The homes in this movie were wrecks! I didn't notice it so much in the past because I think many people lived like that in the 70s where nothing matched and it all looked extremely "lived in" lol... But Roy's and Gillian's homes looked beyond lived in. I actually admire this because so many modern movies create this well manicured alternate reality where everything is too pretty. In any case I just thought it was funny. Roy will need a maid on the spaceship.
shareYes it's interesting...it's either chaotic or too neat, never in between
shareRoy's home looked like a nice, middle-class suburban home outside, but totally unappealing inside. A train set taking up almost the entire living room! It should have had shag carpet, a console TV, and olive green or mustard yellow appliances!
shareOh, please! Not the yellow appliances! I want to forget!
Quien es mas macho?
Benedict Cumberbatch
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Ricardo Montalban
I was 15 when I first saw this in 1980 and it sure looked like a lot of my friends' houses.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley
Yeah that was a pretty good capture of '70s middle class living. Doesn't it look just awesome? Things had character and weren't all cookie cutter like they are today. I actually want my next house to be a built in the '60s house and have a lot of '70s look to it. My 11 arcade games and pinball machines (early '80s games) will be dotted all around in it.
shareI babysat in dozens of homes just like that in the mid- and late 1970s. I'll never forget the smell. Not a bad odor, just a characteristic smell. Cooking, laundry detergent, fruit juice and (often) cigarette smoke.
Miss Jean Louise? Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
I'm pretty sure they're wrecks for the purpose of showing us two adults whose lives are in turmoil. If you listen to the director commentary Spielberg often refers to the 70s as a different time for him as an adult and dealing with adult issues. He even sounded a bit regretful that he painted Roy with so much selfish and immature coloring while portraying him as the protagonist who leaves his family behind to fulfill a personal pursuit. Spielberg basically says that he couldn't make a movie with a character like Roy again.
shareNext time you look at someone's vine or selfie, look at the aesthetic horror in the background. years from now if not now, one will laugh at those huge oversize chairs, the hideous strapping vertical blinds, Tuscanoid tiles and Home Depot wrought iron light fixtures.
shareThose "really cool" backyard pools with faux-volcanic rock and waterfall props in many backyards will be laughed at as well.
So many people don't realize how shitty a lot of the Kardashian-inspired D-List Celebrity "fashion" aesthetic will not age well.