On the Beach

[days_unfolding]

New on my classic movie list, my mom and I watched On the Beach last night. I'm not going to review it yet because ravengirl discussed seeing some of the same movies at the same time and reviewing them, but I was dubious about the starting premise that everyone was wiped off the face of the earth during a nuclear war except for one town in Australia and some men in a submarine. So I went online and found some sites that said yes, some people even in the Northern Hemisphere would survive a global nuclear war, although I sincerely hope that people never have to validate that assumption. Then I read about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Then I went to sleep and dreamed about nuclear war all night. When I got up, I made my bed, but decided to lie down on top of it "for another five minutes" -- and slept for another three hours. I have to get cracking on a bunch of stuff to do today.

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Comments

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong -- the movie is still sad even if you don't buy the main premise, and also, even if people survived a nuclear war, life as we know it would be over for a long, long time.

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

Ack! I'd best get crackin'!! Did you already watch The Killers? Let me know what order in which to view them and I'll message you when I have!

How did I fall behind already? *snort*

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Yes, I watched The Killers, and I'm going to watch the Philadelphia Story this coming week. No pressure -;)

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I watched The Killers first, and On the Beach second.

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll get to The Killers sometime between tonight and tomorrow night!

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

ha! I've one-upped you! I own The Philadelphia Story AND just watched it again yesterday! It was a favorite childhood movie, however, I have qualms about it now, so a review is forthcoming!

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Ha! You've gotten ahead of me! I'm going to watch it sometime between Monday and Wednesday.

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I think Neville Shute wrote better books, and I think it's a shame that's the only one he's remembered for.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I've never read any of his books. Do you have any recommendations?

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

It's hard to find them now, and I liked all of them for different reasons, but I particularly liked "In The Wet". He was an engineer, and this one was quite metaphysical. It was written in the 50's and projected a future set in 1985.

And, of course, "A Town Like Alice" - also a movie, I think.