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Who did you empathize with more?
Pleasantly Surprised
"Can you speak French?"
The Russians AGAIN
Hard to Stop Thinking About
The Cutest Kid
Lack of Suspense
Felt Like a Long ABC After School Special
Early Pre-Porn Titillation And I Liked It
Why didn't Edward Walker just go? (Spoilers)
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Thanks for the write up on the book. I was also debating on buying it or not since I loved the move and was wondering if it gets deeper and more detailed in the book. I'm a surfer and grew up and started surfing around the same time so this film really hit a chord with me.
I think he had a nice singing voice but I didn't really like the songs he sang in this movie and A Night at the Opera. I did really enjoy the black folks more uptempo song where Harp led with a flute though.
Many of the very slow ballads of the 30s and 40s weren't really my cup of tea. As a kid, I often wanted to fast-forward past these parts but couldn't but now with streaming and DVDs I can which is pretty nice.
I had an uncle who ran away from home at the age of 12 and he survived in society somehow without parental supervision. He was from the hillbilly hills of Kentucky back in the 30s and 40s and he told me it wasn't uncommon for kids from abusive homes to split at a young age much earlier than 16.
Another thing I got from the scene where she looks around at the things in and around Dave's house right before she quietly left, i.e. nice cozy home with a beautiful view of the mountains etc. was that they reminded her so much of what she had with Beau, aside from the baby furniture and the big family, which I'm sure she eventually would've loved to have had with him. I think those constant reminders would've drove her crazy had she stayed so she left.
I just watched both the 2009 Orphan and this one.
The original version had her looking convincingly like a 9 year old girl (yes, I know she was 10 at the time) while this second one had quite a few shots of her looking way older esp. around the eyes and jowls.
Plus, this was supposed to have taken place when she was a year younger at 8 years of age with the original family that adopted her so her look wasn't all that convincing. Good effort though.
I agree. She didn't really do anything to further the story. Also, her "confindent" smiling throughout the movie looked really forced.
I agree. He looked suspicious as hell walking around with two big bags and wearing sunglasses indoors. Plus purposely bumping into Denzel hard on the way out.
I agree. She was smokin' but it was a bit hard to believe that such a hot Puerto Rican girl like her would ever fall for a homely whiteboy like AJ. Not in the world we live in.
Most of the movie showed lots of obvious extra-long and low-angle shots of Agutter's legs.
I found her gorgeous and appreciated the director for doing so. Sensuality and sexuality are to be enjoyed.
This is one frame of mind we seemed to clearly have understood and accepted back in the early 70s and I wish we could again.
I didn't really find him ugly at all but I found him to be utterly annoying especially at the beginning with him contatnly yelling, "Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!"
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