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Happy birthday Joe! 12-12-12...we will never see another triple date again in our lifetimes.
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florisandy
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Twelve, twelve, twelve and time to delve! (into your most desirable pursuits!) Happy Birthday Joe!
Thank you again, everybody. I truly appreciate our family here. Dinner was wonderful
at a local restaurant called "Passaparole." I'm linking to the menu--we shared the Mezzelune Cacio and the Ghocchettini Abruzzesi.
"Life of Pi" is a beautiful film. Ang Lee has done it again. As a fan of the book I was delighted.
http://www.passaparolausa.com/dinnermenunew.html
at a local restaurant called "Passaparole." I'm linking to the menu--we shared the Mezzelune Cacio and the Ghocchettini Abruzzesi.
"Life of Pi" is a beautiful film. Ang Lee has done it again. As a fan of the book I was delighted.
http://www.passaparolausa.com/dinnermenunew.html
SPOILER: I can't believe Ang didn't call me and ask my opinion first. I could have given him
a solution to the only problem I had with the movie.
If I looked at it from a viewpoint of NEVER HAVING READ THE BOOK, I was disappointed that the POV keep moving from the older main character to his younger-selves...and then back to the older....validating that he was ALIVE to tell this story.
Had Ang asked me MY opinion, I would have told him to start the movie with the American author asking "a man" to tell him about a story he had heard. Then the ENTIRE movie could have continued as it was and THEN at the very end, he would have seen the FACE on the police paperwork and recognized that it was the same person as the man who was telling him the story.
As it was, I knew throughout the entire movie that Pi would survive, which takes away from the dramatic tension. Using my twist, it would have been just a story being told about a young boy and the viewer would not have had any idea whether he would survive or not until the very end.
Ang, call me next time.
a solution to the only problem I had with the movie.
If I looked at it from a viewpoint of NEVER HAVING READ THE BOOK, I was disappointed that the POV keep moving from the older main character to his younger-selves...and then back to the older....validating that he was ALIVE to tell this story.
Had Ang asked me MY opinion, I would have told him to start the movie with the American author asking "a man" to tell him about a story he had heard. Then the ENTIRE movie could have continued as it was and THEN at the very end, he would have seen the FACE on the police paperwork and recognized that it was the same person as the man who was telling him the story.
As it was, I knew throughout the entire movie that Pi would survive, which takes away from the dramatic tension. Using my twist, it would have been just a story being told about a young boy and the viewer would not have had any idea whether he would survive or not until the very end.
Ang, call me next time.
That would indeed be an interesting twist...
although to me the story wasn't about whether Pi survives but how. Also, the alternate story at the end is enough of a blow to me. Very intriguing though, and it sure would have gotten a gasp from the audience
I also wish they'd call me first. Especially Spielburg. I could have fixed ET and The Color Purple (two disasters, in my not-too-popular opinion) for him if he'd only asked.
although to me the story wasn't about whether Pi survives but how. Also, the alternate story at the end is enough of a blow to me. Very intriguing though, and it sure would have gotten a gasp from the audience
I also wish they'd call me first. Especially Spielburg. I could have fixed ET and The Color Purple (two disasters, in my not-too-popular opinion) for him if he'd only asked.