Interlude: If James Wood Supposes...

[Paul Mackin]

rich wrote:
> i know i shouldn't feel this but julianne moore getting popped early
> in the movie was refreshing
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> rich
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Talk about "anarchic unpredictability" (see Mark's post).



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> On Feb 7, 2008 12:17 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I agree with Paul re. the Madonna thing, and the rescue ship called
>> "Tomorrow."  Yikes!  And wasn't the lead male character named "Theo?"
>> Double yikes!  It's like one of the Matrix writers infiltrated the
>> ranks.
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>> Yep, I think you're right.  How to end the story?  The child's gotta
>> survive, otherwise big bummer movie nobody'd watch.  But couldn't
>> things have just faded into indeterminacy?  How did the book end?
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>> David Morris
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>> On Feb 7, 2008 10:57 AM, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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>>>>> On 2/5/08, Paul Mackin wrote:
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>>>>>> Last evening I watched a dvd of "Children of Men."
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>>>> Personally, I thought it was over-hyped.  The contrived plot device was too distracting.  I think a lot of people responded on some level to the Madonna-and-child aspects of the story.
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>>> The level upon which I responded to the adoration of the child scene was definitely negative.
>>> I got the feeling that at that point in the proceedings the director was desperate for a place to turn.
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