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Medved on 'Redacted': 'It Could Be the Worst Movie I've Ever Seen'
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| 18 November 2007
| Dave Pierre
Posted on 11/18/2007 4:40:01 PM PST by infoguy
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To: dennisw
Leo Durocher was the only guy my Dad wrote about that he didn’t like...Just didn’t like the guy.
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posted on
11/19/2007 3:45:39 PM PST
by
Hildy
To: wimpycat
Good for you. I’m sure your husband appreciates that mindset as much as I do.
If you want to see this subject matter through the eyes of a man, take a look at the Lifetime movie lineup. Think about the titles and the story plots. It’s guaranteed to embarass any self-respecting woman. Even my wife, that buys into this stuff, agrees.
It’s a 24/7/365 production of the men and entities that done women wrong, and how they killed them for it. Well okay, it’s a partial step back from that, but it’s pretty danged close.
You take care. Nice talking to you.
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posted on
11/19/2007 3:58:28 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: DoughtyOne
We call Lifetime the “I Hate Men” network. Every once in a while the woman is the bad guy, but that’s the exception that proves the rule.
Yes, my husband is grateful I don’t make him watch chick flicks too often, although he liked ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility’. I remember noticing plenty of middle-aged men in the theater clapping at the end of ‘Sense and Sensibility’. But I have to be careful in my recon work in order to keep him happy.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:50:43 PM PST
by
wimpycat
(Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
To: wimpycat
I didn’t see Bridget Jones Diary and can’t remember Sense and Sensibility, but I did like Pride and Prejudice.
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posted on
11/19/2007 4:58:09 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: DoughtyOne
The mini-series Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth is the definitive version, IMO. My husband has a crush on Miss Eliza Bennett and her ‘fine eyes’. Forget the movie version with Keira Knightley. It’s even less faithful to the novel than the 1940 Laurence Olivier version.
I forgot to add earlier that if I don’t vet these chick-flicks properly, I’m rewarded with sighs, snickers, groans, eye-rolls and other signs of extreme suffering. (Hey, this might help you!)
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posted on
11/19/2007 5:14:14 PM PST
by
wimpycat
(Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
To: wimpycat
The mini-series Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth is the definitive version, IMO.
I'll have to check that out.
My husband has a crush on Miss Eliza Bennett and her fine eyes.
The first time I saw her was in the James Bond movie. I had pretty much the same reaction as your husband, but she can look quite plain at times as well as stately.
Forget the movie version with Keira Knightley. Its even less faithful to the novel than the 1940 Laurence Olivier version.
I haven't read the book, so I did enjoy the Keira Knightley version and that was the one I was talking about. After seeing that movie, I did watch the Laurence Olivier version and enjoyed that as well, noting the interesting differences.
A purist who has read the book probably wouldn't care for either. After seeing the two movies it was readily appearant that considerable poetic licenses were taken.
I forgot to add earlier that if I dont vet these chick-flicks properly, Im rewarded with sighs, snickers, groans, eye-rolls and other signs of extreme suffering. (Hey, this might help you!)
No need to provide hints along these lines. I think it's genetic.
Thanks for the response.
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posted on
11/19/2007 5:26:04 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: wimpycat
The mini-series Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth is the definitive version, IMO.I agree, it's the best version. The best version and plenty of Colin Firth. Can't beat that.
To: gardencatz
I agree with your post. I just wanted to point out that the main elements of “redacted” actually happened.
What I really reject in our Iraq and Afghanistan wars are the element of collective punishment against civilian populations and our over-reliance on airpower to supress terrorists.
We are injuring and killing civilians by mistake every day, and are building an inventory of people who just want us to leave. ISTR that a poll taken had over eighty percent of the Iraqis just want us to leave.
I guess the question to the group is: Why haven’t we left yet?
To: Albert Guérisse
We'll leave when our leaving doesn't cause worse problems than our staying. And to deliberately leave a weak Iraq surrounded by Syria and Iran for no better reason than that people don't like it at the moment would cause a lot worse trouble down the road, for us and for them, than we've yet seen.
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posted on
11/20/2007 6:29:44 PM PST
by
wimpycat
(Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
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