Between Two Worlds + Outward Bound

Now Voyager was my mom's and my favorite's too. She used to joke with me about wearing my black and white foullette or what ever that dress was called. ha!
One my dad's faves was Between Two Worlds. He loved the fantasy type of films, like Enchanted Cottage, Portrait Of Jenny, and The Ghost And Mrs Muir. He was a true romantic.


~Carolyn~

"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars". "Now Voyager"

Frankly, I came away not liking either film very much. I think they each have huge flaws, but if I had to pick one or the other, I like Outward Bound better. Yes, it's dated and not as well acted as Between Two Worlds. Leslie Howard in particular overacts badly in OB. However, I hated the melodrama that got inserted into Between Two Worlds. I didn't understand why they would change the alcoholic character from a broken-down, depressed man in OB to a sarcastic and annoying a*****e in BTW. I didn't understand why the piano player character in BTW is so fixated on making sure no one finds out that everyone's dead. For whose benefit is he hiding it? OB kept me watching because of its silent, fog-shrouded, toned-down atmosphere, which suggested mystery and dread. BTW, with its heart-tugging orchestrals and exagerrated soap opera theatrics pretty much just annoyed me the whole way through. I don't know why I needed to see John Garfield act bitter and sarcastic while playing with cards for what seemed like half an hour. OB focused on figuring out exactly what's going on with the characters--BTW instead focused on the characters themselves, and unfortunately did so without a good screenplay, so the characters came off as flat and annoying to me. Particularly bad was the added comic relief character in BTW (he reminded me of the Three Stooges with his unending dopey expression) all for the sake of one line where Greenstreet's angel commends him for doing heavenly work by fighting the Germans. How much more obvious propaganda can you get?