William ArnottThe Big Chill - 2 Clocks
November 15th 2006 00:36
As I watched The Big Chill I couldn’t stop thinking that it was The Breakfast Club for my parents generation – A coming of age story set to a soundtrack that defined a generation. Sure there are a few differences. Instead of the princess, the athlete, the brain, the criminal and the basket-case there was the movie star, the drug addict, the lonely sole, the sex obsessed pig, the businessman and the bored housewife. But they are essentially the same tale.
Both movies tell the story of a group of people who despite their obvious differences are able to relate to one another because they share something. In The Breakfast Club it was a common enemy and in The Big Chill it was a common grief, but in both movies the result was the same. That one common bond allowed a group of people, whose paths would never cross out in the real world come together and find friendship and comfort in one another.
The Big Chill shows its audience that some bonds are unbreakable and even the most different people can always find some common ground. But I think my favorite part of the movie was how, despite its depressing undertone, it managed to make me laugh. And isn’t that what life is all about…learning to laugh even at the most dismal of times.
Both movies tell the story of a group of people who despite their obvious differences are able to relate to one another because they share something. In The Breakfast Club it was a common enemy and in The Big Chill it was a common grief, but in both movies the result was the same. That one common bond allowed a group of people, whose paths would never cross out in the real world come together and find friendship and comfort in one another.
The Big Chill shows its audience that some bonds are unbreakable and even the most different people can always find some common ground. But I think my favorite part of the movie was how, despite its depressing undertone, it managed to make me laugh. And isn’t that what life is all about…learning to laugh even at the most dismal of times.
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