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I've totally nearly been blown off my feet in a strong wind, in London, England, and relatively recently. It was a wind so strong I had to lean into it in a ducking position just not to get pushed over. I couldn't ride my pushbike because I got gusted so hard by cross-winds funneled down side-streets that I knew I couldn't stay upright.
It also depends on if you're a small or light person. I'm small and relatively lightweight and winds can push over a person who doesn't have much body volume or weight to resist it. Diane Lane's character is a slender person who can't weigh more than 98lbs so yes she would be blown over more easily than other people.
Personally I'm of the opinion that yes, the person a married person might cheat with should exercise a moral obligation to NOT be part of that.
Even though it may never affect them personally because it's not their marriage, they *should* care about the potential damage to other people's lives. I think it is their responsibility to not encourage potentially damaging behavior, just like you wouldn't join in if you see someone getting mugged.
When hurting other people is involved, you should care about avoiding doing so, whether it's driving your car or doing something that you know will cause disruption to someone else's life and family integrity.
Disagree. Paul was kind of scuzzy looking. Ugh. Plus he was a player with a different woman for every day ending in a "Y". Yuck.
Edward was a loving, devoted husband and father. I would choose him ANY day over a roll in the hay with that scuzzbucket. Sensible women would kill to have an Edward. Connie was stupid to jeopardize her great life.
I'm not a guy but I can sympathize with the point you're making. In the aftermath of the initial night of the break-in, I myself was baffled as to why she was being such a cold bitch. She seemed irritated and cold hearted for no discernable reason, more interested in getting a new couch to her tastes than in sharing the feeling of recovering from trauma with her husband, or trying to be nice to him while he's dealing with having just killed a guy.
Maybe the writers were just trying to show that this was her very poor way of coping with the stress, but if so they should have signalled that more clearly -- instead it seemed like maybe she's always that mean. It didn't drive the story to make her be that way, therefore it's bad writing to have that as her chosen behavior.
That doesn't necessarily mean that there should be no Jordans named before that time. In 1993 I knew a Jordan in Texas who was about 25 years old, meaning he would have been born and named in 1968!
Jordan has always been a name . . . popularity doesn't have much to do with it. As long as a name is old enough and not just brand new/made up by a celebrity, people still get given names for all kinds of reasons, not just because of a celebrity.
I liked it, it had the feel of John Carpenter's movies.
I just commented in a similar thread about this, too -- I thought the lyrics were ridiculously daft, like "WTF??" stupid, but the music was utterly beautiful.
I agree with you as far as the lyrics -- they were awful! Shockingly awful, stupid mundane lyrics.
But the actual music -- I found the composition to be utterly beautiful.
Just those lyrics though, oh god who wrote them?
I enjoyed the hypnotic atmosphere of this movie, and I found the dialogue quite elegant -- *most* of the time.
Some of it really worked. Other lines felt clunky, I agree with that, at least in part. There was a lot of truth and wisdom in the lines about aging, but not all the script had lines that can be delivered successfully, even by high calibre actors.
Overall I thought the movie is great though.
Yes, I totally agree. We need to make it happen and we can do that by keeping on posting.
I've even been replying to two year old threads imported from IMDb, lol! Anything to refresh things and get this place in fuller steam ahead.
I like it for the individual movie and TV show boards, as I'm glad the old threads are migrated here. The only problem is that these boards move far more slowly than they did on the original IMDb. I try to post to get the action going.
This thread is a joke -- that woman is a killer guitarist. She's amazing.
I only just caught this movie, and I really enjoyed the heck out of it! I thought it was great. It's a nice insight into the creative process of putting together such a high caliber show. Didn't you, as a fan, find it fascinating to see "behind the scenes"?
I'm only a very casual fan but I found that fascinating, to watch the work of it all coming together.
I think she manages to portray an older woman very well, actually. She's added that stiff dignity in a very true to life way. Some people do get more stiff in their posture in older age, as they have had life experiences where they've had to become tougher and harder and a bit more displaying of dignity and standing taller and firmer, rather than the fluidity and slouching of a younger person. I know I carry myself a bit more "nose in the air" than I did when I was younger because you kind of start realizing you need to signal that you're not to be messed with. I think Mandy's doing great with the aged version of her character. I'm convinced by her portrayal of someone more my age, and impressed at how it contrasts to her younger self.
And the pursed lip thing -- yeah I'm doing that more in my older years too! Another trait I recognize. Again, a lot to do with life making you more steely and inclined to purse your lips about a lot of stuff. She's nailing it as a type of older person who's been through a lot.
I have no idea, but perhaps it was a scenario where he had to go to Kate's assistance and died in the process -- car accident hurrying to get to her; fell off a cliff; she was being bullied, he got punched when intervening. That's all I gots!
I know I certainly have lost a certain degree of openness as I've aged, yes. When I was younger everything in life was new, thus I was more willing to be adventurous in big and small ways, step outside my comfort zone, learn from people, etc. Be open to new ideas or things to do.
But I think some of that loss of openness isn't necessarily a negative all the time -- some of it is a positive in the sense that you've learned enough about who you are to now know what you don't like and don't want as well as what you do want and what you have learned from experience. That's fair enough. There's a time for everything. Jamie was in the time of his life where you are open and still going down roads new to you. Josh had been there done that; it's not all that inappropriate to arrive at a place where you know what your comfort zone really is.
It was okay. It will be interesting if there's a season 2 set in Nootka Sound.
I realize the post I'm replying to is two years old, but I wanted to make the point -- then why are there so many wildlife rescue organizations and missions to save endangered animals that OUR fucked-up ways of life have endangered?
I don't subscribe to the idea that we should ALWAYS "leave it as it is," and I'm clearly not alone in that when we have Sanctuaries and rescue charities that help get wild animals fixed after injuries and back into the wild to live out their lives.
"preserving nature as it is" doesn't take into account the damage WE do to members of the natural world, which we have an onus to put right even in the case of one individual animal.
That doe was hit by a car, a man-made incident, not a natural happenstance to the deer. I felt that he should have cut the baby out and taken it to a rehab place, as they exist for this kind of event.
Yeah, I mean, even though he certainly is a great father, a great husband, the ideal man in those respects, there isn't really anyone *that* unfailingly perfect in real life. We never see him have a human moment; he's just always doing exactly what he should be doing. He's RoboDadHusband!
It really is good to see a lot of familiar names on this and other places, yep!