Why aren't there more threads? :(

I know it's an old movie but that's hardly any excuse as many movies that are older than this one have pages and pages of threads on Imdb.

I thought this was a great movie about standing up for one's ideals and staying true to one's convictions, no matter the cost. I loved Professor Turner: how he was bookish and sensitive and intelligent and a man of conviction. Seemingly everything that the oafish and boorish Joe was not. And then ofcourse you have Ellen who clearly likes to enjoy herself and have a good time and wouldn't know a poem if it hit her in the face.

I thought the film had a really honest depiction of a marriage between two people who don't appear, on the surface, to have anything in common and how that may play out over the course of multiple years together. The Professor, with his nerves and headaches and inability to hold his liquor, constantly needed looking after by Ellen, who really just wanted to have a good time and didn't seem like she wanted to be bothered. But at the end of the day, even despite all of their differences, they truly loved each other.

I loved the scene where Ellen cried when the Professor read the poem to the class (even after being repeatedly threatened to be fired). It's like she finally understood why her husband loved poetry so much and why he would constantly bring up poems as allegories, even when they would argue. She finally got why poetry meant so much to him and the true beauty they possessed.

I know there are people who hated Ellen's character and wanted the Professor to leave her. I thought it was tacky how she kissed and danced with Joe and hung out with him until all hours of the night but I did understand her character's point of view, I guess, as outlined above. She wanted excitement and pep rallies and parties and fun and she wanted a strong man (she thought Joe was strong because of his physicality when ofcourse it was the Professor who was strong for standing up to the University, which she realized at the end) so Joe was a strong temptation for her. But she came around at the end and had a true realization and that's why I thought it worked when she got back with the Professor at the end.

Anyone want to share their thoughts? I thought this was a great movie with a unique plot. This deserves more discussion!!