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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
ednbarby:
Has anyone seen "Marley & Me" yet? I'm thinking about seeing it on Saturday.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on December 30, 2008, 01:23:49 am ---
Exactly. The "framing" seemed necessary, yet--not. Might not have been J. Ormond's fault--maybe the editing or the writing. Also--we know what was really going on in the hospitals in New Orleans during Katrina--yet in this film, it seemed like a heavy rain storm. Major cavil! But I love this film.
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We learned through Brokeback Mountain that it is not necessary to reference contemporary events in order to give the flavor of the times. Thus, the Katrina mentioned seemed superfluous. In fact, anything other than Benjamin Button's beautiful face seemed superfluous sometimes to me...except for Tilda Swinson, that is!! Actually, I liked all the actors, Cate, Jared Harris as Captain Mike, etc.
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on December 30, 2008, 01:23:49 am ---Just joking. She is plain gorgeous. The Russian episode is one of my favorite parts.
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Ever since I saw Tilda in Orlando, I've been a big fan. I try to watch Orlando every New Year's!!
serious crayons:
Those photos make me homesick for N.O. Thanks for posting them, John.
$2.8 million really doesn't seem like a lot for that house. Real estate prices must be pretty low there.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 30, 2008, 12:01:19 pm ---[...]
Ever since I saw Tilda in Orlando, I've been a big fan. I try to watch Orlando every New Year's!!
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I loved ORLANDO and that's when I became a fan of hers as well. I knew her from the films of Derek Jarman before that, but ORLANDO sealed the deal. Did you see her in LOVE IS THE DEVIL? She is unrecognizable as Muriel Belcher, one of Francis Bacon's drinkling buddies.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: Scott on December 30, 2008, 11:15:28 am ---Yeah we saw it. Go rested, and if you are prone to tears over pet stories, bring a hanky. Pretty good movie.
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Ever since a fairly recent hormonal shift, I'm pretty much prone to tears 24/7. So I will have some travel Kleenex in my purse.
I'm actually looking forward to Marley making my two new doggies look exceptionally good in comparison! And to the fact that John Grogan lived in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach when he wrote for the Sun-Sentinel and had Marley, and I understand the movie was filmed mostly in Miami but has a couple of local shots mixed in. I also understand it takes a couple of pretty good shots at "Boca Bitches" which I look forward to giggling at. I've not read the book, but I did very much enjoy Grogan's columns about fatherhood and dog ownership in my early years down here.
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