Comments on: Heaven Help Us (1985) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 23 May 2012 03:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jerry http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-62985 Jerry Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:21:34 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/#comment-62985 I agree with you on how under appreciated this movie is and that Kevin Dillon's performance is superb, he like the movie has always been totally under valued. I do disagree on a couple of points you make: Wallace Shawn plays a priest, not a brother, Br. Constance becomes more sadistic as the film goes on, but he never harms Rooney, his victims are always the weaker boys and at no point does Dunn, with or without the help of Danni "decide" to take action against Br. Constance, he makes a spur of the moment decision to tackle Constance when he is beating Caesar. I do agree that this is a very accurate portrayal of Catholic Schools of that era, having gone to a Catholic Grammar School in Chicago in spite of being a Protestant...now that makes for a unique situation in and of itself!!!! I agree with you on how under appreciated this movie is and that Kevin Dillon’s performance is superb, he like the movie has always been totally under valued. I do disagree on a couple of points you make: Wallace Shawn plays a priest, not a brother, Br. Constance becomes more sadistic as the film goes on, but he never harms Rooney, his victims are always the weaker boys and at no point does Dunn, with or without the help of Danni “decide” to take action against Br. Constance, he makes a spur of the moment decision to tackle Constance when he is beating Caesar. I do agree that this is a very accurate portrayal of Catholic Schools of that era, having gone to a Catholic Grammar School in Chicago in spite of being a Protestant…now that makes for a unique situation in and of itself!!!!

]]> By: tony http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-8855 tony Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:55:36 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/#comment-8855 great a realistic story from the fifties and late sixties. i graduated high school in 1962 and went to an all boys catholic school in Brooklyn, and this movie is so accurate about how things went then. i even had catholic brothers teaching wearing robes great a realistic story from the fifties and late sixties. i graduated high school in 1962 and went to an all boys catholic school in Brooklyn, and this movie is so accurate about how things went then. i even had catholic brothers teaching wearing robes

]]> By: cinetrix http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-531 cinetrix Mon, 21 May 2007 20:56:08 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/#comment-531 Can I get an amen? I LOVED this movie as a moody adolescent for all the reasons you outlined--plus Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long." I even wrote an essay arguing that it was more than just a teen comedy--when I was 16. It didn't get me into the fancy-pants summer program I was applying to [philistines], but I stand by my argument--and yours--to this day. Can I get an amen?

I LOVED this movie as a moody adolescent for all the reasons you outlined–plus Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long.” I even wrote an essay arguing that it was more than just a teen comedy–when I was 16. It didn’t get me into the fancy-pants summer program I was applying to [philistines], but I stand by my argument–and yours–to this day.

]]> By: Culture Snob http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Culture Snob Sat, 19 May 2007 04:05:36 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/05/16/heaven-help-us-1985/#comment-526 Thanks for contributing to the blog-a-thon. Although I haven't seen the movie, it sounds like one of those unfortunate situations when the marketing/positioning of a film is one of the main reasons it fails when it's released. I think people can sniff out when something is being promoted as something it isn't — there's the scent of desperation — and the people who <i>do</i> see it hate it because it wasn't what they were promised. Thanks for contributing to the blog-a-thon.

Although I haven’t seen the movie, it sounds like one of those unfortunate situations when the marketing/positioning of a film is one of the main reasons it fails when it’s released. I think people can sniff out when something is being promoted as something it isn’t — there’s the scent of desperation — and the people who do see it hate it because it wasn’t what they were promised.

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