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« Reply #810 on Feb 2, 2012, 3:43am »		[Quote]
I love Shawshank Redemption.

It's such a shame that Forrest Gump won the Oscar for Best Picture over Shawshank [i][and/i] Pulp Fiction back in 1995. In retrospect, that was a really bad call.
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« Reply #811 on Feb 2, 2012, 9:53am »		[Quote]
Am I right in saying Shawshank wasn't that much of a hit to start with?

Forrest Gump was OK, Pulp Fiction not for me. Shawshank infinitely better.
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« Reply #812 on Feb 2, 2012, 10:20am »		[Quote]
Shawshank got fabulous reviews from the critics as soon as it came out, but the public did not pay attention to it until it got a bunch of Oscar nominations and was re-released. Even so, the box office receipts barely covered the production costs.

It has become much more successful as a cult classic.
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« Reply #813 on Feb 6, 2012, 10:21pm »		[Quote]
I have watched the Merlin episodes regarding Lancelot a number of times and am quite upset by his fate, him being the most noble and perfect of knights according to legend. What happens in "The Darkest Hour" (season 4, episodes 1 & 2) is already horrible enough, but what happens in the later "Lancelot du Lac" episode is quite simply unbearable.
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« Reply #814 on Feb 7, 2012, 2:59am »		[Quote]
*fingers in ears*
*eyes squinched shut*

Don't tell me! Don't tell me! Don't tell me! Don't tell me! Don't tell me! Don't tell me! Don't tell me!

There is no more Camelot to watch (drat, drat, drat), so I went back to Merlin. It has started picking up in interest for me, with some excellent suspense at times.

I restrict myself to one episode per day, but broke the rule yesterday because I simply HAD to see the 2nd part of "Beauty & the Beast".
The woman who played the Lady Katrina was GREAT. She threw herself into the role with excellent comedic zeal.

I totally love the dragon.
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« Reply #815 on Feb 7, 2012, 7:44am »		[Quote]
Yes, the actress clearly enjoyed herself.

Basically though, the whole series doesn't get really interesting until after Uther is out of the way once and for all. Up until then, you can blame a lot of what goes wrong on his pigheadedness. Once he is finally dead, the problems shift a lot more to Arthur's inexperience.
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« Reply #816 on Feb 7, 2012, 7:49am »		[Quote]
I hate Uther.
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« Reply #817 on Feb 7, 2012, 6:17pm »		[Quote]
However, it is necessary to love Morgana. She is one of the most evil persons ever to have existed (and yet, you saw how she was still hesitating in season 1).

A monumental scene with her:

Knight of Camelot: I will tell you nothing except under the most extreme torture. (or some such)

Morgana: I was hoping you would say that. (broad smile)
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« Reply #818 on Feb 7, 2012, 6:43pm »		[Quote]
I'm always distracted by Morgana's mouth. What is she doing with it to make it so muscular?
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« Reply #819 on Feb 7, 2012, 6:47pm »		[Quote]
She is preparing to rip out hearts with her teeth.
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« Reply #820 on Feb 9, 2012, 4:13am »		[Quote]
Awwwwwww. When Merlin sends Freya off in the little boat filled with bracken ~~ :'(
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« Reply #821 on Feb 9, 2012, 9:53am »		[Quote]
There's a new series starting next week in France which is creating a bit of buzz: Kabul Kitchen. It's about a French expat running a restaurant & pool in Afghanistan in the last decade. They are implying that it is a comedy, but something tells me they are hiding quite a bit and it is not really going to be as ha-ha funny as they would like people to believe.

(Merlin does not get many chances to fall in love.)
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« Reply #822 on Feb 10, 2012, 6:05pm »		[Quote]
I watched Contagion last night. It was very good at giving me a case of OCD. :o
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« Reply #823 on Feb 11, 2012, 3:58am »		[Quote]
typng this wth a pencl held inmy teeth
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« Reply #824 on Feb 11, 2012, 3:59am »		[Quote]
Oooooo ~~ The Witch's Quickening, Season 2, Episode 11 of Merlin.

