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Greg - 2007-10-18 12:38:38
Is The Innocents the story with the two spooky young children? If it's the same one I'm thinking about that film gave me a hell of a fright way back when.
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Paula - 2007-10-18 12:54:06
That's the one, based on Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. I was frustrated with it--it was pretty scary, but it was overacted and unfaithful to the novella....
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Greg - 2007-10-18 13:27:52
Damn near creeped me into wet jeans. I wasn't wearing skinny wet jeans though. That came later in my teens. Then I caught sight of my thighs in a mirror and went back to regular jeans.
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grigorss - 2007-10-18 13:53:15
The Innocents struck me as at least reasonably faithful to the novella -- I know that the James tale is presented as a sort of story-within-a-story -- where the events are all related second-hand by people who are telling ghost stories to one another; and that element is eliminated from this adaptation; but other than that, it seemed like a faithful adaptation. As for the overacting... -- well, whenever you venture into melodrama-land, that just seems like it's part of the territory.
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EG - 2007-10-18 14:48:12
Would you mind watching an Adam Sandler movie...soon?
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Paula - 2007-10-18 14:52:04
Haw! Right after I get to this Celine Dion album...
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Mr Lojban - 2007-10-18 16:27:03
Um, guys? I have some suggestions...
Maybe this or this or this or ...
You get the idea.
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Greg - 2007-10-18 19:47:10
I suggest THIS
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iwombat - 2007-10-18 22:07:22
Oh damn! I was there, right before they went on, I didn't ask who it was, when I left the store, I stepped outside and was accidentally the first in line, someone asked "is this the line" and I said "well I'm not in it but I guess it is" and then I thought about that Chile Peppers song...
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iwombat - 2007-10-18 22:10:12
Oh, you must have seen her before she was in so many movies, she wus purty...
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2fs - 2007-10-18 22:57:13
Uh, why are they called "skinny jeans"? They're only skinny if their wearer is skinny...
Also: Most orders of nuns prohibit any sort of chart-topping, so perhaps it's that unusually permissive attitude that's being noted in the quote...
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Paula - 2007-10-18 22:59:49
Seriously--I went through her entire filmography and I'd not seen one film!
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Bina - 2007-10-18 23:40:06
Not even The King and I?
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Eric - 2007-10-19 01:45:21
The only other Perrata book I've read besides Joe College, which you said you didn't read, was Little Children. How is the new one compared to that?
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Paula - 2007-10-19 10:48:33
2ffy: don't make me make the dumb joke that's on the tip of my fingers.
Bina: Nope!
Eric: Same feel--suburban angst, laid back style, funny and warm and insightful, fairly compassionate towards most of its characters. An easy read.
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Mr Lojban - 2007-10-19 13:45:21
Wait. Can I still get the dumb joke?
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Paula - 2007-10-19 14:37:07
OK, Mr Lojban, but [Bugs Bunny voice] I'll probably hate myself in the morning. [/bbv]
Most orders of nuns prohibit any sort of chart-topping...
...but the Regina Laudis Abbey allows their nuns to, as long as they don't get in the habit.
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Mr Lojban - 2007-10-19 15:31:06
Aw, man!
You can go ahead & hate on y'self, but I think you're awesome.
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Paula - 2007-10-19 16:43:08
Aw, blush, and back atcha!
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aurore - 2007-10-24 01:37:35
http://www.austinlifeguard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=376229
http://www.theblackandwhitecomic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4482
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Barb - 2007-12-04 16:38:13
Eric & Paula, if you enjoyed The Abstinence Teacher, you should check out The Sex Ed Chronicles by Stuart Nachbar. Similar subject matter, different style, another good read.
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