tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8511915710897246232..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Tomorrow is another dayAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-54983508188074939992010-11-16T23:52:50.947-08:002010-11-16T23:52:50.947-08:00Tell me about it!Tell me about it!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-70939158201715862192010-11-16T23:42:35.504-08:002010-11-16T23:42:35.504-08:00If you want a journey into the often incomprehensi...If you want a journey into the often incomprehensible, try The Wire.Retariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165689727557860449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-31856133758039875292010-11-16T15:35:43.415-08:002010-11-16T15:35:43.415-08:00CI, not one I've ever heard of! Actually I fi...CI, not one I've ever heard of! Actually I find some Yankee dialect (and I do mean Yankee) difficult, and I do not have your excuse. <i>NYPD Blue</i> is one of my all-time favourite TV shows but there are huge parts I simply can't understand. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67046466863199519702010-11-16T15:33:16.816-08:002010-11-16T15:33:16.816-08:00Calvin, indeed. I think you would enjoy John Juli...Calvin, indeed. I think you would enjoy John Julius Norwich's three-volume history of the Byzantine Empire, assuming you have not already read it.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44064593815370408932010-11-16T13:46:53.117-08:002010-11-16T13:46:53.117-08:00Peter O'Toole , What a redundant name!Peter O'Toole , What a redundant name!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42697702540786441482010-11-16T03:13:10.717-08:002010-11-16T03:13:10.717-08:00The greatest movie I ever saw was a 1952 comedy ca...The greatest movie I ever saw was a 1952 comedy called <i>"Jumping Jacks"</i> starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. It was the first movie in which I followed the dialogue with ease, laughing at every joke, and I emerged deliriously happy in the knowledge that at last I not only understood the English language, but Yankee as well.<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28508747351406429922010-11-16T01:14:25.509-08:002010-11-16T01:14:25.509-08:00I saw The English Patient and was entranced by the...I saw The English Patient and was entranced by the cave paintings. <br /><br />I later read The Lost Oasis, which recounts the real explorations from which the novel was concocted. Real life Rider-Haggard! The world is still full of such mysteries, and I am still seeking them.<br /><br />One result was a growing curiosity about the history of eastern Europe in the Dark Ages and Middle Ages; those interminable wars against Mongols, Tartars, and Ottomans. Western Europe owes their eastern neighbours a great debt.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76219188926060485182010-11-16T00:34:14.724-08:002010-11-16T00:34:14.724-08:00Calvin do try sometime. It's terribly romanti...Calvin do try sometime. It's <i>terribly</i> romantic, if in a rather dated sense. :-) The one thing I would never go to the movies for is factual accuracy, though some directors try quite hard. Have you see <i>The English Patient</i>? The movie actually helped me make sense of the book!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76782196797456650962010-11-16T00:31:05.274-08:002010-11-16T00:31:05.274-08:00Anthony, yes, it is (I hate the smell!). Sometime...Anthony, yes, it is (I hate the smell!). Sometimes I've read the book before I've seen the movie and the book is generaly better, a lot richer in every way. Not always, though. <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i> is a far better movie than a book.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50152508977513423312010-11-15T20:29:05.226-08:002010-11-15T20:29:05.226-08:00I confess I have never made it all the way through...I confess I have never made it all the way through Gone With The WInd. Had I seen it in the cinema, I would probably have enjoyed the entire sweep of the tale, but I found the characters unappealing. Blame ADD. <br /><br />In fact, I'm not very enthusiastic about book adaptations for the screen. The needs of film often minimize or delete my favourite features in books . . . or I find myself violently at odds with the director and/or writer's vision and then I sit through the rest of the movie grumpy and irritable. A single example: the gross distortion of Faramir's character in the Lord of the Rings movies.<br /><br />Lawrence of Arabia was a pretty piece of nonsense, but the star was the desert, not O'Toole. The fable bore almost no resemblance to the actual war. One ended the movie quite as ignorant as one began - just like a James Bond movie but without the silly jokes. From that viewpoint, it was diverting.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-45235303502516626622010-11-15T19:23:41.301-08:002010-11-15T19:23:41.301-08:00IS popcorn sold in british movie theaters ? It is...IS popcorn sold in british movie theaters ? It is in the US. DR. Zhivago was an epic fim too. I have Lawerence of Arabia and Gone with the wind on dvd and are among my favorites. Why read the book when you can watch the movie right?anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57945617323946468582010-11-15T17:01:50.814-08:002010-11-15T17:01:50.814-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67022172067827885342010-11-15T17:00:49.103-08:002010-11-15T17:00:49.103-08:00He belongs to an age of hammy over-acting. :-) Ac...He belongs to an age of hammy over-acting. :-) Acting for me is about control, about giving life to a character, believable life. Overripe performance should not get in the way of that.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23146270144246802592010-11-15T16:50:35.922-08:002010-11-15T16:50:35.922-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-26034920587654601462010-11-15T16:49:26.201-08:002010-11-15T16:49:26.201-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37094067067963841762010-11-15T16:48:21.809-08:002010-11-15T16:48:21.809-08:00I'm not that keen on Peter O'Toole as an a...I'm not that keen on Peter O'Toole as an actor. He has a tendency to overdo things somewhat.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21640905247428650922010-11-15T16:26:53.096-08:002010-11-15T16:26:53.096-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com