Topic of the Day.....what is your favorite photograph of your Mom?
POTO was sumptuous -- a feast for the senses. Such splendid art direction, set decoration, costume design and overall production design is a rare treat. The movie delighted me from start to finish. A rare treat not hampered by preconceptions or comparisons to a theatrical presentation. There are quibbles, to be sure -- some of the vocals should have gotten a bit of dubbing help, and one might have wished for a stronger soprano voice -- but no quibble matters so much that one should dismiss the film as a whole. There are far too many films lauded by musical lovers that have many more failings than does POTO. Overall, the performances are marvelous. Gerard Butler is a moving Phantom, all things considered. He's certainly a "romantic" figure, which is what the movie needed. If the Phantom is to cast a spell on Christine, you need, on film, a romantic image. Crawford never would have been such an image, and none of the other cinema phantoms I've seen (including Raines) was anything other than menacing...never the romantic spell-weaver of Lloyd Webber's tale.
I highly recommend it to all and sundry...especially those who have declared they'll never watch it. :)
DR Danise, I don't believe that DR Ron was joking about his review. I think he really enjoyed the movie.
The smilie was in reference to those of us who said we'd never BUY the movie. I will definitely SEE it; I like to speak or write about musicals with an informed opinion, and the twenty minutes of it I've seen were not sufficient to base an entire opinion on it. So, friends who did buy it will loan it to me so I can view the entire thing and then decide what I think.
But I don't think the smilie he placed at the end of the post was meant to imply that the whole thing was a josh.
Or am I off base? If so, I apologize.
And the word of the day is: USURP!
Der Brucer is watching a batch of horror movies this afternoon.
First came The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Another of slew of "be careful who you hire" movies. How come no one makes "be careful of the bastard who hires you" flicks? The one who signs the paycheck is always more dangerous in the real world.
I am sad to say that my all region DVD player is not turning out to be all I had hoped it would be! :(
For some reasone some of my DVDs freeze while playing in it. The only way I could un-freeze the dvd or even get it out of the machine was to unplug the machine.
And when I popped in the movie MY BROTHER NIKHIL it played just fine except that there was no dialogue. I could hear the background music just fine, but otherwise there was no sound...it was like watching a silent movie with just the music. I tried it on another machine and it played just fine and dandy...I tried adjusting various different things with the remote, but no luck. Maybe there is a way of fixing it, but I don't know how...and this was not a cheap maching!!
....still a bit worried about the DVD freezing, but I guess that is a minor problem.Maybe if you put the vase in the refrigerator...no, wait, that's what Jennifer was saying about flowers, not DVDs, quite a different subject...sorry.
For I second there I thought you were serious and then I realized your joking. Thank goodness.
I could have forgiven almost everything but that voice........ Fingernails on a chalkboard would have sounded better. Shudder. Never, ever, ever will I watch that trashed version of POTO again if I can help it. My biggest fear was that someone would get that junk for my Birthday. I never return gifts no matter how much I dislike them but that would have went straight back to the store, toot sweet. :D
If ALW wanted to ruin the movie and he did a GREAT job.
M Barnum, the picture of your Mother was lovely. However, it took me a while to see her, since your Father is a FOX!
Yes, my dad was quite the handsome fellow! He sort of turned into Wilford Brimley as he got older, though! LOL!
Quick, we need a a really good topic........Favorite Zane Grey book.
Least favorite dental procedure.
Best-looking Nazi.
Does that mean we can expect you to turn into Wilford Jr. in a few years? For you, Mr. Barnum, I might chance it.
I think I am already there! LOL!
DR Jane, have you been here http://www.oregoncabaret.com/ ?
My brother and sister-in-law took our mom there today for brunch and a show...she loved it! I may have to take her myself when I come down next time!
Ron's sense of humor is so dry sometimes that the Sahara takes refresher lessons from him. :-\
Quick, we need a a really good topic........Favorite Zane Grey book.
Least favorite dental procedure.
Best-looking Nazi.
Keith was yelling at me that it is hailing but I couldn’t hear him over the racket.
Quick, we need a a really good topic........Favorite Zane Grey book.
Least favorite dental procedure.
Best-looking Nazi.
TCB what are the dates for Annie?
I assure you I past along the info on FOREVER PLAID hoping it might tempt them to come to Ashland.
How is Annie Get Your Gun coming along? Remember the BB Cody story I recounted here a few days ago, DR TCB!!!
I just wish you could have seen her before her shirt got pulled down to inches. Fully half her butt was visible to one and all and also all and one.
Not hardly, Michael!
Have you and the rest of the Oregon group figured out what weekend you are coming up to see Jed in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN?
Reminds me of the fashion Do's and Don't's that used to appear in Glamour magazine. Guess this one's a Don't, huh?
Who is doing good novelty music anymore? Nobody, that's who. Or whoever is doing them has no outlet for their skills. I long for the days when some silly idea could become a national phenomenon.
The Streak
Energy Crisis '74
Convoy
Dinner With Drac
The Monster Mash
The White Knight
etc.
Well, the essay test that ate Cincinnati is tomorrow. I think all essay tests are pure evil, but HISTORY essay tests qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. I spent all day today cramming my head full of every single thing that happened in England between the years 1600 and 1713. That's a lot of stuff!
Can I have some vibes please starting at 12:20 tomorrow? Pretty please? That and my lucky red plaid socks may be the only thing going for me as far as this test is concerned.
TCB, does that mean that you are our God?
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Anyone familiar with a restaurant chain called Lum's? ... They had a burger called the Ollie Burger that claimed to have 22 herbs and spices in it or something crazy like that. So I get it and doggone it if the thing wasn't one of the tastiest burgers I've had.Found this (http://www.columbustour.com/rest-history/ollieburger.htm) with a quick search...
Actually, if anyone knows what "Tower's Trot" is, let me know. ...A good reason for keeping PeptoBismal in the medicine chest.
Who is doing good novelty music anymore? Nobody, that's who. Or whoever is doing them has no outlet for their skills. I long for the days when some silly idea could become a national phenomenon.Instead, we now have Cable News Networks. :-\
The Streak
Energy Crisis '74
Convoy
Dinner With Drac
The Monster Mash
The White Knight
etc.
Well, the essay test that ate Cincinnati is tomorrow.Promise? The one time der B and I visited Cincinnati, we didn't have even one good meal the entire time. Even the chili was better elsewhere. :P
Woody, you obviously didn't look very hard for a good restaurant in Cincinnati. And you obviously didn't go to the Masionette, a five-star restaurant, or Pigall's, or Orchids at the Palm Court, or Jeff Ruby's, or even the plebian Gold Star or Skyline Chili. Plenty of good restaurants in Cincy. And you don't get better Cincinnati Chili anywhere outside of Cincinnati unless it's Dixie Chili right across the bridge in Newport, Kentucky. If fact, aside from a few places outside of Cincinnati, you can't get it all. You may not like Cincinnati Chili, but you can't get it any better anywhere else.To tell the truth, we didn't get much chance to search. We were there for a political convention, and even with a lot of other Log Cabin types around...well, their reputation isn't based...on taste...
What a rebound! Thanks to one and all and also all and one. Must hurry and write some notes now.That's it, make me feel guilty if I don't stay up a half-hour more. :P