posted 07-05-2006 02:30            

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Originally posted by Rona:
I watched Matchpoint last night and really enjoyed it. What a surprise to see Leo (Mr. Funky Brow, as someone here named him) McGarvey. He looked much older, but that voice was the same.

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posted 09-05-2006 16:59            

On Maryland PBS, BallyK returned a few weeks ago at 6:00 pm on Sundays and now they are also showing the series M-F at 3:30 pm. The daily episodes started at the beginning, as did the Sunday shows, which means we saw the same episodes twice. I wish MPT would get its act together and pick either Sun. or weekdays. I should add I am VERY glad to have the series back regardless.

posted 09-05-2006 17:19            

holy st. patrick, that was the most sexist flick i've seen in a long time. i don't get it--all the reviews said it was charming and sweet, and funny, and poignant.

here's the plot:

beautiful unnaturally thin young woman works at the glove counter in saks. she's bored. she's lonely. weird dysfunctional guy picks her up at the laundromat. they have sex.

she goes back to work. suave rich older man buys a pair of gloves from her. when she gets home, there are the gloves! nicely wrapped, outside her front door, with her name and address on the box and a note inside asking her to dinner.

does she run for the hills, screaming STALKER!!!? as you and i would? no, she meets the creepy old guy for dinner despite the fact that she doesnt know him, doesn't know how he found out her name or where she lives...

they begin an affair. he tells her he likes her but just wants sex. she wants more. they are happy, each in their own delusion.

creepy old guy sleeps with an old girlfriend and tells the shopgirl. she cries. she does not throw things, hit him, slash his tires, as you and i might do. she just cries prettily. breaks up with him for a few days, then they get back together.

he buys her clothes! he pays off her student loan, secretly! she does not scream and say I'M NOT YOUR WHORE, as you and i might do. no, she's charmed by this. she thinks it's nice.

eventually they break up because she realizes that he will never truly love her. when they break up, she cries prettily. she does not yell at him, slash tires, etc.

she gets back together with the weirdo from the laundromat, who has since shaved and now looks presentable.

in the end she runs into the old stalker ex-lover at her first art exhibit. she smiles. she is happy to see him, even though he's with the other woman. she holds no grudges. she gives him a naked photo of herself, just for old time's sake.
THE END

could a woman have written this? i don't think so.

posted 09-05-2006 17:30            

Definitely written by a man. Or a woman with absolutely no pride.

posted 09-05-2006 17:39            

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Originally posted by irishgirl:
last night the Norwegian and i watched the steve martin movie "shopgirl."

holy st. patrick, etc.

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Thanks for that, Irish.

posted 10-05-2006 00:04            

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Originally posted by irishgirl:
last night the Norwegian and i watched the steve martin movie "shopgirl."

holy st. patrick, that was the most sexist flick i've seen in a long time. i don't get it--all the reviews said it was charming and sweet, and funny, and poignant.

here's the plot:

beautiful unnaturally thin young woman works at the glove counter in saks. she's bored. she's lonely. weird dysfunctional guy picks her up at the laundromat. they have sex.

she goes back to work. suave rich older man buys a pair of gloves from her. when she gets home, there are the gloves! nicely wrapped, outside her front door, with her name and address on the box and a note inside asking her to dinner.

does she run for the hills, screaming STALKER!!!? as you and i would? no, she meets the creepy old guy for dinner despite the fact that she doesnt know him, doesn't know how he found out her name or where she lives...

they begin an affair. he tells her he likes her but just wants sex. she wants more. they are happy, each in their own delusion.

creepy old guy sleeps with an old girlfriend and tells the shopgirl. she cries. she does not throw things, hit him, slash his tires, as you and i might do. she just cries prettily. breaks up with him for a few days, then they get back together.

he buys her clothes! he pays off her student loan, secretly! she does not scream and say I'M NOT YOUR WHORE, as you and i might do. no, she's charmed by this. she thinks it's nice.

eventually they break up because she realizes that he will never truly love her. when they break up, she cries prettily. she does not yell at him, slash tires, etc.

she gets back together with the weirdo from the laundromat, who has since shaved and now looks presentable.

in the end she runs into the old stalker ex-lover at her first art exhibit. she smiles. she is happy to see him, even though he's with the other woman. she holds no grudges. she gives him a naked photo of herself, just for old time's sake.
THE END

could a woman have written this? i don't think so.

