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Strix - Feb 01, 2011 7:03:29 am PST #20365 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Erin, why didn't you like Gosford Park (though it certainly put me to sleep! perhaps better than Ambien!)

I think because it was more a clever melange of scenes than an actual developed storyline. Which is why I don't love Altman movies in general.

I thought it was too busy -- I never knew who was really who, until the end - like, the last 5 minutes, and there was just too many people to keep track of and too much happening for a 2 hour movie, and necessarily, I felt like there was just shallow little dips into character and plot, rather than a deeper look. If it were a book, I would be bitching about it being all mostly exposition, less characterization.

Having watched DA and GF, I feel like DA is what GP should have been -- a slower unveiling of the exposition, and deeper examination of characterization, with multiple plotlines that are developed and progress nicely.

I didn't HATE GP, but I certainly don't feel compelled to watch it again.

Kathy A - Feb 01, 2011 7:05:50 am PST #20366 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The leading edge of the storm has reached Peoria.

brenda m - Feb 01, 2011 7:09:19 am PST #20367 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Saw a couple of little snow tornados at the dog park just now. Kind of neat. But it shows the wind is definitely starting to pick up.

amyth - Feb 01, 2011 7:13:56 am PST #20368 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

OMG I want a Wonder Woman apron so much. To use when I transfer my takeout from the carton to a plate. Something could spill.

I didn't like Gosford Park either.

Woo hoo Erin!

Ugh, Theo, glad you got home.

tommyrot - Feb 01, 2011 7:14:04 am PST #20369 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Here's a blog: ca$hcats.biz

Photos of cats posing with money.

Fred Pete - Feb 01, 2011 7:14:15 am PST #20370 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Yay for sleep, Erin!

Personally, I enjoyed Gosford Park as a murder mystery, but it most definitely isn't easy to get a handle on.

Kat - Feb 01, 2011 7:21:49 am PST #20371 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

When I watched Gosford Park I remember thinking, "Who is this again?" I couldn't get a clear read on anyone. And it's even more unmemorable as I'm further away

I haven't watched any of DA, but I have it on the Tivo and I was worried because of the Gosford Park connection people keep making. But everyone raves about it.

Sue - Feb 01, 2011 7:26:03 am PST #20372 of 30001
hip deep in pie

It's the same writer for both, Kat. But DA is much more traditional in it's story telling.

I love Gosford Park.

Strix - Feb 01, 2011 7:26:37 am PST #20373 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Oh, DO watch, Kat! It's lovely, and I think it's the good things from GP distilled into an engrossing and amusing several hours of TV.

I can't WAIT for Season 2.

§ ita § - Feb 01, 2011 7:29:33 am PST #20374 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

IO9 has redesigned. It's awful, and their testers should be shot.

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