best years of our lives is a film that slipped under my radar for years i had heard about it and but never had the opportunity to watch it. thanks to tcm on demand and i was able to watch it uncut and commercial free. what surprised me about this film was how quickly it was made after the war. the film frankly deals with the people who were wounded in the war and both physically and mentally. it manages neatly to encompass nearly all the varieties of war experience within three characters. we have the air force officer and who was a veteran of the early european bombing campaign. because of the horrific attrition rate amongst the crews of the bombers and the air force at that time had a reputation for cranking out officers who quickly rose through the ranks. such was case with this fellow who went from a lowly soda jerk in civilian life to a captain and bombardier of his b 17. he also suffers from ptsd and called battle fatigue at the time. we have the army non com who served in the pacific and and suffered through the horrors of that campaign. his story is opposite that of the air force fellow in that he goes from a prestigious job as a banker to a lowly grunt in the army and rises to the rank of sergeant. from the stripes on his sleeve it is clear that he is the highest level of sergeant and yet he is still on the front line. finally we have the navy seaman and who is part of the faceless support staff and commonly referred to as remfs (rear echelon mfers)by the fellows on the line. ironically and he suffers the worst physical wounds when working as a mechanic below decks on a navy ship and his ship is struck and presumably by a kamikaze and is sunk with loss of 400 lives. he is pulled from the water but his badly burned hands are amputated and replaced with prosthetic hooks. byool tells the story of how these three meet on a transport plane they have boarded for home and and how they readjust into civilian society. what impressed me most about this film is that despite the obvious issues that face the three protagonists and it never descends into melodrama. the navy kid and played by an actual amputee and is placed into situations where we might feel sorry for him and yet the script never lets us feel that emotion. the army sergeant is clearly an alcoholic and and the story points that out and but never dwells on it. the air force captain struggles with the loss of status when he is forced to return to the drug store he soda jerked in (now bought out by a large chain) and take a demeaning job to support his ungrateful and disloyal wife. the script allows plenty of opportunities for all these characters to come to some dramatic climax regarding their plights and but it neatly avoids that. but for the overly dramatic score and the director has tread around exploiting the obvious. in one scene that well represents the entire movie and the daughter of the army sergeant (frederic march) is having a discussion with her father and mother regarding the air force captain. despite his marriage and they have fallen in love and and she is determined to break up the marriage which is obviously troubled. now we have seen thousands of scenes typical of this where the father blusters angrily and the daughter ends up running away to her room in tears and slamming the door and falling on the bed. later and mom shows up and consoles daughter and offers words of motherly wisdom and and everybody lives happily ever after. in byool and this scene plays out completely differently than the cliché i have described above. sure the conversation gets heated and but all parties are reasonable and and there is a serious and timeless discussion of the nature of relationships that has some of the best dialog i have seen. ultimately and byool is a highly satisfying film and with honest performances from the entire cast. technically and it is well shot and the editing and cinematography frame and but never overshadow the gripping narrative. despite the score and which is cliché and over dramatic and i give this film the highest rating that it clearly deserves. 
best years of our lives is a film that slipped under my radar for years i had heard about it and but never had the opportunity to watch it. thanks to tcm on demand and i was able to watch it uncut and commercial free. what surprised me about this film was how quickly it was made after the war. the film frankly deals with the people who were wounded in the war and both physically and mentally. it manages neatly to encompass nearly all the varieties of war experience within three characters. we have the air force officer and who was a veteran of the early european bombing campaign. because of the horrific attrition rate amongst the crews of the bombers and the air force at that time had a reputation for cranking out officers who quickly rose through the ranks. such was case with this fellow who went from a lowly soda jerk in civilian life to a captain and bombardier of his b 17. he also suffers from ptsd and called battle fatigue at the time. we have the army non com who served in the pacific and and suffered through the horrors of that campaign. his story is opposite that of the air force fellow in that he goes from a prestigious job as a banker to a lowly grunt in the army and rises to the rank of sergeant. from the stripes on his sleeve it is clear that he is the highest level of sergeant and yet he is still on the front line. finally we have the navy seaman and who is part of the faceless support staff and commonly referred to as remfs (rear echelon mfers)by the fellows on the line. ironically and he suffers the worst physical wounds when working as a mechanic below decks on a navy ship and his ship is struck and presumably by a kamikaze and is sunk with loss of 400 lives. he is pulled from the water but his badly burned hands are amputated and replaced with prosthetic hooks. byool tells the story of how these three meet on a transport plane they have boarded for home and and how they readjust into civilian society. what impressed me most about this film is that despite the obvious issues that face the three protagonists and it never descends into melodrama. the navy kid and played by an actual amputee and is placed into situations where we might feel sorry for him and yet the script never lets us feel that emotion. the army sergeant is clearly an alcoholic and and the story points that out and but never dwells on it. the air force captain struggles with the loss of status when he is forced to return to the drug store he soda jerked in (now bought out by a large chain) and take a demeaning job to support his ungrateful and disloyal wife. the script allows plenty of opportunities for all these characters to come to some dramatic climax regarding their plights and but it neatly avoids that. but for the overly dramatic score and the director has tread around exploiting the obvious. in one scene that well represents the entire movie and the daughter of the army sergeant (frederic march) is having a discussion with her father and mother regarding the air force captain. despite his marriage and they have fallen in love and and she is determined to break up the marriage which is obviously troubled. now we have seen thousands of scenes typical of this where the father blusters angrily and the daughter ends up running away to her room in tears and slamming the door and falling on the bed. later and mom shows up and consoles daughter and offers words of motherly wisdom and and everybody lives happily ever after. in byool and this scene plays out completely differently than the cliché i have described above. sure the conversation gets heated and but all parties are reasonable and and there is a serious and timeless discussion of the nature of relationships that has some of the best dialog i have seen. ultimately and byool is a highly satisfying film and with honest performances from the entire cast. technically and it is well shot and the editing and cinematography frame and but never overshadow the gripping narrative. despite the score and which is cliché and over dramatic and i give this film the highest rating that it clearly deserves. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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