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Danda
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| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 04:02 am: | 
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I think gas prices are going down because youknowwho is going out of office.i think that youknow who also messed up our economy.
STOP GLOBAL WARMING TODAY
SAVE THE EARTH FOR TOMMOROW!!!!
Danda Cullen
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Njaeok
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| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 01:58 pm: |
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Thank you Dan for the clearfication of current events. I never dreamed that such complex situations could be refined down to such simple conclusions.
Please enlighten the rest of us on your "THINKING" techniques so that we may be as well informed as are you. Jimbo
Born with the gift of laughter, aware that the world is mad. -- Jimbo
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 07:32 pm: |
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Obviously there is no need for clarification,Jimbo.He was talking about Al Gore.
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 07:35 pm: |
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Obviously there is no need for clarification,Jimbo.He was talking about Al Gore.
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 04:00 am: |
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<Obviously there is no need for clarification,Jimbo.He was talking about Al Gore.
Bubz
 LOL, good one Bubby! Even I had to chuckle over that one.
It appears you had a sense of humor March 1st. But um, well, er, here it is nearly May! But everyone has their own cycle, so 60, 90, even 120 days, what's the diff?
Well, gotta go. One of my favorite flicks (no pun intended) of all times is on....Devil's Advocate w/Al Pacino. I've seen it 4 times already but each time is like the lst.
See ya,
Lottie
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 02:36 pm: |
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Hey LottiE, I see you're into Devil worshipping...I always knew you had a flaw.Hope he keeps it nice and warm for you..
Keep drinking your koolaid...
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Friday, May 01, 2009 - 01:13 am: |
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>Keep drinking your koolaid...
Awwww Bubby, sorry about all your spilt milk; but it does happen.
Yeah, we've been worshipping Al Pacino ever since Dog Day Afternoon culminating in Scent of A Woman.
Actually the movie Devil's Advocate demonstrates the pitfalls and consequences of blind ambition and the responsiblity and conscience associated with free will
Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings.
Spoken by character John Milton played by Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate,
Man, he knows how to deliver!
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 03:31 am: |
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Oops, speaking of Vanity, I forgot to give Al Pacino's co-star in The Devil's Advocate, Keanu Reeves his due. The part was originally slated for Brad Pitt but I think Keanu did a fantastic job.
Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut Lebanon. His name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains".
(sigh). He was raised in Toronto Canada and I believe he mostly lives in Canada now.
What I got most out of the movie wasn't so much that vanity is evil, but that your spouse should come first, even over the ego temptation of blind ambition.
What does this have to do with politics? Hmmmm, perhaps nada. Or perhaps I have John Edwards and Newt Gingrich on my mind, both who let success be at the expense of their wives and have the moral values of a flea and therefore adding to the decline of the meaning of holy matrimony. But mostly it's just that I'm a movie buff and am especially drawn to quality character actors.
Well gotta go, Nicholas Cage in "Matchstick Men" is on. He's another one of my favorites.
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 12:06 am: |
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Another Hollywood junky.That stuff will rot your brain.No wonder you can't accept reality,especially when you can escape it by watching movies.Idiot actors that have to be told where to stand,how to speak,what to say,what to think,and then when to go potty. All movies have a socialist left wing agenda,and you can see it within 5 minutes of the show.Stereotyping everyone that disagrees with their radical beliefs as haters and bigots.Plus ,you get more subliminal messages that 200 billboards combined .A waste of time and money...but then,Liberals always need something stupid to keep them entertained.Thats why they have the Oscars!! |
Lottie457
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| | Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 01:57 am: |
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Oh Bubby in the computer. Thank goodness you're not in my head.
Shalt I be honored or honoured by the manner in which you ridicule me...for watching movies no less?
If you would take just 10% of that inflated Ego of yours and flatten it into some sense rather than flailing around in rants and raves you might be vulnerable to debate. But you won't. Perhaps it's too threatening to you.
