Today We Live

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Steve D Loses steam every time it leaves Crawford. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Audience Member Panned for the plot. Worthy of a Carol Burnett Show satire, even if it was written by William Faulkner. But what is great are (1) the aerial scenes, filmed using early 1930's era US Army Air Corp bombers - note the biplane configuration, the flight controls, and the gunners using the scarf ring mounting system; noting that the film incorporates footage from "Wings" (1927); and (2) the naval scenes - which employ a British Coastal Motor Boat (CMB) - how did they get that to California? Again it appears a mix of film footage and news reels, and lots of spray! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The film starts off in England in 1916. An American right off the bat purchases the home of a soldier who lost his life at battle. It is it interesting film in that the first half of the film takes place on the home front and is based upon the woman's perspective of the film. The film usually shows the reactions of what had happened on War front and is after the reactions people at home have to the news coming from Battle. It is unusual in that that could not be done today. This film was insightful to me because it had me think about things like sugar being rationed. I was surprised by people wanting roaches to use to do roach fights and people actively going after catching roaches for fights or having a funeral for the roach. I have never seen that in a WWI film before. I have never heard of speed boats releasing the torpedo and the boat moving out of the way of the torpedo was news to me. I like how the film and lighting were done in this film. Joan Crawford I think does a great job in this film in that the film has her most powerful stuff not from her dialog but relies heavily on her reactions to what others say or actions. The outfits stood out to me as well but I hated the first outfit that Joan Crawford is wearing because it looks like she has a shark tail fine sticking out off of her dress in a terrible looking way. I like how the bicycle shot is filmed in the beginning of this film. You can tell that Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford are driving their bikes very slow but visually it looks very appealing. I thought it was very interesting that in the second half of the film we finally get the chance to see what is happening from the men's perspective and see what is happening both on air and at sea. The sea was the most insightful aspect because I was completely unaware of that aspect of the war of small speedboats being used to sink German boats the way this film was showing. I also was not aware of some of the struggles a WWI bomber would have like difficulties hearing due to wind and airplane sounds. I liked how some of the models look in this film as far as the explosions in this film. This film can be very boating but the film relies mostly on dialog and reactions rather than on action so unless you know the time period you may loose context of what is happening in the film. The film has a dumb ending. I did not feel satisfied by the ending. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/18 Full Review ashley h Today We Live is an excellent film. It is about two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman. Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson did great jobs directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and romance. Today We Live is a must see. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Directed by Howard Hawks (and uncredited work by Richard Rosson) with story and dialogue by William Faulkner, you'd think this tale of heroism and romance set in WWI England would have been a whole lot better, but it's all very stiff and uninvolving. Joan Crawford fits right in with the stilted dialogue and stiff performance, since she never seemed a very naturalistic performer to me anyhow, but the very folksy and natural Gary Cooper seems really out of place delivering Faulkner's ponderous dialogue. Robert Young is really the only performer who brings any warmth and realism to his character, but overall the film is pretty dull. Faulkner had very few great films during his Hollywood tenure, so that's not surprising here, but director Hawks is usually pretty reliable for delivering entertaining films. Just not in this case. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Ponderous, miscast slog of a film. The performers try their best but only Cooper's character is believable. Crawford, Young and Tone are all supposed to be British born, none speak in anything but refined American accents. Their parts should have been played by Diana Wynyard, Ronald Coleman and Leslie Howard. The film would probably still have been a bore but at least it would have felt grounded in some kind of reality. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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