Broadcaster BeMad programmed comedy classic This house is a ruin (The Money Pit) this month. When I was a kid, a school teacher made a little prophecy about the movie: “You think it’s funny because you’re little, but it’s really a horror movie.” Now I’m an adult and I understand why it’s a horror movie: it tells something as real, mundane, and boring as renovating a house. The reform is of course a real nightmare. Nothing is right in the house. Absolutely nothing. The structural deficiencies of the house are so serious that, as the original title suggests, the house becomes a pit with no funds for expenses and bills.
The way the house has to fall apart is spectacular and bizarre. And as the supposed dream home explodes into decay and decadence, the young couple who made the investment (Tom Hanks and Shelley Long), a love oscillating between difficulties, live “larger than life” this time. The plot is simple and universal (by the way, it is an adaptation of the film “The Blandings already have a house”, which in turn is based on a book of the same name). If there were a remake, the only thing that would have to be changed would be the jokes that some groups now tease (barely 80% of the dialogue, not much). My professor’s prophecy was true; Now I know it’s a horror film about the things that stick with you and never go away (Treasury, reforms, neighbor problems, parking, family). It’s a horror film with comic relief. As you get older, you realize that punches, no matter how fun, always hurt. Who could be a child again to see this reform as a great adventure?
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