easily place the viewer in this film's environment! The musical score did not overshadow the screenplay and supported the ups and downs of a boy's life in this difficult time of life!
I laughed and cried along with the cast, and, it was truly wonderful that this film could easily be enjoyed by children and adults alike! What really brought back the childhood memories was the way the children managed to play using whatever was available to them. A child's imagination and resilience became the main focus of this film, and, the personal relationships of families and friends left this olde babarian with a feeling of warmth and appreciation of family in times of crisis! Definitely a good choice for your personal cinematic collection and worthy of viewing with your grandchild on a rainy day in New England! At the end of the film, lots of hugs will be exchanged between all who viewed it! Ah, yes, and tears of happiness from this grandpa!
Movie Review: I have been thinking a lot about this flm lately
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been thinking a lot about this flm lately; I don't know why exactly. Perhaps it has to do with my own aging father being in such terrible contrast to Billy's Grandfather George. The parts I think of today, after nearly two decades since seeing Hope and Glory, are almost exclusively about the grandfather, and how Billy remembers their relationship while he and his mom go to the country to live with her father, to escape the London Blitz.
I am saddened to see my father slip into a feebleness bordering on dotage; whereas the grandfather in this film is an eccentric character who defies old age by having never entirely grown up. He still enjoys the things that young boys do, and he plays and shoots and imagines on a level with his grandson. At the end of the film, the two of them laugh hysterically upon discovering that the school has been bombed out, and Billy doesn't have to return to school on that day after all. When another boy looks up prayerfully and says "Thank you Adolf", both Billy and Grandfather George are in complete agreement: Billy gets to return to the countryside for a while still, and his grandfather won't be alone with all those women, Billy's grandmother, mom and aunts. (That doesn't constitute a spoiler exactly: it's just a favorite scene, one of a great many.)
I need another Hope and Glory *fix*, and am going to get a copy right now........
Movie Review: Endearing Endurance
Summary: 5 Stars
This film focuses on an English family which struggles to cope with the Blitz during World War Two. The devastation of attacks on London is brilliantly juxtaposed with the idyllic countryside to which Grace Rohan (Sarah Miles) relocates with her children after her husband Clive (David Hayman) goes off to war. Much of the story is based on director John Boorman's own childhood experiences at a time when there seemed so little reason for hope. "Glory" certainly describes the eventual Allied victory but also the courage of the English people meanwhile and certainly the affirmation of shared values which bound so many families together amidst fear, separation, death, and destruction. Much of the film's focus is on Grace's father (Ian Bannen), a patriarch to be sure and (at times) something of an eccentric, but a loving and decent man nonetheless, struggling to cope with all manner of domestic crises while providing a safe haven for daughters Grace, Faith, Hope, and Charity. He and grandson Billy (Sebastian Rice Edwards) forge a special bond in response to the pastoral "harem" in which they find themselves. This is a charming film but also one which also offers some sobering insights into how disruptive wartime conditions can be, especially to a sensible and sensitive boy such as Billy. His perspective is presumably Boorman's (re-established years later) and done so with style and grace.Movie Review: Great Film For Practically Anybody
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my top 20 all time favorite movies. If you can imagine all the trials and tribulations, joys and sorrows and aches and pains of childhood and then imagine going through WWII at the same time you have some idea of what this movie is about. Told primarily through the eyes of a young boy, this movie shows a very personal experience of what the Home Front was like for London civilians. Neighbors get bombed out, shrapnel lies in the streets, friends die, and life somehow still goes on. The movie does a really good job of showing how the war could be a source of wonder to a child living through it and a cathartic experience for the adults. At the same time it can be incredibly funny and this is really why the film is so good. Probably my favorite scene is when the grandfather sends the young boy fishing with orders not to come back until he has caught some fish. A close second is the german jam scene. If you like period films, you'll love this. If you just like good movies, not too serious or too silly or too sad, give this one a viewing. Also, the punting instructions given in the movie actually work. Soon after watching this film, I ended up in Oxford, England and was able to teach myself to punt in less than an hour just from remembering this movie, so it's also educational!Movie Review: Life During War!
Summary: 5 Stars
John Boorman's "Hope and Glory" is a nostalgic look at a family's trials and tribulations of living through the London blitz during World Warr II. The film told from the perspective of a young boy shows us both smiles and tears as we see people fall in love, go off to war, lose all their possessions and even those they love.It shows that even though war can cause kaos and the world around us seems to be falling apart, life goes on.People still mow there lawns, go on day trips, attend school and escape daily life at the local cinema.The film does have its serious moments, yet there is a comic undertone that runs through this episodic story.My favorite comic moment is when the father tries to convince his family that the German jam he has brought home from the front isn't poisoned.They all look at him like he's crazy and about to keel over.Truely hilarious!Sabastion Rice-Edwards is excellent as young Billy, who is afraid he's going to miss the war. Sara Miles is great as she plays the emotional role of a mother who is trying to keep her family together during both the good and bad times.This movie really takes you to the British homefront!