Topic: WHAT BECOMES A LEGEND MOST? (Read 21402 times)

Jane · « **Reply #90 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:18:51 PM »

I meant are there "slumdogs" & is the fictional story based on an existing culture in India.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #91 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:23:37 PM »

Quote from: Jane on January 25, 2009, 01:18:51 PM

I meant are there "slumdogs" & is the fictional story based on an existing culture in India.

It would seem so - read the whole article LATIMES

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #92 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:23:43 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 25, 2009, 01:17:13 PM

Time for Figure Skating.

WBBL©

der Brucer

© MattH

Matt H. · « **Reply #93 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:24:28 PM »

Turned out to be a pretty day though still very chilly. Glad I could spend it inside watching stuff and doing laundry and cooking.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #94 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:25:34 PM »

Another Finale lesson come and gone. After an hour, I need a break to see what little fundamentals remain in my brain. Not so much as I wish, I fear, although Josh is a good teacher.

We're going to give me a week to play with the score I've entered and see what stuck. My next purchase will be a Midi keyboard. Josh and I looked over the ones on amazon.com and I'll take his suggestion.

Matt H. · « **Reply #95 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:25:55 PM »

I did watch DAMAGES while I cooked and ate lunch. Just like last season, this plot is going to be so labyrinthine that guessing a solution to the central mystery (who murdered William Hurt's wife?) is going to be only a tip of the iceberg.

Matt H. · « **Reply #96 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:32:11 PM »

Next I watched NOAH'S ARC: JUMPING THE BROOM. I had never seen the Logo series this is based on, so I had to play catch up with the characters. Luckily, it's well enough written that it's easy to do, and I did find several of the characters who were very interesting and enjoyable to watch.

Unfortunately, there's no feature film "feel" to the movie. It seems like a bunch of TV episodes strung together with brief, incomplete scenes that CRY for exploration of feelings and emotions. Instead, we have all this bottled up stuff until everyone has a breakdown and a reckoning near the end of the movie.

It has the same feel that LOVE, VALOUR, COMPASSION had on the big screen (also the same kind of weekend gay male vibe): a gay story better told in another medium.

I won't say I didn't enjoy it because I did, but it didn't feel like a movie to me at all, just an extended version of a TV show.

Matt H. · « **Reply #97 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:33:37 PM »

There were a bunch of bonus features on the disc including a "making of" documentary, a director's video diary, a wedding video, a documentary about the shooting of the movie poster, and 11 deleted scenes.

There was also a 20+ excerpt from the series SHIRTS & SKINS. I'd never seen that either until I watched this on the DVD.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #98 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:34:16 PM »

When I saw "Slumdog Millionaire", I was surrounded by Indian people. There was a young Indian woman to my left who gasped in recognition of the various locales in the movie. Some of those gasps were filled with excitement, while others were obviously filled with a disappointed recognition. To the right of me was a father and his adult children. They, too, would recognize various locales and situations in the movie, but they still cheered out loud, hands in the air at the end of the movie. I did hear one voice of dissent as I was walking out of the theatre, but once I got home I realized that he was quoting the same critiques that Dargis had in The Times. Namely, that Dev Patel was "obviously" from London, and that it wasn't a "Indian film". -Well, I don't think it was ever meant to be an "Indian story". It was just meant to be a story. And a very good one at that.

This reminds me of all the critiques of the portrayal of Black Women in "The Color Purple". Walker and Spielberg weren't trying to exploit anyone, nor were they perpetuating stereotypes. If anything, they showed how People can Survive and Change for the better. And I don't see anyone damning less than favorable portrayals of U.S. politicians.

Matt H. · « **Reply #99 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:35:12 PM »

It doesn't happen often, but I completely forgot about my laundry in the dryer, so I put in a BONES - Season 2 episode while I folded the laundry. It's the one where Booth and Brennan go to Vegas and he enters an underground fight club. It's a fun episode, but I didn't get very far into it. I'll finish it when I go back down, and then spend the rest of the evening catching up on a lot of the TV shows I've missed this week.

Jane · « **Reply #100 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:38:47 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 25, 2009, 01:23:37 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 25, 2009, 01:18:51 PM
I meant are there "slumdogs" & is the fictional story based on an existing culture in India.

It would seem so - read the whole article LATIMES

der Brucer

Thanks. Guess I should have read the entire article to begin with. I figured it was more of the part you quoted.