If I were younger, I might let you "groom" me into your staunch two-fisted way of thinking. I might even coddle you enough to avoid you "devouring" me within a myriad sandwich stuffed with rigid philosophies that would serve only to crack my teeth.
But that not being the case, I can only recommend you watch the following movie. It's a combination of history and imagination and is one of the best I've ever seen,
The Last Emperor 1987
Although it takes place in China, it has a universal theme, if you can grasp that.
Winner of 9 Oscars.
"He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change."
"Because Pu Yi lives in a world in which his own worth is severely distorted, he assumes an automatic innocence. He cannot be held responsible for his self-delusions since no one has the nerve to tell him the truth"
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What stands out to me in this movie is that here this kid is raised to think he's the absolute ruler (although in actuality he's a prisoner) the wisest of them all (although he is taught what to think) and catered to as though he's all-important (although he's an abandoned, scared, dupe).
Then one day he gets past the guards to these humungous heavy double doors, opens them up, and sees there's a whole other world out there that is changing. His world that he has clenched onto all those years is really past.gone.dead.
When he finally escapes captivity after captivity, he has but one impressive object to show for it....the chair in a museum that he used to sit upon and only on which he could be seated. The only object and objective that hadn't been changed.
He then must join the rest of the crowd in the outside world who are trying to understand and cope with it, make a place for himself like others do, juggle new choices and take consequences for his own mistakes, and seek out what realities and ideals are most important to him as most mature adults are asked of.
I strongly suggest you give it a once over Bubby. Even if you disagree with it, I'm sure you'll recognize it as a quality production.
And I assure you the "subliminal messages" will not gobble you up like pac-man, lol
Lottie
P.S. Did I really write this message or did someone I gave my password to do it? Here, who knows. Who cares.
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Njaeok
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| | Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 08:58 am: |
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Entertainment such as books, movies, staged plays and so on are popular because they allow us to fancy that we understand the nature of good and evil without peering inwardly to see the evil within.
But how is one to recognize the evil within? How for that matter is one to recognize evil or good anywhere at all?
Do such concepts actually have a place in reality sans personal prejudices and self serving rationalizations?
Doesn’t everyone from Mother Theresa to Adolph Hitler run around inside there own little box gleefully trying to smooth out the corners?
I suppose some folks just set in the center of their box enjoying the comfort zone. Such is the worst of evils by my definition. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Jimbo
Born with the gift of laughter, aware that the world is mad. -- Jimbo
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 01:27 am: |
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Oh my, Mother Theresa vs. Adolph Hitler. Now that's an extraordinary good vs. evil parallel. I myself don't identify with either. My comfort zone mediates somewhere in the middle, although my pendulum sways a bit both ways, lol.
I watch movies and the such for several reasons; sometimes escapism, sometimes to entertain and tweak my imagination, sometimes to learn, sometimes to reinforce my own identity as to what I am and what I'm not, what I can tolerate and what I can't, re-evaluate my values and morals, etc. Being I can't manifest everything I dream of or imagine, I enjoy those who are gifted enough to do so thru the arts.
Speaking of which, this is an interesting movie I can really sink my teeth into, lol
"Twilight" is from a novel and is already making a sequel. I thought it was different and well done. And a more fascinating way to experience the conflict between love, lust and blood thirsty temptation.
To stay on topic, Mankind is both enthralled and fearful of "transformation" of all sorts for a reason. Thus to me, to try and invalidate evolution, including that which is ongoing of the earth and its hemisphere is nonsensical. The world is not totally made to order for us. And there's just so much we can adapt to.
But whether it's global warming or changing werewolves or bats that become personified as vampires, we'll find a way to look into it and either just go with the flow or attempt to stop the progession I guess.
Meanwhile, sometimes all we can do is watch the tension. So why not romanticize it to reduce the fear?
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 11:49 pm: |
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Whenever I think of problems that affect the world at large I think of families...house-holds.
That is why this is one of the few DVD's we own.
