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Loved the Movie - Now I Can't Enjoy it Anymore


I'm sorry but for a man to use a woman just to get into the country (whether he's gay or just not in love with the woman) is a STINKING thing to do.



This positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms!Terry-Thomas about US 1963.Hasnt changed much!

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It happens a lot, though. Even happened to a friend of mine.

I often read the IMDB forums while still watching the movie on Netflix.

This time, though, that really changed my perception of the moving, having heard about the real-life version of the story with the twisted ending:

http://www.republicoft.com/2007/03/23/how-stella-lost-her-damn-mind/

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I agree
When I fist saw this movie I thought it was the most romantic relationship but now I juts see him as using her.

That could be partially my age, as I was TD age (well I was 25!) when it came out and now I am Stella's age.
But as I watch it now, I see little looks/little red flags that either the actors (mostly TD)didn't realize they were doing or if it WAS by design and then they predicted the future.

I wonder if I did not know Terry's story and how it all played out so terribly for her would I feel the same way?

Or does life just beat you up enough that by the time you hit 40 you look at things/life as less fantasy more realistically.

Maybe this movie is just like that.. its two different meanings depending on your age group and that's not a bad legacy for the movie to have. Non?

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