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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 12/29/2006 : 20:50:04
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Originally posted by aahaa, muahaha
Mousehunt : - The review is pun on the expression "just desserts"
Well, the expression is "just deserts"; otherwise it would always refer to puddings. I think the pun actually works better with the original being slightly different. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 20:57:45
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
P.S. I LOVED Anna Christie
I tried to add the 1931 German version of this film, but my null review was processed as being for this 1930 English version. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:00:50
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Originally posted by Ali
How do you like them apples?
(1) Could someone please explain this phrase to me? I have never known to what it is referring.
(2) Does anyone know why they are spelling it 'Happyness'? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:09:22
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Originally posted by Paddy C
No explanation necessary here!
"Who would Jesus do?" - nice, except that someone or other thought of it before. I know that, technically, identical reviews are currently allowed for different films with the same theme, but may I suggest that people check out both of these films before submitting reviews? This is not the first time it has happened with this very pair. |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 12/29/2006 21:10:18 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:18:16
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Originally posted by aahaa, muahaha
Whatever the reason, do let me know.
I had already voted for three and added one more. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:28:18
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Goodbye 2006.
It is slightly possible that there is a spoiler for The Page Turner; however, it is no more than I knew from a standard plot summary before I saw the film. Highlight the following text for an explanation: The film is about revenge achieved after a long period of time.
One of the films is not as you may have thought one of thefoxboy's favourites.  It is a Bollywood film and the title is just (I assume) a coincidence. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:42:57
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V&V to here
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Originally posted by Salopian
(1) Could someone please explain this phrase to me? I have never known to what it is referring.
From ask.yahoo.com:
We love questions about phrase origins because, well, they're usually easy to answer. Alas, tracking this one down took some real detective work.
For those unfamiliar with the expression, this idiom can be used to gloat (as Matt Damon's character did in "Good Will Hunting") or to call attention to a small personal triumph. It's sort of another way of saying "So there" (but with apples).
OK, but how did the expression get its start? According to a few sources, it originated in World War I with the "toffee apple," a kind of trench mortar bomb sometimes used to destroy tanks. We presume soldiers would say, "How you like them apples?" after an "apple" took out an enemy.
A character played by Walter Brennan used the phrase in the John Wayne movie "Rio Bravo." After throwing a stick of dynamite and seeing his partner shoot it in the air, Brennan shouted, "How do ya like them apples?"
Ironically, whether in the movies or on the battlefield, the person being asked usually isn't around to answer the question.
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Originally posted by Salopian
(2) Does anyone know why they are spelling it 'Happyness'?
Also from ask.yahoo.com:
"The word "Happyness" in the title has been taken from the misspelling of "Fun Joy Happyness" on a mural children have painted on the Chinatown daycare center where Chris Gardner takes his son, Christopher. When Chris points out the mistake, Mrs. Chu replies that it is not important to the pre-schoolers how the word is spelled, only that they have happiness. This leads Chris to contemplate the inclusion of the concept of the individual's right to "pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence, and how to pursue a happier, more emotionally secure childhood for his son, than his own had been." |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:57:29
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Thanks x 2.  |
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MM0rkeleb 
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 12/29/2006 : 22:02:45
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Paddy C
No explanation necessary here!
"Who would Jesus do?" - nice, except that someone or other thought of it before. I know that, technically, identical reviews are currently allowed for different films with the same theme, but may I suggest that people check out both of these films before submitting reviews? This is not the first time it has happened with this very pair.
Yeah, well, it happens. I myself was amused to note that ChocolateLady is (at least) the third person to come up with 'Cum, all ye faithful' for a third different film:
My version.
Falken's version.
At least in this case, the review works in slightly different ways for each film, so it doesn't feel too redundant.
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 12/30/2006 : 02:15:44
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| V&V 2 here |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/30/2006 : 16:19:05
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
Yeah, well, it happens. I myself was amused to note that ChocolateLady is (at least) the third person to come up with 'Cum, all ye faithful' for a third different film:
My version.
Falken's version.
At least in this case, the review works in slightly different ways for each film, so it doesn't feel too redundant.
Oh... and here I thought I was being so original! I guess great minds, and all that...
(V&V to here.)
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 12/30/2006 : 23:02:53
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Thanks Sludge, Chaz and Yukon for the kind comments. And the kind votes of course.
All done!
Paddy's "Eat me" review had me in stitches... great stuff. |
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Josh the cat
"ice wouldn't melt, you'd think ....."
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Posted - 12/31/2006 : 00:09:29
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VR&VA to here
I will try to get back for late arrivals but it's new years eve and we have guests don't you know, I'm very posh whatwhat.
Josh the cat |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 12/31/2006 : 20:36:29
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| V&V> See you tomorrow. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 12/31/2006 : 20:38:36
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Vhappy Vnew year to all 
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