JSngry Posted January 2 Author Report Posted January 2 They were all dressed as men. Even the men. They were riding the rail. But it didn't stop one of the girls from getting raped by Ward Bond...who was soon pushed to his death by the rest of the crew. I was not prepared for this movie. Strong stuff. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 On 12/31/2025 at 1:29 AM, JSngry said: Yeah! Just re-read the book, probably re-read for the third time, I like it much more than the movie. Quote
JSngry Posted January 2 Author Report Posted January 2 I'd not even bother to compare the movie and the book. The movie is its own bag of tricks, visual tricks. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Yes, I know. . . I just don't dig it that much. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 (edited) About 21 degrees, and we had about 4 inches of snow since this time yesterday. I'm getting good exercise shoveling. We decided to cancel the picnic. (Photo taken yesterday). Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Edited January 2 by jazzbo Quote
JSngry Posted Friday at 10:51 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 10:51 PM Audrey wants it warmer Quote
jazzbo Posted Saturday at 01:11 AM Report Posted Saturday at 01:11 AM Well she's not part of my world. I often want it warmer too, and then I think of Texas in August, and I get over it. Quote
JSngry Posted Saturday at 02:54 AM Author Report Posted Saturday at 02:54 AM December's been no picnic this year either. Quote
JSngry Posted Sunday at 01:48 AM Author Report Posted Sunday at 01:48 AM That was pretty damn dark. Quote
ejp626 Posted Sunday at 05:22 AM Report Posted Sunday at 05:22 AM Nearly through the Miko Naruse retrospective at TIFF. Yesterday I saw Flowing and today Lightning. Generally, these are pretty depressing films. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted Sunday at 02:42 PM Report Posted Sunday at 02:42 PM Just watched "Sophie's Choice" on TMC the other night (1982) and I do not know what to make of it. Weird stuff. Can't believe that Nazi officer at Aushwitz came back and made Sophie make a choice; if she'd never argued her case to him, he may've never came back. Cost her dearly. Terrible. The ending of the movie even worse. One highlight (guess why she won the Oscar) and having taken 6 years of German in both undergrad and graduate research, the German Meyrl Streep spoke (although the accent was hard to detect, but she was acting as a Catholic Polish woman in the movie) was pretty good. And FWIW, you'd know I was an American speaking German...to this day, I still cannot roll my R's.  Quote
JSngry Posted Tuesday at 12:54 AM Author Report Posted Tuesday at 12:54 AM Wow. This is some weird shit. And it's a "romantic comedy"...rooted in S&M. But Joan Blondell was hot. Those eyes! https://pre-code.com/smarty-1934-review/ Quote
Holy Ghost Posted Tuesday at 04:43 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:43 AM On 1/4/2026 at 1:15 PM, JSngry said: Great actor, RIP Robert Mitchum. Quote
ejp626 Posted 5 hours ago Report Posted 5 hours ago Two nights ago, The Truman Show. Last night, Network. Possibly The Thing (1982) tonight. Quote
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