BS: Love, Actually...

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: Amos
Date: 02 Dec 03 - 08:45 AM

Actually, it derives from the Celtic word mael'kheidel which refers to the ancient practice of torture practiced on enemies captured in battle, of forcing them to eat creme brulee until they confessed to everything.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: Peg
Date: 02 Dec 03 - 09:51 AM

I agree, Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee is one of the finest of the newly-remade Jane Austen stories (also do catch Persuasion if you can, wonderful PBS/BBC version with Ciaran Hinds). Ang Lee's version stars not only Thompson, Rickman, and   Grant, but also Kate Winslet! How the bloody hell can you go wrong?!? They are all superb.

Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow is also very good, and what's the one with the man named D'arcy? Pride and Prejudice? Well if that is the title, there is another PBS/BBC one with Colin Firth and the lovely Jennifer Ehle (she is wonderful also in Bedrooms and Hallways, a hysterically funny comedy with Hugo Weaving, Tom Hollander, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter and Kevin McKidd), and as the "fictional' Victorian poet in Possession.

okay, now I am in the mood to watch all of these movies again, and to throw in Bridget Jones' Diary and The Shooting Party for good measure!

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: SueB
Date: 02 Dec 03 - 12:21 PM

How about the soundtrack? Any good?

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: Amos
Date: 02 Dec 03 - 01:15 PM

MAG:

I am really glad you liked the fillum! :>))

A

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: MAG
Date: 04 Dec 03 - 12:30 AM

Should I follow it up this weekend with "The Human Stain"?

MA, wishing it weren't too late to go visit the tavern again.
MA, who should be practicing for tomorrow's get-together.
MA, who could probably afford to replace the TV (gone 5 yrs now) if she didn't have this movie addiction

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: Steve-o
Date: 04 Dec 03 - 12:36 PM

Sure, check out the "Human Stain" if you want the exact opposite experience. Superb acting, great direction, and an excruciatingly depressing and pitiful story. Bound to get some awards.

Subject: RE: BS: Love, Actually...
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Dec 03 - 01:48 PM

"Molly" meaning effeminate - as in Molly Dancers or Molly Maguires, on the rather spurious grounds that blokes dressing up as women are soft. Not a very wise assumption to make.