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The English Patient.
The novel rambles on and on about the secondary relationship in the film, while the film focuses less on that and more on the central Almasy/Katherine affair and the time as a burn victim.
People find the film boring but the novel is even more boring! The film actually cuts to all the best bits, lol.
Thanks GlenEllyn, you're very kind.
Answers regarding if this would be life-changing or just a nice bonus you might even give away, depends heavily on the circumstances of the person responding.
If you have practically nothing and are struggling to even get above that level, even 1 million could completely transform your life - as long as it was sensibly used, that is.
If you are already in a good place in life and have everything you need, the money would just be a good addition to your nest egg/safety net, or a nice bonus to be able to treat family and friends, travel more, change out the kitchen, give to charity, etc.
In my own case, things are currently at a very low pass for me. I rent, my living circumstances are toxic, I'm economically trapped, my work and income has diminished dramatically due to complications physically and mentally. I haven't always been in such a situation. 1 million would change everything overnight for me. I would buy my own property and finally be free of the economic entrapment I'm in. That would go a long way to improving my mental health and I can better pursue my two small businesses again - which in turn would improve things anyway.
There's nothing wrong with feeling shock and sadness over the death of a public figure who has been part of culture and people's lives, even if they never met or knew that person personally.
There are always those people who attack that kind of thing; they don't understand how and why it's valid to feel sad at such a death. It not usually worth explaining to them. Just ignore those people.
I will always aim to, but there are times when I plain forget to even visit the site again for a while. I even assume that nobody would have replied to me. If I have failed to acknowledge anyone's reply to me, I apologize; it would have been honest forgetfulness, not deliberate snubbing.
I'm tired of Streep, but I just saw this movie and I'm pleasantly surprised at how good she was in it. In my opinion she actually did pull off this portrayal. She was even convincing playing, singing and how she behaved onstage. Bear in mind this character never made the big time but was bar room act, not Cher.
I expected to see Streep coming through, but she did well to make this character believable.
This is my take on it too. I think Maggie knew from the start that there was something unusual about him, therefore the stalky behavior became less of a focus than the fact that this didn't seem like your usual creepy guy.
That's a great time of life, just before the teens.
I didn't mind the post-'94 grungey part of the 90s - there were lots of things going on and I liked it all. :)
1993.
I felt like my life was just about the happiest and most filled with potential that it had ever been - or ever has been since, as it turned out.
I was making a lot of new beginnings and I had a ton of motivation and zest for life. I had come through some very difficult things, but I got very positive and strong, forged a whole new social circle, pursued goals, had some great new best friends, had a blast, started a small business. Almost everything was going great for me and I felt good about things. Most of the 90s continued mostly good - I had ups and downs and challenges, and I've never not had to battle depression and anxiety, but mostly the 90s were a time when I felt I was doing okay in life. 1993 was the best though.
I hear ya about Texas. Movies getting it wrong even becomes "gospel" to people in other countries. I told a UK friend a story about one of my Texas experiences, then someone who came into the room late asked, and my friend retold what I'd said and added "in the desert" -- as her own embellishment. Even though my story took place in lush, hilly central TX hundreds of miles from the desert!
Drives me nuts.
Movies also make London, England, look nothing like it really is too, and people in other countries take it as fact.
I've had strangers start up a conversation with me in a public place when I'm actually reading a book, head stuck down into it, supposedly the one great way to signal that you are not up for a random chat. :(
I live in a block of apartments where neighbors act offended if you don't stop to chat on your way through the building and you happen to pass one of them. The other week I was getting home from an errand that had been annoying and exhausting (busy store) and I had frozen goods, I was tired and irritable, and I just wanted to get inside my damn home and close the door on the world.
Two neighors chatting at one of their doors, one greeted me and expected me to stop and chat. I carried on hurrying right on through to get inside, but I did actually smile massively, say a loud, bright, cheerful "HI THERE!" even while I breezed on through. But this neighbor goes "OH...." in a tone of voice that managed to convey a world of offense caused, just because I didn't stop.
Seriously, I made my best effort to not be rude while determined to just get HOME with my shopping, but this place is a nightmare.
Plus when you're coming home from work, frazzled, don't want to talk to anyone, just get inside. It sucks.
Old thread, but watched this movie recently and I can't believe the owner had to go through so much just to get her dog back! Someone in the thread said "two weeks doesn't trump five years" of him being her dog, and I agree. It's nuts that the owner was given such a cold shoulder. I don't think this would happen in real life after just two weeks. That shelter woman was a bitch in telling her over the phone that he's now in a new "forever home" after two weeks!
I was surprised it wasn't double that!
I never thought of that before - and it's a really intriguing theory!!
It's entirely possible. It fits together.
I actually find it has every bit as much charm as the first. And I like the change-up to New York City. I love both 1 and 2 equally.
I'm glad I found your post, because I thought I might be the only person in the western hemisphere who was confused about the era the first time I saw this movie, and all because of the mother's [i]very[/i] 1980s look!!
I came late to knowing about this movie, only catching it for the first time in the 90s, and when I was already an adult. Even as an adult I wasn't sure about the era and I wondered why there seemed to be a mix of old-fashioned house and modern looking wife's hair-do.
I even decided it must be one of those deliberately ambiguous films where the makers are actually going for "no particular time-period" and a mix of everything, to make it "timeless." A bit like "It Follows" features set dressing and props that seem to be from all over the time eras.
I think Melinda Dillon's hair being completely untouched by a stylist with the tiniest bit of attention to era is one of the most distracting things in this movie.
I'm not saying no woman in the 40s had curly hair or frizzy hair that may have ended up looking like this, but even then, when I've seen all kinds of photos of people from that era, or actual movies from that time, they seemed to try to make some element of their curly hair look like the fashion of the times, while Dillon's looked very markedly "Eighties perm."
I'm going to seem like a grinch here, but I find that kid to be annoying as hell!
I'm wondering that too, because the voice in that very first scene saying "open your eyes" was Sophia's, and he hadn't even met her yet.
Oh yep, changing a tire! Done that too, safe enough to get to an NTB. Other car maintenance stuff like checking the oil, topping up fluids, changed a filter, jump starts. It feels good to know you can do some stuff and in some instances it's important to your safety not to be helpless, yes indeed.
I'm pretty good at interior painting. When I was 14 my dad let me give a new coat of paint to the ornate banisters in the family home (Edwardian). I also repainted the family living room - walls, ceiling, trim, doors, etc, and my own room in two houses serially.
Helped my dad take off about seven layers of wallpaper in our second Edwardian-era house. By the look of things, I wouldn't be surprised if we got to a layer that was there when the Titanic sank, lol.
Have painted various apartments I've lived in. Put up or changed blinds, curtain fixtures, etc.
Fixed holes in drywall/ sheetrock with the balloon method. Replaced a toilet cistern part. Bought a new interior door and hung it and installed the handle hardware. These were before the internet and YouTube videos - I think I asked the guy at Home Depot and/or looked it up in books.
I'm a female, but growing up, my dad showed me how to do things, no different than he did with my brother - my dad was a weekend warrior with DIY around the house, very practical, and he encouraged me to be practical too. I wouldn't have the time, skills or money or inclination to take on serious, huge projects or repairs, and I rent so it wouldn't be my place to do those things anyway. But I like that I know how to do small things without needing help.