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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #285 on: June 07, 2009, 07:45:18 PM »
Watched the film  Doubt today



Not bad at all - drama set a year in 1964. A character movie with some great performances - no shagging.

Essentially Doubt tells the story of Sister Aloysius (Streep) who suspects that her school’s priest (Hoffman) has been molesting a male student. She is very much of the old school philosophy of teaching / religion whilst Hoffman represents a threat to her on many levels. She appears bitter , twisted and fierce but is very sure of her convictions and pursues her suspicions without any real evidence - just her gut feeling that she is right.

Some of the cinematography is gorgeous - although some  scenes look as if they are preparing you for a horror flick.

Hoffman really is excellent ( as ever)  and the performances of the the boys mother is brilliant and unexpected.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #286 on: June 07, 2009, 07:46:58 PM »
And was he?
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #287 on: June 07, 2009, 07:47:41 PM »
 shutup:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #288 on: June 07, 2009, 07:48:44 PM »
SHe did say no shagging  whistle:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #289 on: June 07, 2009, 07:51:02 PM »
Not that you see ....it's all about what you believe happened ...and that is very subjective  whistle:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #290 on: June 07, 2009, 07:51:39 PM »
shutup:

PM me the answer ~ I can't be arsed to watch anything with Streep in it.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #291 on: June 07, 2009, 07:52:32 PM »
Will do
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #292 on: June 07, 2009, 07:56:02 PM »
Ta
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #293 on: June 07, 2009, 07:59:25 PM »
SO tell us. DId he?
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #294 on: June 07, 2009, 08:02:21 PM »
You have a report to write ...stop looking for diversionary activities. I'll tell you when you've finished it  whistle:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #295 on: June 07, 2009, 08:02:37 PM »
 sad24:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #296 on: June 07, 2009, 08:30:52 PM »
Streep...  cloud9:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #297 on: June 15, 2009, 11:40:46 AM »
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo:

GM style review - long boring film that takes forever to go nowhere. Main characters are dull and although some of the visuals are quite intriguing this is not a classic  noooo:

Don't bother
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #298 on: June 15, 2009, 11:54:50 AM »
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo:

GM style review - long boring film that takes forever to go nowhere. Main characters are dull and although some of the visuals are quite intriguing this is not a classic  noooo:

Don't bother

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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #299 on: June 15, 2009, 11:59:02 AM »
Just the other 364 to sort out now then. Ah, you could not watch it every night.
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