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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 01:31 pm |
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Not sure where to post this. If you wanted to suggest/discuss books, movies, hobbies, etc., where would you post it? Admin. Mistress?
I watched LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE last night, and liked it a lot. Also was surprised at how much I liked HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 01:48 pm |
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perfect place!!!
Miss Sunshine was WONDERFUL!!
Have you seen Cayo?
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 02:03 pm |
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admin wrote: perfect place!!!
Miss Sunshine was WONDERFUL!!
Have you seen Cayo?
No. Is it CAYO, as in spanish for 'key' and 'cay'? What's it about?
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 02:12 pm |
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Quoted from the back of the movie -- it's a Spanish movie with English subtitles
"Tres inseperables amigos, (3), se quieren profundamente pero la vida y la guerra los seperan por razones fuera de su control. Treinta anos mas tarde la enfermedad y el fantasma de la muerte vuelve a enfrentarlos solo para poner a prueba la fortaleza de su amor.
Cayo fe filmada en los hermosos paisajes de la isla de Culebra y esta basada en una historia real de amor, amistad y solidaridad. Es una pelicula que todas deben ver."
short engish version -- filmed in Culebra, a movied about love, war and circumstantances, a must see!!
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 02:23 pm |
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who remembers the Navy showing the old Western movies on the side of a building (I think it was Rafi's grocery store)???
And more recently, Ernesto hosting movie night up at the plaza?
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 02:51 pm |
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| Hah! The movies on the wall. That was pretty cool. You'd sit on the wall/sidewalk of the court house...and EL BOLE was conveniently up the street for the movie critics afterwards. Julián, IIRC, was the one who showed them. He was the cook over at the O.P. and would bring down whatever they had up there. It was set up in the mess hall. He has always given so much of his time to Culebra, and I hope that people will always remember that. It was good that Ernesto showed the movies at the plaza, but that's not happening any more, is it?
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 03:08 pm |
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Cayo is quite delightful, semi-soap opera but written from a male point of view. Culebrense will recognize all the settings and particularly our gentle, natural way of life. It was written, directed, and filmed by Tommy Munoz' son. The nice aspect is that it doesn't exploit Culebra at all.
I remember movies on the wall -- and also the sit-in on Playa Flamenco when the chapel was built. It was, for Culebra, freezing cold and half the tiny population of that time got sick.
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 12:13 am |
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Nope, Ernesto isn't doing movies at the plaza anymore...stopped when the re-do happened. Too bad...hmm. Think I'll mention it to him tomorrow, they were great...the last one I saw had Amazon like women in Madonna type bras fighting bare-chested guys with little clothes around their privates...I have NO idea what it was about.
Two movies I've liked lately (joined Netflix...it works!) are The Constant Gardener and Amelie...also, Hotel Rawanda. Yep, most likely everyone else in the world has seen them long ago...but I'm catching up! (just looked at my netflix list...Tibet, Cry of the Snow Lion, was excellent - and for some fun bits of water...Step Into Liquid - from the son of the guy who did Endless Summer).
Books...too many. But I'll try and narrow it down...later.
I like this.
Glad you said that about the Harry Potter...my daughter, a readaholic and major movie buff, keeps telling me I need to read and see them, that I'll really like them...have you read any of the books, Willy?
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 12:33 am |
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MJ - have you seen Memoirs of a Geisha? How about Crash? Highly recommend both. I don't watch many movies (I prefer reading), but these are two I watched recently and loved. And your daughter is right, the Harry Potter series is a MUST read. I have them all, and would be willing to loan them, but they are definitely a series that I wouldn't want passed around, and would want back (sorry to be stingy, but I know I'll read them again and they are worth preserving). You know - you forgot to go book shopping while your Mac was being repaired. 
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 12:41 am |
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Crash was a sure winner -- wild -- you gotta hang in there -- the plot really does come together. The Departed was about the bloodest and violent movie I've ever seen, but again, I left enjoying it -- great plot.
and Borak......that was fun to watch in the movie theatre so you realized you weren't the only one laughing your ass off at jokes you really shouldn't be laughing at.......I missed half the movie because I was laughing so hard, or the people sitting in back of me would start giggling and get everyone started all over again.
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 11:14 am |
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I saw Memoirs, and read it...both good, but natch, I liked the book better. They did get into the complexity of the time and the characters in the movie though, which was good. There just wasn't the draw into the overall sense of history that was in the book, not enough time...I guess.
I haven't seen Crash - actually, with Netflix, I've seen more movies in the last six months than maybe in the last 25 years, so I have plenty to choose from!
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 11:16 am |
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Books: "Kite Runner" is a must read, well written and a great tale.
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 03:19 pm |
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| Ooooh, I agree on "Kite Runner". Definitely a must read!
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 03:30 pm |
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Check out a couple of Don Roos movies, The Opposite of Sex and Happy Endings. Also Thank You For Smoking was hysterical.
BTW, what did you think of Chalktown, the book?
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 08:36 pm |
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I'll look up the movies on Netflix, thanks! Chalktown the book...uh...I got about half way through it and...chalked it up to wondering when the guy starts nursing on the girl...wait, that was ANOTHER story. It didn't grab me - but I am still giving it a chance, I've been reading way too many serious books lately and need to go light. It was interesting for a bit, when they got into the Chalktown personalities, but...not like the other one...the name of which was...what? (I am SOOO bad...read too much, forget too much...but the one that made me cry, that I really liked?)
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 08:56 pm |
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The Proving Ground? About the Sydney to Hobart race that killed 6 sailors. Almost killed Larry Ellison, too.
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 09:01 pm |
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I put down Chalktown when I got stalled, as well. Then one day I picked it back up and skimmed enough to reload, and finished it. Very odd story, but it took me to an emotional conciousness I didn't know I had.
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 09:42 pm |
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Yep...the one about the race...I've passed it around and keep getting comments back...and the pages look all tear stained...
I'm sure the rest of Chalktown is in my future...
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 10:53 pm |
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Tritto on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I, too, read so much that I don't retain a lot of the fiction that I read, but this one still sticks with me. I wish I had some of these books that I could pass on, but see, I bought this house on Culebra, which forced me to re-think the $$ I was spending on books at Costco on a regular basis. So, I'm a frequent library patron now. You should see me, not on vacation, trying to finish a book in three weeks. I'm currently reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. It promises to be a good one.
You guys on Culebra with disposable income for books - if you haven't discovered http://www.overstock.com/, discover it. Their books are often more discounted than Amazon, and they charge a flat $2.95 shipping for books and other media - CDs, DVDs, etc.
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