I really enjoyed The Graduate. Even though it was made so long ago, there really is no movie out there like it. Even the Jennifer Aniston one that I vaguely remember watching a few years ago didn't even compare to this one. I loved Ann Bancrofts character! She was the ultimate cougar, she really was. I did hate her though when she didn't let Ben date her daughter Elaine, but I guess it would have been completely disgusting if my mother would have slept with a love interest of mine... Actually, I'd rather not even go there.
But if Elaine and Ben were supposed to be together all along (it seemed like their parents had been planning this since birth, why did Mrs. Robinson sleep with him? Weren't there plenty of other young men she could have seduced? Why him? I also thought it was rather odd that they rushed her into a marriage to that doctor she had been dating. We knew he wanted to marry Elaine, but didn't he think it was soon? Didn't they consider his feelings at all? No one probably expected Elaine to run off with Ben, though. And even when they did get away and got on the bus, they looked happy for about 12 seconds. But I was waiting for some sort of embrace... but they never hugged, kissed or anything at the end. They turned to look out the window to see if they were being followed, they turned to look at each other, they smiled... then the smiles faded. It seemed like a big "Oh Shit" moment. I don't really think that they realized what being together meant. It meant her never seeing her parents again, it meant that she was still married. It meant that they had nothing, not a car even because his broke down, and she was stuck in her wedding dress.
I can officially add this movie to my favorite's list. I can see why it's a classic. There's nothing even comparable to it... it's a one of a kind. Oh and was Ben's dad Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World? I was wondering that the entire movie...
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