The characters have both depth and wit. The direction is taut yet creative. The scenerio could be anybody's anywhere. But yet the way the values emerge from the tensions are exceptionally portrayed and fulfilled.
Starring an amazing Paz Vega, a perfectly cast confused Tia Leoni, a sensitive Adam Sandler, and a witty Cloris Leachman. They pull together from their indiviudal ranges an exquisite platter.
I like Flora's time and struggle to learn English. I recently heard that there are airline mechanics that can't read the manual because they don't speak or read English! Hello? I understand the need to maintain identity, but strongly feel that if people are going to live, much less work in the U.S. they should also speak the homeland's language. I see it as not only a courtesy, but a responsiblity.
I also loved Flora's decisions and how she made them. She's the epitome of beauty, grace, strength, protectiveness and maternalism. Not without flaws nor without problems, but not without Conscience either. She reinforces the bond with her child. She leaves the HouseHold in tact.
I grew up believing that "Mother Nature" with all its diverse driving forces in our environment was similar. Awww, but my feet also had to touch the ground; I too had to grow up, lol.
Lottie
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Lottie457
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 12:12 am: |
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I think it's amazing and a tribute to our founding fathers that Thomas Jefferson included..the pursuit of happiness in the American Declaration of Independence.
Although it's an abstract term that can be warped and waggled, I trust its original intent. The word "pursuit" can carry many sacrifices, frustrations, and failures. "To Seek" or "Seek Out" requires not only drive but Ego which sometimes becomes fanatical and overly selfish. But stagnation is immoral as well. Somewhere within the movement and the motivation is something even more than the desired outcome. It's the life of the story taking shape as well as the possiblity of a different story in the making.
That's why I liked this movie so very much.
The Pursuit of Happyness stars Will Smith, his actual son Jaden Christopher Smith, and Thandie Newton. It's loosely based on the life of Chris Gardner, a down and out salesman who is attempting to make a life for himself and his son and takes the risk of attempting to emerge number 1 from an internship with a stock brokerage firm.
The movie is broken down into 3 parts of his endeavor: stupidity, running, and finally attaining that little bit of happyness that will intermingle with them for a lifetime.
I was especially moved by the father's constant devotion to his son throughout the ordeal, not perfect yet unapologetic for being fallible.
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"The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness, is not left to the feeble and sophistical investigations of reason, but is impressed on the sense of every man. We do not claim these under the charters of kings or legislators, but under the King of Kings." --Thomas Jefferson to John Manners, 1817. ME 15:124
"I sincerely pray that all the members of the human family may, in the time prescribed by the Father of us all, find themselves securely established in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Ellicot Thomas, et al., 1807. ME 16:290
"The freedom and happiness of man... [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government." --Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1810. ME 12:369
"The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness." --Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 1782. ME 4:196, Papers 6:186
"If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free in the choice of place as well as mode, and we may safely call on the whole body of English jurists to produce the map on which nature has traced for each individual the geographical line which she forbids him to cross in pursuit of happiness." --Thomas Jefferson to John Manners, 1817. ME 15:124
"Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I as steadfastly believe." --Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 1763. ME 4:10, Papers 1:10
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 05:22 pm: |
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Give a woman an inch and she
will take a mile!
Lets back up a bit and
revisit this
line:"Because Pu Yi lives in
a world in which his own
worth is severely distorted,
he assumes an automatic
innocence. He cannot be
held responsible for
his self-delusions since
no one has the nerve
to tell him the truth"
Just insert Obams's name
for Pu Yi.,and you have
a spot on Fox news.
In fact I may refer to him
as Pu Yi from now on...
or maybe P yu...
Jimbo is very opinionated
about his observations which
he carries in his pocket,
and to him,
it is all cut n dried.
Some can only hope to
obtain that knowledge of
a good and evil concept.
I will stick to the King James
version.
