Glory ,'Potential'
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That huge speaker for the victrola at the dance lesson!
See now that pisses me off. There is no dance lesson in the book. Why add something new, when there is already so much that will have to be excised to make the story fit the confines of a Hollywood movie?
"Be careful. Be careful. You're in the major leagues here." One of my favorite lines in desk set. Probably doesn't hold up on its own though.
Man, I adore that movie simply because Tracy's character falls for Hepburn's character because of her big sexy brain.
I love this exchange in the movie:
Ruthie: Do you think we're being redecorated?
Sylvia: Does he look like an interior decorator to you?
Peg: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!
Peg rules.
Though my favorite line, also delivered by Peg, is this one:
"You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are. Don't be there once."
Why add something new, when there is already so much that will have to be excised to make the story fit the confines of a Hollywood movie?
One reason I could think of would be to make it smoother. Take a large book and made large and judicious cuts and what you get is a script with lots of noticeable stitchmarks. All of my favorite film adaptations have included a generous (though not too generous) dose of original material to blend it all together. After all, PoA was a book as long as first two put together and made into a movie one-third of the length of the first two put together, and it's generally agreed that it was the best. It also had a few original bits to make the movie its own being. That's another thing that separated it from the read-from-the-page feel of Chris Columbus's films.
I love those lines too, Teppy. Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Isn't it funny how HUGE the computer is? I kept looking over at my laptop and giggling.
Isn't it funny how HUGE the computer is?
I know! I keep thinking of Emmy as an early form a google. Especially when they get tons of information that isn't what they need. Imagine if everything had to print out everytime you did a google search?
The rainforest would be dead.
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WHAT NEW TRAILER?? The one that was with the french subtitles? I saw no You Know Who!
Vonnie K "Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video" Sep 15, 2005 6:36:55 am PDT
Vonnie linked to it upthread, Aims.
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I missed it. Thank you.