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261 posted on 03/11/2007 11:56:20 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

Yes, the theater was full, lots of young people hooting and hollering, it was great, (but for that loooong love scene), lol, a bit embarrassing for me!

262 posted on 03/11/2007 2:08:08 PM PDT by roses of sharon

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Notes on a Scandal
Reviewed by DollyCali

Can you say Mary Kay Letourneau ?

The thoughts of course will cross your mind as you become involved in this film in which Dame Judi Dench and Kate Blanchett are presented as school teachers in England with cutting performances in this riveting tale of obsession and desire. Based on the novel by Zoe Heller, NOTES ON A SCANDAL is the story of Barbara Covett (Dench), a hard-to like spinster schoolteacher, and her troubling friendship with fellow teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). When the young and beautiful Sheba shows up as the new art instructor, everyone is charmed by her, including the embittered Barbara.

Barbara is thrilled when her lonely life is shaken up by Sheba's overtures of friendship, as Sheba invites her to share in family dinners, and opens up to her about her marital troubles and personal longing. Barbara narrates her own feelings of longing to us from her meticulous diaries, and it becomes increasingly clear that her take on the friendship is uncomfortably intense, if not borderline delusional.

Things reach a momentous tone when Barbara happens upon Sheba “involved” in the art room with a 15-year-old male student. She tells Sheba that she must end the affair at once, but decides not to report her to the school, and instead, to use her knowledge of the indiscretion to draw Sheba closer to her, and put her in her debt. But when Barbara's demands on Sheba become too high, things soon unravel, setting off a chain of events that reveal the sad effects of indiscrestion, lies, coverup, misplaced love/trust.

Both Blanchett and Dench are thrilling to watch as they skillfully handle the creative wit of Patrick Marber's screenplay. Directed by Richard Eyre of the Northern Theatre of London, and with a score by Philip Glass(who also did the wonderful music for The Illusionist) , NOTES ON A SCANDAL takes what could serve as mere tabloid fodder and plays it out on the level of Shakespearean tragedy.

This is rated R It is 1 hour1 an 38 minutes in length.

Stars: Judi Dench and Kate Blanchett Richard Eyre Director & Philip Glass Composer

Box Office (March 15): $17,061,885

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263 posted on 03/15/2007 8:00:41 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

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264 posted on 03/15/2007 8:07:23 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

Just finished watching the letterboxed DVD of Casino Royale for the second time..I'll be writing a review this weekend..so heres my ping..Anyone else bought or rented this one yet since it came out on DVD?

265 posted on 03/15/2007 9:49:57 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (The Coldest Blood Runs through my veins..you know my name..)

To: Armedanddangerous

no not yet.. haven't bought it yet. Did see it a couple times at theater

Is this the director's cut? difft material from theater?

Looking forward to your review ...freepmail or email me when you are finished & will include you in next Thursday's write up..

will freepmail you my email addy

266 posted on 03/15/2007 9:55:53 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

It doesn't SAY it's a director's cut, and seems to be the same film as in the theaters. It does come with a second disk with scene descriptions and the music video as well as interviews.

That stupid YOU KNOW MY NAME song sticks in your head after a while when you see a movie enough times.

267 posted on 03/15/2007 11:24:52 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (The Coldest Blood Runs through my veins..you know my name..)

268 posted on 03/24/2007 6:54:15 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

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