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Posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 14:57:29
Somethings Gotta Give with that rascal Jack Nicholson, what a smart-ass prick he can act, he's great, I love that actor. "I don't think I've ever had quite this kind of an effect on a woman before", and "What's with the turtleneck? I mean, it's the middle of summer" and "Don't you get hot?". Funny movie, love it. Diane Keaton is looking really really old in it .. but her figure beats all. Hope I look that good at whatever age she is. Not much older than me, I'll bet. ANybody know?
Posted by mair on November 16, 2004, at 20:53:37
In reply to Movies to watch on a rainy day ..., posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 14:57:29
My almanac tells me she's 58, although obviously a little younger when she made that movie.
One of the criticisms I heard of that movie is that she did look so good, and she was still way younger than Jack Nicholson's character - so it wasn't exactly a matter of finding a woman his age attractive.
I've loved most of what Jack Nicholson's been in. I particularly loved As Good As it Gets - a good rainy day movie. Another one, although not Jack's, is Sleepless in Seattle.
Posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 21:27:37
In reply to Re: Movies to watch on a rainy day ... » Susan47, posted by mair on November 16, 2004, at 20:53:37
I don't think Keaton really looked that good, as I said, she actually looks really old in it's easy to believe she's 58 in it, maybe even older, although she's supposed to be playing 56 I think. ANyway, she looks more like sixty-five, and I know lots of real-life women who look like her in their late fifties, figure-wise. But not face-wise, she obviously smokes she's got all those ugly little lines puckering towards her lips. Not to offend any smokers because I smoke something special every day.
Posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 21:29:24
In reply to Re: Movies to watch on a rainy day ..., posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 21:27:37
So I saw that movie for the first time today and it reminds me of myself, Keaton, I mean. All the emoting she did, I've been doing that for a year now. It's pretty real stuff and I love the way she played being in love. It's all real. I'm an idiot too.
Posted by AdaGrace on November 17, 2004, at 17:03:48
In reply to Movies to watch on a rainy day ..., posted by Susan47 on November 16, 2004, at 14:57:29
where Nickolson is dating the daughter but falls for the mother?
I didn't like that movie, because he was mean to her. I too felt exactly what she was feeling, and probably said what she said as well. I don't know, I guess I love romantic movies and then I turn around and try to imagine my life like that. Sorta what I do with books. My husband once said to me, "You know, life is not like it is in those books and movies of yours"
Funny, I thought it could be, and for a brief period in my life, it was. Every love scene I have ever watched reminds me of a time not so long ago where I felt the exact same thing.
Heavy Sigh, but not letting it get me down......
Doing Better Really I Am!!!!!!
AdaGrace, who is going to go home and make supper. Somthing good, something nutricious, and something they all like.
Beef Stroganoff.
There, that settles it.
(Looking around to see if anyone caught me on the internet at work)
Posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 2:51:05
In reply to Re: Is that the Movie » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 17, 2004, at 17:03:48
you can't put your job in jeopardy because you can't tear yourself away from Babble it'll be there when you get home.
Nicholson was not mean to Keaton, he was true to himself. If you remember, he had a lot of crap to work out before he could be emotionally ready for the relationship. He felt that, he knew he'd had a fairly meaningless emotional life. I thoughe he played the scenes very empathically to his character and that came through. And Keaton loved every minute of her torture, because it made her creativity shine and move through her; she used her pain and grew from it too. When she'd first got int the relationship she was always cringing and feeling like she'd said something too intimate or intimidating because she felt so strongly about wanting to commit to this relationship, knowing that he had a history of being the bad guy. If Nicholson's character had stayed stagnant but accepted the relationship, it would've never worked well for her because she would never have been sure of his commitment. But after he went through his self-examination (which took a nice long, juicy six months during which time Keaton developed even more self-confidence and autonomy) he was ready for the real thing for the first time in *his* life, so now we have the end of the story, and they lived happily every after.
Posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 19:46:50
In reply to Adagrace quit that, posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 2:51:05
I think I might've been under the influence or something when I posted last in this thread, I sound so aggressive and knowitall but you know what? I think I better print that sucker off because I have this *feeling that it's not only about this movie*. Everything I said, could be re-interpreted into a real life ... like, maybe, mine? And my ex-relationship with my ex-therapist? Whoa, I mean, not a real relationship, but part of what I'd been creating? I have some thinkin' to do.
Posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 19:48:48
In reply to Adagrace quit that, posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 2:51:05
And Keaton loved every minute of her torture, because it made her creativity shine and move through her; she used her pain and grew from it too. When she'd first got into the relationship she was always cringing and feeling like she'd said something too intimate or intimidating because she felt so strongly about wanting to commit to this relationship, knowing that he had a history of being the bad guy.
Posted by AdaGrace on November 19, 2004, at 6:03:43
In reply to WHOA, ADAGRACE I AM SO SORRY!!!, posted by Susan47 on November 18, 2004, at 19:46:50
Darlin........I was not offended.
In fact, I tend to be more knowitallly that I like, and it was refreshing to hear your take on the movie. I agree with you, but yet disagree..Sorta like sittin on the fence, not sure which side to jump off on. See I think of life that way. Never really able to descide. One side of the fence there is this really mean bull who just might stomp me to death, and the other side of the fence there is mud 2 feet deep......what to do, what to do.
Now come over here, give me a hug and bring some chocolate icecream....I need a girly night.
Posted by AuntieMel on November 19, 2004, at 11:16:05
In reply to Re: Sorry Susie » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 19, 2004, at 6:03:43
Let's see. Bull or mud.
My opinion - it doesn't matter. Either one has to be better than sitting on a fence.
Splinters. Ouch.
Posted by Susan47 on November 19, 2004, at 23:29:31
In reply to Re: Sorry Susie » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 19, 2004, at 6:03:43
Ada now I have a third side to the fence, and it's just me. The fence IS me. Sometimes it's nervous-making and I have to wriggle and rattle the shoulders to relax. Others it's flying and all good. I try to go for latter.
Posted by AdaGrace on November 20, 2004, at 11:43:46
In reply to Re: Sorry Susie, posted by Susan47 on November 19, 2004, at 23:29:31
I am concerned by your method of riding the fence. It would appear that there would be a better way to sit atop the fence so as to not suffer splinters and perhaps obtain the appropriate joy desired. Maybe a saddle for the fence......with a nice saddle horn.....
OMG did I just type that?
Ada(grinning at the thought) Grace
Posted by Susan47 on November 20, 2004, at 13:06:15
In reply to Re: Wiggling on the Fence » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 20, 2004, at 11:43:46
Oh yeah.
Posted by AdaGrace on November 21, 2004, at 12:02:55
In reply to Re: Wiggling on the Fence, posted by Susan47 on November 20, 2004, at 13:06:15
Is that why you took a hot bath later???
Posted by Susan47 on November 22, 2004, at 1:17:02
In reply to Re: Wiggling on the Fence » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 21, 2004, at 12:02:55
MMmmmmmffffffff!!!
Posted by just plain jane on November 22, 2004, at 20:35:52
In reply to Re: Wiggling on the Fence » Susan47, posted by AdaGrace on November 21, 2004, at 12:02:55
AdaGrace & Susan
say, have either of you young women heard of the sybian saddle???
http://ms.ha.md.us/~hotpink/writings/toys/sybian.html
once you are there, there are links for further information, too
;)
just plain sweet innocent jane
Posted by sunny10 on November 23, 2004, at 13:36:36
In reply to Re: Wiggling on the Fence, posted by just plain jane on November 22, 2004, at 20:35:52
bad, bad, girl-after-my-own-heart...
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