In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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jentk421 - Sep 30, 2004 8:38:17 am PDT #4300 of 10001
Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.
Alibelle - Sep 30, 2004 8:41:56 am PDT #4301 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Watched West Side Story last night - I have not seen it in YEARS. I was gobsmacked that Anita did not die at the end. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet - she is supposed to die. Why did my memory not recall that she lived?
Perhaps so that you could enjoy the movie? Because that whole "she lives" thing completely kills it, for me. I think it really cheapens the climax. I mean, the way it ends is sad, yes, but it is not starcrossed tragic, and that was supposed to be the whole point. Pfft. That movie irritates me.
The music is good, though.
Gris - Sep 30, 2004 8:54:03 am PDT #4302 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I kinda get the same feel from Rent.
It's an adaptation of La Boheme, for God's sake. Well, sort of. Either way, Mimi needs to bloody die.
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DavidS - Sep 30, 2004 9:07:40 am PDT #4303 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
Donnie Darko was better in the original cut with that kind of ambiguity. TMD is richer for including Jamie's story and his sacrifice for her good.
Sue - Sep 30, 2004 9:52:17 am PDT #4304 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Even more time for rumors about who the next Bond will be. New Bond film postponed unitl 2006.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2004 10:18:03 am PDT #4305 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IMDB's gossip page said that Brosnan isn't done yet. I guess it keeps the brand in our mind.
Dana - Sep 30, 2004 1:14:08 pm PDT #4306 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Of course Jamie's ghost was there in Truly Madly Deeply, and anyone who tells me otherwise will make me cry.
And I think you guys are talking about Maria in West Side Story, not Anita. Although both of them live, but Maria's the Juliet counterpart. And I love the way that movie ends.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 30, 2004 2:02:27 pm PDT #4307 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
OMG, he must be stopped:
Not if he's actually going to film in Iraq. I say let him have at it.
Lee - Oct 01, 2004 6:03:19 am PDT #4308 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Has any one heard anything about about I heart Huckabees? (I wish I knew how to type the symbol)
It looks like it would be either pretty good, or pretty bad from the ads.
Jessica - Oct 01, 2004 6:11:33 am PDT #4309 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
One of my coworkers saw it and loved it.
I'll be seeing it because of David O. Russell, but I admit to being a little nervous.