"Entertainment such as books,
movies, staged plays and so
on are popular because they
allow us to fancy that we
understand the nature of
good and evil without peering
inwardly to see the evil
within.....(We are all sinners)
...personally,I think its
Hollywood trying to brainwash
you into considering their
depraved life style as
normal behaviour.The total
degradation of life was
when someone produced
and directed the
"Texas Chain-Saw Massacre".
Im sure there was a tremendous
amount of intelligence that
went into that production,
and am wondering how many
people now consider doing
that to their friends
and neighbors?
And no, I didn't watch
the movie...but,I bet
Jimbo did...lol
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Lottie457
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Username: Lottie457
| | Posted on Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 02:28 am: |
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Whenever renting movies, I always slip a foreign movie in the bunch. I think it broadens my perspective and helps give balance to my opinions.
It also reminds me to appreciate the freedom of choices that I have in my Country as well as how they evolved, most with difficulty and loss of life, and the time and effort it took to achieve them, especially for women.
Many laws in all Countries are intended to give economic advantage to segments of their population although usually perpetrated under the guise of morality. Whenever morals can't be questioned, I doubt their substance. But like most, I sometimes can't see through the blur.
This movie really touched in me in its sensitivity to the topic, the cinematography, and direction, all of which was exquisite.
The synopsis is in part from Mirasreviews on Amazon.
Water" is the third film in writer/director Deepa Mehta's elemental trilogy, following "Fire" and "Earth". It explores the plight of widows in traditional Hindu culture, where women are condemned to a grim, rudimentary existence after their husbands die. In India in 1938, young Chuyia (Sarala) is widowed at the age of 8. By religious law, when a man dies, his wife may either be cremated with him, marry his brother, or live the life of an ascetic -chaste, poor, and pious. Chuyia's head is shaved, her jewelry removed, and she is sent to live in an ashram with other widows of all ages. She is befriended by a pretty widow named Kalyani (Lisa Ray), watched over by the devout and generous Shakuntula (Seema Biswas), and often at odds with the ashram's callous matriarch Madhumati (Manorama), who pays the rent by prostituting Kalyani. A handsome law student with progressive politics, Narayan (John Abraham), is smitten by Kalyani. But it is sinful for widows to remarry, and Kalyani is a prostitute besides.
The story of making "Water" is a drama in itself. Filming in India in 2000 was shut down by violent protests by religious fundamentalists, who believed the film was anti-Hindu. Deepa Mehta's view is that a misinterpretation of religious texts has perpetuated the dreadful state of widows in Indian culture, which is actually the result of economics. If a widow is sent away upon the death of her husband, her own family does not have to pay to feed or house her, and her would-be inheritance remains in her husband's family. In any case, there were riots, Deepa Mehta was burned in effigy, and the film's sets were thrown into the river. Four years later, the film was recast and the production moved to Sri Lanka, where filming began again.
The DVD (20th Century Fox 2006): "Behind the Scenes" (20 min) includes interviews with writer/director Deepa Mehta and the cast. Mehta talks about the controversy surrounding the film and its themes. The actors discuss Mehta's directing style, mastering the period mannerisms, and their characters. "The Story Behind the Making of Water" (4 min) is about the controversy and the ill-fated first attempt to film "Water". There is a good, continuous audio commentary by Deepa Mehta in which discusses the sets, actors, character development, cinematography and lighting, the film's score, and provides additional information about Indian culture.
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"Truth never changes; opinions change."
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:59 am: |
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The last movie I watched was Agatha Christies:"Evil under the Sun"...Peter Ustinov was the impeccable Hercule Poirot.Its a series that my niece has loaned me.The costumes are briliant and the dialog was interesting.I shall watch another one tonight and guess who the villians are...lol |
Lottie457
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| | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 02:52 pm: |
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<The last movie I watched was Agatha Christies:"Evil under the Sun"...
Arlena deserved to be strangled, the little wench 
But I agree that Agatha Christie reigns supreme in who done it books and movies. I'm always taken for a ride with her and the dialogues and clues are fascinating.
