NP - wallowing in the banal

[Mark Thibodeau]

I can't wait to see The Shape of Water.

Laura, did you find Pan's Labyrinth mawkish?! Dear oh dear... I hope not.

How about Children of Men?

Just curious.

J

On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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