NP - wallowing in the banal

[Charles Albert]

Or the Chronic Weeper...

love,

cfa

On Dec 26, 2017 4:40 PM, "Laura Kelber" <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alas, mawkishness is in the gut of the beholder.
>
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do want to see that yet unmade movie: Not a Hint of Mawkishness. Write
>> it!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 26, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Saw it last night & agree that it's worth seeing for the cinematography
>> alone, even if it does border on mawkish.
>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've actually seen The Square twice. Brilliant! I wouldn't go near the
>>> Shape of Water. Even a hint of mawkishness is more than I can bear.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2017 1:35 PM, "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Shape of Water.......Sally Hawkins...
>>>
>>> The script isn't at all original, and it frequently veers to the
>>> mawkish, but
>>>
>>>
>>> It is visually stunning....a great deal of Teal....the collection of
>>> late 1950s autos, but particularly the bus (looks like it came out of the
>>> Sunbeam collection). A lot of pop rivets.....kinda homely, but I really
>>> want one.
>>>
>>> and Sally Hawkins.....as a mute..... near impossibly expressive eyes
>>> which dominate a face which at first may look plain, but within 3 minutes
>>> becomes literally unbearably beautiful...There is a scene with Richard
>>> Jenkins wherein she tries to recruit him into the enterprise - if you
>>> aren't crying, you are a zombie.
>>>
>>> love,
>>>
>>> cfa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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