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posted 10-05-2006 01:10            

Thanks for the reviews, and for saving me the rental fee. Sexist/chauvinist I don't need. I'm surprised at Steve Martin. Wasn't he involved in writing the screenplay?

posted 10-05-2006 21:32            

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Originally posted by Crissi: irishgirl, do you have plans to see the prairie home companion movie?

i probably will. i might wait for netflix. i just watched "north country," which is set in northern minnesota--my old stomping ground. was fun to see. and the prairie home movie is set in st. paul, where i live now. i was out of town last weekend when they had the premiere--all the actors rode through downtown st. paul in a couple of horse-drawn carriages. we are so hokey! but i love it.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CRKollector:
I'm working on Hamish Macbeth. That's one that grows on you and I do like it, even though I understand only slightly more than 1/2 of what he says! the discs from Netflix don't have the subtitles option which would be very helpful!

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i have trouble understanding robert carlyle, too. someone on this thread recommended using the close-captioning for hearing impaired, since those videos don't have subtitles. would that work?

posted 10-05-2006 22:39            

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Originally posted by irishgirl:
i have trouble understanding robert carlyle, too. someone on this thread recommended using the close-captioning for hearing impaired, since those videos don't have subtitles. would that work?

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posted 13-05-2006 16:03            

OH, that wasn't a very long role for him!

posted 13-05-2006 21:16            

I noticed two things:

House used a word that I assume is a British slang term, "gi-normous," which I take to be a combination of gigantic and enormous. I have only ever heard that before from my friend John Duckworth, a Lancashire lad. The other two doctors in the scene had to guess what it meant. Of course, we Americans would have said "humongous."

posted 22-05-2006 03:39            

Gannascoli owns a restaurant (as do most of those Italian actors!) so I suppose he will concentrate on that.

BTW John Ventimiglia, who plays Artie Bucco, recently got pulled over for DUI.

posted 22-05-2006 13:02            

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Originally posted by theamck:
Thanks to recommendations here, I ordered Hamish Macbeth from Netflix and thoroughly enjoyed half of season one. Another linear village, this one on the sea in Scotland, a small village filled with quirky characters. Very nice indeed.

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posted 22-05-2006 13:40            

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Originally posted by theamck:
Mostly I understood the accents, though occasionally there were bits that were incomprehensible. Oh, Oh, is something bad going to happen to wee Jock - or is he just going to disappear, never to be mentioned again?

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posted 22-05-2006 14:20            

we watched "walk the line" last night. it was great! a bit simplistic in his getting-clean-and-sober-and-coming-to-terms-with-his-abusive-dad but still, a lot of fun to watch.

it forced me to go to iTunes and download a bunch of johnny cash songs.

posted 23-05-2006 18:10            

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I watched a movie on tv last night entitled GET REAL, I think it came out in 1998, and was delighted to see "EMMA" from BallyK in a role as a student with a wicked sense of humor and a healthy interest in sex with her boyfriend.

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Get Real??? How odd to use that phrase now... I have always thought that was popular slang from the 18th century... ha ha

You're welcome, Chuck. Unfortunately, now that I have told you it's on, I keep forgetting and missing it myself. As for ginormous, we did say that a bit in high school. Back in what my children refer to as the dark ages (the 80s).

Poor Wee Jock. You guys make me laugh so hard!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and thanx to you all, I am now a member of Netflix with ALL KINDS of obscure titles finding their way to my door!

Has anyone seen "Possession?" With Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart (sooooo yummy!). Also in it are Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet from Colin Firth's P&P) and our own Lena Headey. I am not at all sorry to watch her... well, anyway. It IS a very good movie!

Also, did anyone ever see French Kiss with Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan? That is one of my all-time favorites. I have seen it probably at least 50 times!