The War of the Roses...still one of the best movies ever.

Maddy McCall

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Fri Dec-31-04 01:31 PM
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The War of the Roses...still one of the best movies ever.

It was on tv last night...my son watched it with me. (I had to make him turn his head during the bite scene in the attic).

But would DUers agree that the chemistry between Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in that movie is what made it one of the best dark comedies in the history of film?

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tuvor

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Fri Dec-31-04 01:34 PM
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1. Too dark for me, I guess.

Saw it when it came out. I didn't find it funny at all.

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forgethell

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:27 PM
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2. That was a

horrible movie. Too dark, not very humerous. Depressing. Hell, I've got 'real life', why do I want to spend my precious free time watching a bunch of losers destroy their lives???

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Maddy McCall

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:34 PM
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8. So, according to your logic, since you have a real life...

you don't have time to watch any movies?

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forgethell

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:45 PM
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12. You misunderstood me.

'Real life' is depressing enough. I don't need any help. And if I was totally happy, I still wouldn't want to be depressed.

While I read more complex books, for a movie my criticism is simple. There's a good guy, a bad guy, and a girl. At the end of the movie the good guy's got the girl, and the bad guy is dead. The more it deviates from this simple formula, the less likely I am to watch it. The reason is also simple, I read for education and learning. Movies, for me, should be sheer escapism. Other people have other ideas, of course. That's cool. No one is making me go to movies I don't want to watch.

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Pepperbelly

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:30 PM
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3. Well, I certainly enjoyed it but I am both perverse & eccentric.

Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 02:36 PM by Pepperbelly

So I guess that doesn't mean as much as if someone TIGHTASSED and MUNDANE threw in their $.02 in support.

:smoke:

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Maddy McCall

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:32 PM
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6. LOL!

Thank you! :-)

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Pepperbelly

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:38 PM
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10. Remember what Danny DeVito drew as the lesson of this tragedy...

Who remembers but his aside was priceless: that dog people should marry dog people and cat people should marry cat people.

"Woof," said Kathleen Turner. I love Kathleen Turner and have never struck a woman yet I would have punched her out for that 'woof'. "Woof, hell ..." BAM! Bitch goes down.

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Wat_Tyler

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:30 PM
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4. That film was totally inaccurate!

It doesn't even mention Richard III or the battle of Towton! How can you have a movie about the War of the Roses without Richard III? Bloody Hollywood.

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Liberal Veteran

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:32 PM
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5. I loved that movie...particular when Michael Douglas...

...pissed on the fish.

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Maddy McCall

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:33 PM
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7. My favorite gotcha was when Kathleen ran over his "Morgan" with...

her 4x4. :-)

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underpants

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:37 PM
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9. Boring useless pap

No offense. We watched "Bull Durham" (uncensored) last night.

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Pepperbelly

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:39 PM
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11. Underpants, you're full of shit!

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Amaya

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:57 PM
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13. Love that movie

I can relate to it.
Well, except for the part where they die :silly:

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