This doesn't follow the typical formula, does it? And I have to admire that. Still, I think it's kind of an annoying movie. Also, watching it in 2008, it's hard to get over the size of Julia Robert's mobile phone.
I thought it would be fun to read this series, since there is a British TV show based on it that looks interesting. But after reading the following, I'm done: Hildegard Staunton was paler than he remembered from her husband's funeral. Her short hair was blonde and curly; her eyes were large and green. Her eyebrows were pencil-thin and she wore no lipstick; as a result, her face looked as if her feelings had been washed away. So, it's only possible to read feelings on a woman's face if she's wearing lipstick? I had no idea! If the book had been written in the '50s or something, I probably could have overlooked this, but no, it was published in 2012. I may be overreacting, but there's a lot of good stuff to read and this time, I choose not to spend my time on something that implies that women absolutely must wear makeup or they can't get along in society.
When I decided that I wanted to make a sweater for an adult, I thought I should make one for someone small, and since I had never knitted anything for Leah or any of Leah's progeny, I chose her. Here it is: I apologize that the pictures are pretty lame. The actual color is closer to the top picture.
It's been a few years since I heard this song, but a few of us were singing it at work the other day and now I can't get enough of Boney M.'s legendary Rasputin . Here's one version from 1978: A shorter version of the same show in color and better quality, but without the fun Moscow photo/film montage: How can the people sit still, looking bored, at the dinner party or whatever that event was? Impossible. Live at Top of the Pops, Christmas 1978: Wacky Count Rasputin version on Italian TV in 1978: And a 30-year reunion live version in Russia, 2008: Not as much to commend that, except the lip-syncing guy doing nice backflips on stage. And everyone having fun with it. There are more, but I'll stop here. It's one of disco's finest tracks. Back in the non-disco world, Rasputin had a daughter, and it's too bad she died before this song became famous: Rasputin 's daughter, Maria Rasputin (Matryona Rasputina) (1898–1977), emigrate
Think how much better the movie could have been if it had someone other than Julia Roberts. The rest of the cast is great.
ReplyDeleteI usually don't mind Julia Roberts, but hers is kind of a weird character in this movie. There's not much reason to like her until the end.
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