I was wondering how they could make it logical for Morgana to turn, but they worked it out beautifully.
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« Reply #825 on Feb 12, 2012, 7:53pm »		[Quote]
A Room with a View is such a hoot. I hadn't seen it again since it first came out on the big screen, so I didn't even know who was in it anymore other then Denholm Elliot. So it made it all the more amusing to see those Harry Potter women Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter as the stars.
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« Reply #826 on Feb 16, 2012, 9:05pm »		[Quote]
I am back to the last episode of season 3 of Merlin. The round table! Lancelot! The sword forged with the dragon's breath! (later to be safely kept in a stone)
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« Reply #827 on Feb 16, 2012, 10:55pm »		[Quote]
Night before last I watched Merlin episode 2, season 3 -- the second part of The Tears of Uther Pendragon, which was great. Last night it was that fluffy episode about the goblin.

I'm not going to gripe anymore about the weak episodes. They probably keep the ratings up which should keep the show in production.

Re: round table -- I have to say I really liked the way the round table was made in Camelot, a show unfairly cut off in its prime.

Anybody ever watch Lost Girl? I saw the pilot last night & was drawn in.
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« Reply #828 on Feb 17, 2012, 8:12pm »		[Quote]
The goblin episode was crap, but I'm sure it has its fans.
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« Reply #829 on Feb 18, 2012, 5:13am »		[Quote]
Watched Incendies last night. Despite some too-facile coincidences, this one was gripping.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/


The (French) Canadians make some great films. We also loved Les invasions barbares
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338135/
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« Reply #830 on Feb 21, 2012, 3:55am »		[Quote]
Those look good, Kimby, particularly Incendies.

Season 3, Episode 8 of Merlin, "The Eye of the Phoenix" ~~ absolutely the best so far!
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« Reply #831 on Feb 21, 2012, 6:29am »		[Quote]
The coincidences that take place in Incendies are pretty extreme -- but pretty much all of the coincidences in both drama and comedy over the past 500 years are quite similar. When you think of all of the sudden revelations of who is actually who in Shakespeare or Molière, you realize that we spectators just eat up this stuff. And of course, who can forget Oedipus?
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« Reply #832 on Feb 21, 2012, 3:28pm »		[Quote]
Is anyone hooked on Downton Abbey?

We've been hearing great things about this "Upstairs, Downstairs" type of drama, airing on PBS in the states. We have recorded the entire 2nd season without watching an episode so that we can watch the first season first (I've requested it from the library).

Eventually we will watch some/all of the first 7 seasons of 24. If anyone knows which years were the best, we might just watch those.
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« Reply #833 on Feb 21, 2012, 4:12pm »		[Quote]
Yes! (Says she putting her hand up straight away ;D) We watched the first episode when it started on Sunday night straight after Strictly Come Dancing. Makes for a lovely Sunday night IN!
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« Reply #834 on Feb 23, 2012, 9:47pm »		[Quote]
Has anyone seen "The Way"? ???
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« Reply #835 on Feb 23, 2012, 10:26pm »		[Quote]
tod: 1st episode of 1st season? or of 2nd season, which just ended here?
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« Reply #836 on Feb 23, 2012, 10:49pm »		[Quote]
I have not heard of that, thill. Then again, I am perhaps not living in the right country.
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« Reply #837 on Feb 23, 2012, 11:16pm »		[Quote]
Never heard of it either. Fill us in, please!
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« Reply #838 on Feb 24, 2012, 8:58am »		[Quote]

Feb 21, 2012, 3:28pm, kimby wrote:
Is anyone hooked on Downton Abbey?



I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm hooked, but I certainly make sure I watch it.
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« Reply #839 on Feb 24, 2012, 7:19pm »		[Quote]
Kimby, I used to watch 24. I saw the first three seasons/days I think and maybe a bit of the fourth. after that I lost access/interest.

I say do watch the first season. It was really good.
Of the following years, I don't remember if I liked the second or the third best. I think the fourth started better at least than one of these two mentioned previously.
There are moments (over years 2-3-4) when it goes completely OTT / ::).
It was interesting to remember that it came out of Fox studios.
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