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Sep 1, 2015 - 3:48 PM
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Grecchus
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A WALK IN THE WOODS---Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star in this movie about a man who seeks to reconnect with America after 20 years in England by hiking through the Appalachian Trail with his best friend. This movie was originally supposed to reunite Redford with Paul Newman, his co-star in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID and THE STING, but Newman's death put the project on hold.
It must have something to do with The Company You[they] Keep?
I only recently got to see The Bucket List, which is a buddy buddy movie involving the great outdoors, interspersed with bouts spent within the four walls of hospital rooms. A family member tried to get me to watch it for a long time and I only got around to it in the end having exhausted everything else considered watchable. So, it would be interesting to determine what the central glue of this story could be. From the look of things, an apologist tale, of sorts, is on the cards.
Oh, yeah, one other thing. 20 years is an appreciable fraction of one's lifetime, especially when placed in a particular context, but on the whole it's a throwaway length of time.
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Sep 1, 2015 - 8:36 PM
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Prospero
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A WALK IN THE WOODS---Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star in this movie about a man who seeks to reconnect with America after 20 years in England by hiking through the Appalachian Trail with his best friend. This movie was originally supposed to reunite Redford with Paul Newman, his co-star in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID and THE STING, but Newman's death put the project on hold.
It must have something to do with The Company You[they] Keep?
I only recently got to see The Bucket List, which is a buddy buddy movie involving the great outdoors, interspersed with bouts spent within the four walls of hospital rooms. A family member tried to get me to watch it for a long time and I only got around to it in the end having exhausted everything else considered watchable. So, it would be interesting to determine what the central glue of this story could be. From the look of things, an apologist tale, of sorts, is on the cards.
Oh, yeah, one other thing. 20 years is an appreciable fraction of one's lifetime, especially when placed in a particular context, but on the whole it's a throwaway length of time.
It's a very good book; expect no less from Bryson. It will be interesting to see how the film makers add more drama to it, however.
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SPECTRE---Daniel Craig is under contract for another James Bond movie after SPECTRE, but he said he may not return, "At this moment, no. I have a life and I've got to get on with it a bit. But we'll see... I don't know. I really don't know. Honestly. I'm not trying to be coy. At the moment I can't even conceive it."
Roger Moore said this after every 007 movie following The Spy Who Loved Me and look how long it took to shake him off!
It's hard to shake off money...
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It's hard to shake off money...
But it still have to be shaken. Not stirred.
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Sep 2, 2015 - 3:14 PM
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Tall Guy
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UNDER THE DOME---CBS cancelled the series. The final episode will premiere on September 10.
Honestly, this is a bit if a relief. I watch it religiously, but really to see what nonsense they come up with next. I still like the original conceit of a trapped community, but the writers have moved away from the interesting part (the politics) to instead concentrate on a handful of characters in an effort to support an increasingly risible explanation for the inexplicable. Stick to the dome being a mysterious maguffin and it might have retained its interest.
The writing has been surprisingly poor in parts, as well. One of the characters said "Before you set out on revenge, first dig two graves." So far, so clichéd, but okay. Unbelievably, he went on: "One for him, one for you".
FFS!
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