Jane · « **Reply #101 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:44:52 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 25, 2009, 01:34:16 PM

When I saw "Slumdog Millionaire", I was surrounded by Indian people. There was a young Indian woman to my left who gasped in recognition of the various locales in the movie. Some of those gasps were filled with excitement, while others were obviously filled with a disappointed recognition. To the right of me was a father and his adult children. They, too, would recognize various locales and situations in the movie, but they still cheered out loud, hands in the air at the end of the movie. I did hear one voice of dissent as I was walking out of the theatre, but once I got home I realized that he was quoting the same critiques that Dargis had in The Times. Namely, that Dev Patel was "obviously" from London, and that it wasn't a "Indian film". -Well, I don't think it was ever meant to be an "Indian story". It was just meant to be a story. And a very good one at that.

This reminds me of all the critiques of the portrayal of Black Women in "The Color Purple". Walker and Spielberg weren't trying to exploit anyone, nor were they perpetuating stereotypes. If anything, they showed how People can Survive and Change for the better. And I don't see anyone damning less than favorable portrayal of U.S. politicians.

You obviously live in a more culturally interesting area. We watched the movie surrounded by geriatric American Caucasians.

Laura · « **Reply #102 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:55:08 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on January 25, 2009, 09:32:24 AM

A CARDINAL!!! I haven't had a cardinal at my feeeder before. I know they are all around here, but I haven't seen one on my feeder before. It's a brilliant red male. Glad Boo doesn't frighten him

It's a sign!

Matt H. · « **Reply #103 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:58:00 PM »

I must jump off-line now and write up what I watched this afternoon. Then, I'll head down to enjoy an evening of leisure viewing.

WBBL.

Laura · « **Reply #104 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:02:01 PM »

DR Jose, I am so proud of you.

Don't forget that airports have carpet, too.

DAW · « **Reply #105 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:17:26 PM »

Thanks, DR FJL. I stand corrected. I have met Juliana!!!!

DAW · « **Reply #106 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:17:56 PM »

DR JoseSPiano - the carpet display is quite overwhelming. Congratulations!!

bk · « **Reply #107 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:28:39 PM »

Back from the long jog and am I glad I did it. As frequently happens on the long jog, inspiration struck like a lightning bolt, and the entire last third of the book came to me almost fully-formed. I ran very briskly all the way home and hopefully I remembered most of it as I wrote it down furiously and fast. I'm so happy. I was really puzzling about how to do the last third and nothing was coming to me, and now I've at least got the bones and I'll flesh them out as best I can.

bk · « **Reply #108 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:28:57 PM »

And now, I feel I deserve some fun food so off to Gelson's I go.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #109 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:52:28 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 25, 2009, 02:02:01 PM

DR Jose, I am so proud of you.

Don't forget that airports have carpet, too.

Awwww <blush>

-And I fly to Memphis in two weeks, and to Birmingham the first week of March... Although, I guess if I get bored one day, I could always take the M60 out to La Guardia, or the A train out to JFK, but I think most of the carpets lie past the security checkpoints.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #110 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:54:03 PM »

Quote from: DAW on January 25, 2009, 02:17:56 PM

DR JoseSPiano - the carpet display is quite overwhelming. Congratulations!!

"Overwhelming"? I guess that's one way to put it.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #111 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:58:03 PM »

Thanks for all the Travel Vibes. I should be back in NYC in about 45 minutes.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #112 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:14:28 PM »

DR elmore - I always found that doing something totally brainless and non-computer and non-music related was the best thing to do after a Finale learning session. Your brain really does need to decompress after that information overload.

Jane · « **Reply #113 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:23:29 PM »

I wonder if these deer are having fun.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #114 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:24:08 PM »

In the Lincoln Tunnel...

Laters...

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:35:32 PM »

Had some chicken tenders and potato salad. Just what I had a hankerin' for.

bk · « **Reply #116 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:35:56 PM »

Am watching OSS movie. I'll probably write another page or two later today.

bk · « **Reply #117 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:54:23 PM »

Just found out that Mr. Brent Barrett and I will be supping tomorrow night.

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:55:14 PM »

Now, may I just say that page four is quite unacceptable and we'd just better get a frenzy or three going on or I may do something rash like just shut the topic - Jews have been known to fly off the handle, and when they do, watch out.

Kerry · « **Reply #119 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:56:09 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 25, 2009, 02:02:01 PM

DR Jose, I am so proud of you.

Don't forget that airports have carpet, too.
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Quote from: Laura on January 25, 2009, 02:02:01 PM
DR Jose, I am so proud of you.

Don't forget that airports have carpet, too.

They're not as good as resort hotel and casino carpets though! But then, what is?!?!?!

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