old people movie

Elderly life can be quite an adventure compared to other times in one’s life. “On Golden Pond,” depicts this in quite an interesting way. At first thought I would probably pass up an opportunity to watch a movie about old people as it does not catch my attention in a particularly interesting way. But after watching this movie, I may rethink my passing up of another old person movie because “On Golden Pond” was not bad. One of the first key events came when Norman goes out for a leisurely stroll to find some berries in the woods. Despite being fairly familiar woods for Norman, he is this time frightened and finds himself in a somewhat perilous situation because he is frightened by a scary-looking tree. A little while later Norman and his wife Ethel’s daughter comes to visit with a new boyfriend and his son Billy Ray Jr. This is the first scene that demonstrates Norman and Chelsea’s difficulties with their relationship. Unfortunately, Billy Ray Jr. gets stuck with Chelsea’s parents for a little while and must overcome their views and huge age gap. One way this is done is through fishing. Norman seemed to be an avid fisher and allows for Billy to join him on several occasions to share the experience. Billy overcomes his skeptics of the old folk through these fishing outings and just enjoying himself out on Norman and Ethel’s lakefront. But on one fishing occasion, Norman and Billy, now quite the fishing and friendly duo, get into a little bit of trouble in a tricky rock-littered cove as they crash the boat and are left stranded on a rock. Ethel’s insights allow for a rescue of the two and no harm is done to either. The film concludes as Chelsea, now a married daughter, comes back to retrieve her husbands son. Simultaneously, she and Norman begin the repair of their relationship. Chelsea and Billy leave both pretty content with their interaction with Norman and Ethel. Finally, Norman suffers what appeared to be a mild heart attack when carrying too many dishes. Despite this, he comforts Ethel with his wits and humor once he recovers.