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02l
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| | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 05:38 pm: |
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The last movie I watched was Saw III.
Totally amazing.
-Two Litre |
Lottie457
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Username: Lottie457
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 01:49 am: |
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Oh.my.gosh. Can I be stubborn sometimes. I had refused to watch this 1990! movie because I thought it would be a "macho" film w/o a flicker of sentimentality. Could I have been more wrong? No.
I had seen Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams as well as another film where he played a military officer caught in between a bunch of political hacks and thought him to be a really good actor. But a director??? I had no idea.
This story of a soldier who becomes a part of the Lakota Sioux Indians is spellbinding and immensely moving.
The movie gripped me from the very beginning. OMG gangrene, how well I know. And his refusal to allow his foot to be amputated as I did my toe or leg. And geeeze, when he put a boot on with it I felt it all the way up my spine as I could bearly wear soft cotton slippers w/ an area cut out for my toes.
The movie is nothing short of extraordinary as it surpasses fear, suspicion, racism, culturism, identity, etc. and explores the crux of what makes for a bond, whether with animal or Man. The "why" or "how" is something that outsiders don't bother to approach in much depth other than the usual familiar hackneyed ways. But Costner brings the abstract basics to consciousness moment by moment.
I'd forgotten that there is a difference between going to war over a normal hunger and drive as the basis of survival rather than territory or crazy complicated economics.
Oh how I cried when they shot his horse from under him. But I could understand that the horse as his transport had no where to go but down. But the wolf? The wolf could've just run away ! I kept saying, run....run. But instead because it had had a taste of that trusting domestication, instead it just paced back and forth a few feet until it was shot dead as though it had an invisible leash on it.
And the end, when an Indian proclaimed his friendship for the soldier before he left the tribe. He kept shouting, I'm your friend, Can you see? I'll always be your friend, Can you see that ! Yes, I could. I saw it and could see it. There was no mistake to be made about it, no question about it, no rationalizations, no fantasies, no lies to oneself.
There are some reviewers who claim the movie isn't "historically" correct. Who cares. The movie is immensely honest...from the integrity of being "a true human being" to contempt as shown thru the thoughtless slaughter of buffalo to acknowledging being angry simply over a lack of answers to how meaningful good intentions are when they're not denied or too convoluted.
The love was peeled layer by layer in this production and I cried as though it were an onion.
I never thought I'd route for the "injuns" against soldiers, but Costner had me doing just that.
With the hundred of people that post on Starlite everyday, I'm probably the only one who hadn't seen this movie but if by chance you haven't, please do.
I'm still teary eyed over it. It has such impact. And when I think I've finally written the perfect poem, I'll think of this movie and all that went into it and brought to the surface and know....Not. Nope, not by a longshot.
Lottie
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Bubby
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| | Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 10:35 pm: |
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I believe the word is root for the indians,not route for the indians..Ayata hay c oh ti ejuh..
running bub... |
Bubby
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| | Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 10:37 pm: |
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Lottie457
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Username: Lottie457
| | Posted on Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 12:20 am: |
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<I believe the word is root for the indians,not route for the indians..Ayata hay c oh ti ejuh..
running bub...>
I thought that word didn't seem right to me. Wouldya' believe that I was going to look it up to see if I need to change it but then I thought, naaaah, Bubbys here and here and here and here and here to spot others itsy bitsy mistakes.
and make icky poo on the whole moving spiritual
gist of this most brilliant movie
I'd write a poem or several of appreciation to you
for it but well, um, nothing comes to mind at the moment 
but Thanks for the Pointer
tasose mahel nitawa ist
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Bubby
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Username: Bubby
| | Posted on Friday, August 07, 2009 - 10:00 am: |
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I'll admit that is was a memorable movie and Costner is a wonderful actor.The film did not illicit tears from me,for I knew it was Hollywood's version and they have the tendency to embellish the plot and distort actual events.
You have been drinking too much ah-sahn-pee..you need to drink more apple cider vinegar..ciao-ciao.
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