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OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 6, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Two movies. 1) Iron Lady which shows Margret Thatcher walking around senile, dressed like Edith Bunker talking to her dead husband, still thinking she is prime minister and
2) Creation which is the story of Darwins' life that pretty much ignores his theory, but has him walking around frail and half looney talking to his dead daughter.
I thought they both pretty well sucked, yet they got high praise.
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 12:15 am
I haven't seen either, but the Thatcher one I don't care if I never see. I remember a poll to find out what should be a fitting tribute for her grave; opinion was divided between a dancefloor and a toilet.
Ok, that bit about the poll might have been a dream.
As for the Darwin one, if it's as bad as you allude (and it wouldn't surprise me) then I think it's a shame.
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Re: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 2:47 am
lol @ Stimbo 
#1 yeah didn't much like it. Quite dull. #2 I haven't seen.
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June 7, 2012 at 3:05 am
I haven't seen either, but I would like to because they both look like excellent movies.
I don't know anything at all about Charles Darwin's mental health, so I don't know how accurate a depiction that is of him; but I do know that Maggie has Alzheimer's and does indeed forget when and where she is and forgets that Dennis is dead. Poor thing. 
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 8:04 am
You obviously didn't see the reviews for Iron Lady... it sucked.
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 9:59 am
(June 7, 2012 at 3:05 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: ...but I do know that Maggie has Alzheimer's and does indeed forget when and where she is and forgets that Dennis is dead. Poor thing.
Ironically, Reagan, her American counterpart for so many years, died from the same illness. It's a horrifying disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm
(June 7, 2012 at 9:59 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: (June 7, 2012 at 3:05 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: ...but I do know that Maggie has Alzheimer's and does indeed forget when and where she is and forgets that Dennis is dead. Poor thing.
Ironically, Reagan, her American counterpart for so many years, died from the same illness. It's a horrifying disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
That is my point. Could you imagine Hollywood making a film about Reagan with him walking around senile, thinking he was president, then interjecting flashbacks in an attempt to show what he did? They would crucify the director.
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 3:22 pm
(June 7, 2012 at 9:59 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: (June 7, 2012 at 3:05 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: ...but I do know that Maggie has Alzheimer's and does indeed forget when and where she is and forgets that Dennis is dead. Poor thing.
Ironically, Reagan, her American counterpart for so many years, died from the same illness. It's a horrifying disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Yet so many appears to wish upon this country leadership by one suffering from such a disease.
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RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 3:31 pm
(June 7, 2012 at 3:22 pm)Chuck Wrote: (June 7, 2012 at 9:59 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Ironically, Reagan, her American counterpart for so many years, died from the same illness. It's a horrifying disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Yet so many appears to wish upon this country leadership by one suffering from such a disease.
We don't want him. He'd be laughably un-electable by Republicans today. He's way too far to the left, negotiated with both political opponents and international adversaries, cut and ran in Lebanon and raised taxes too many times.
We don't want him. We want the guy that stars in the myth we built around him. Even in death, he's an actor in a work of fiction.
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Re: RE: OKAY YOU BRITS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF....
June 7, 2012 at 3:31 pm
(June 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm)LEDO Wrote: (June 7, 2012 at 9:59 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Reagan, her American counterpart for so many years, died from the same illness. It's a horrifying disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
That is my point. Could you imagine Hollywood making a film about Reagan with him walking around senile, thinking he was president, then interjecting flashbacks in an attempt to show what he did? They would crucify the director.
Why? Because it's something to be ashamed of? If a person suffers with Alzheimer's it has a HUGE impact on their life. It's just not right to leave it out like it's some shameful secret.
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