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oldviolin
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:24am |
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winter wrote:
You carry the three, Oklahominid. We are Americans! Good road kill cleanup crews would be my guess.
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oldviolin
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:23am |
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oldslabsides wrote: it's really simple. just carry your three and divide by .87624 squared. eventually...
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oldviolin
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:22am |
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Manbird wrote: I wish I knew how to read stuff. You should get your own domain. I do it all the time using my own domain. I haven't had any trouble so far.
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winter
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:22am |
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oldslabsides wrote: it's really simple. just carry your three and divide by .87624 squared.
You carry the three, Oklahominid. We are Americans!
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:20am |
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Manbird wrote: I wish I knew how to read stuff. it's really simple. just carry your three and divide by .87624 squared.
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winter
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:17am |
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Manbird wrote: I wish I knew how to read stuff.
I wish you had some free barnitas with adovocadro sauce and beef beans.
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Manbird
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Feb 12, 2012 - 10:15am |
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winter wrote:
A bit. I haven't read Tolstoy since he threw Anna Karenina in front of a train, nor any Dickens since high school. Also I don't have a Kindle. I wish I knew how to read stuff.
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winter
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Feb 12, 2012 - 9:46am |
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olivertwist wrote: I figured you were being a bit tongue-in-cheek
A bit. I haven't read Tolstoy since he threw Anna Karenina in front of a train, nor any Dickens since high school. Also I don't have a Kindle.
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winter
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Feb 12, 2012 - 9:20am |
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olivertwist wrote:
Good for you! I'm reading "War & Peace" for the first time in the traditional book format, and I'm actually switching back and forth between two translations (Pevear & Volokhonsky and Briggs), and it's very interesting to compare the different approaches. I don't own a Kindle yet but I'm thinking of getting one just to take advantage of all the classics I could get for free in the public domain.
I was kidding. ;)
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winter
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Feb 12, 2012 - 8:38am |
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sirdroseph wrote:They still do this thing? Well I guess they still have a Monarchy in England too.
Televison? Is that stil going on? I only read Dickens and Tolstoy on my Kindle.
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sirdroseph
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Feb 12, 2012 - 8:25am |
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They still do this thing? Well I guess they still have a Monarchy in England too.
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Alexandra
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Feb 11, 2012 - 11:13pm |
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I saw "My Week With Marilyn," and...........BRAVO, Michelle Williams. You deserve the Oscar too, if'n you win it. Kenneth Brannaugh did a superb job as Sir Laurence Olivier, too.
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Alexandra
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Feb 11, 2012 - 1:36pm |
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steeler wrote: I realize it is subjective. But I am seriously asking.
Well, you know, not every Oscar-nominated or Oscar-winning movie is going to be everyone's cup of tea. What I look for is a compelling storyline, and characters that make me feel for them and move me, somehow. I look for moving and natural performances. I found those things in this movie. But not everyone will. I remember when everyone and their brother and their dog thought "The Piano" was all that——and I found it creepy and disturbing. As well, "Dead Man Walking," although VERY well acted, left me with the most disturbing rape images that I was really sorry I went to see it. So.....again, not everyone's cup of tea.
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winter
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Feb 11, 2012 - 1:18pm |
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steeler wrote:I'm not posting this to be quarrelsome, but I am perplexed by the view of The Descendants as a great film and am wondering why so many others view it that way. What am I missing? I posted this comment a month or so ago:
It's a decent film, but I did not think that much of it, and, frankly, did not even enjoy it all that much. It's a decent film, with lots of beautiful scenery, and George Clooney does a decent acting job. I see where it is being lauded and considered a favorite for best drama or best picture as we move into award season - and I don't get why.
I heard a critic say that it really isn't a comedy nor is it a drama. It's a hybrid. I guess I would agree with that, but it appears to be more of a drama in the slice-of-life category. I did not find the humorous parts to be all that funny. On the drama side of the equation, I just did not connect with a message from the film. I usually assess more serious films by asking: What lesson or message did I take away from that movie? For this one, I can't isolate anything that I took away from it.
I haven't seen it, so I can't say.
But I wanted to suggest that maybe "what did I learn from this?" isn't the best question to ask after seeing a film. I think "was it a good story? Was it well-told? Did I enjoy it?" might be a better approach it.
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steeler
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Feb 11, 2012 - 10:33am |
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oldslabsides wrote: nuggler?
. I realize it is subjective. But I am seriously asking. A friend and I had this discussion after we both saw it. Did you see it?
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Feb 11, 2012 - 10:21am |
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steeler wrote:I'm not posting this to be quarrelsome, but I am perplexed by the view of The Descendants as a great film and am wondering why so many others view it that way. What am I missing? I posted this comment a month or so ago:
It's a decent film, but I did not think that much of it, and, frankly, did not even enjoy it all that much. It's a decent film, with lots of beautiful scenery, and George Clooney does a decent acting job. I see where it is being lauded and considered a favorite for best drama or best picture as we move into award season - and I don't get why.
I heard a critic say that it really isn't a comedy nor is it a drama. It's a hybrid. I guess I would agree with that, but it appears to be more of a drama in the slice-of-life category. I did not find the humorous parts to be all that funny. On the drama side of the equation, I just did not connect with a message from the film. I usually assess more serious films by asking: What lesson or message did I take away from that movie? For this one, I can't isolate anything that I took away from it.
nuggler?
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steeler
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
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Feb 11, 2012 - 10:14am |
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I'm not posting this to be quarrelsome, but I am perplexed by the view of The Descendants as a great film and am wondering why so many others view it that way. What am I missing? I posted this comment a month or so ago:
It's a decent film, but I did not think that much of it, and, frankly, did not even enjoy it all that much. It's a decent film, with lots of beautiful scenery, and George Clooney does a decent acting job. I see where it is being lauded and considered a favorite for best drama or best picture as we move into award season - and I don't get why.
I heard a critic say that it really isn't a comedy nor is it a drama. It's a hybrid. I guess I would agree with that, but it appears to be more of a drama in the slice-of-life category. I did not find the humorous parts to be all that funny. On the drama side of the equation, I just did not connect with a message from the film. I usually assess more serious films by asking: What lesson or message did I take away from that movie? For this one, I can't isolate anything that I took away from it.
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JustJanis
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Feb 11, 2012 - 9:09am |
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Alexandra wrote:I finally saw The Descendants today. If George Clooney wins that Oscar, he'll deserve every ounce of it. His performance was heart-achingly compelling...and he could do everything with one expression than he could with ten lines.
He deserves the Oscar just for running in flip flops. What a dork. If HE can "act" like a dork, that's proof enough his acting skills deserve an award. Break me off a piece of him!!! Handsome and FUNNY.
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Alexandra
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Feb 10, 2012 - 5:46pm |
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I finally saw The Descendants today. If George Clooney wins that Oscar, he'll deserve every ounce of it. His performance was heart-achingly compelling...and he could do everything with one expression than he could with ten lines.
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ScottFromWyoming
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