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On 11/9/2022 at 7:19 PM, Browncoat said:
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are so very good.
Everybody was very good. Really, every single person.
I saw Decision to Leave on the same day as this movie, and Banshees is the one that is sticking with me.
I just can't stop thinking about the animals. The miniature donkey was obviously adorable, but the horse...the horse wasn't particularly good looking, but that scene where he was at the door to Padraic's house continues to affect me.
And the dog, with the shears.
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We only ask that, at this time, our privacy is respected.
I think it's so rich when people who go on a reality TV show and participate in public social media ask that their privacy be respected. You know how you can have your privacy respected? Be private.
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5 hours ago, amarante said:
The only time the price matters is when you sell. I have been living in my home for more than 20 years and the price has gone up and down since I've lived here. It doesn't affect me in anyway since I don't want to sell;
I'm no property tax expert, but I think your situation may be unique to California because of Proposition 13, which bases property taxes on the property's value when it was bought, and taxes rise by no more than 2% each year.
I don't know how widespread that approach is, but it's not the case in Texas, for example, where property taxes are based on the current assessed value. Even if someone doesn't want to sell, their property taxes go up along with the assessment, so it does affect them. Keeping up with property taxes in a hot market can become a financial struggle for someone who just wants to keep living in their house like usual, and is doing nothing to cause the increase in assessment. They'll benefit from the increasing value of their house when they sell (assuming they sell at the right time), but in the meantime, they're hurt by the rising prices.
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22 hours ago, pdlinda said:
Please someone explain Alexis' "look" to me....
Maybe a clue is the model of her vagina (which I think is actually her vulva; body positivity apparently isn't into accurate labeling) that she has on display in her living room. Or, actually, for me, that's a clue I shouldn't even try to understand her "look" because we're clearly from different planets.
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A Costa Rica episode I actually enjoyed! Or, I enjoyed the couple, and they seemed fond of each other. As the agent said, they turned what they thought were lemons into lemonade. Good for them.
Plus they both work remotely and didn't once call themselves digital nomads.
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17 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
I was sure the third house on the golf course wouldn't be the one she bought.
Did those houses have fences between the yards? It looked wide open to me, and I just couldn't imagine being her neighbor and her having a hundred strangers milling around in her back yard that is not my back yard only by virtue of an invisible property line.
A wrought iron fence would at least keep them corralled, but I'd still have to be looking at (and listening to) them. Actually, didn't she specifically say she didn't want a property with a fence. Also known as "fuck the neighbors."
I really disliked that woman.
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6 hours ago, TooMuchRealityTV said:
She has said she brought that house for her Mother. Her Mother has lupus. So I imagine she wanted to make sure she was cared for, since she has health issues and may not always be able to work.
She has said that recently. But not back when she bought the townhouse, when Briana AND Roxanne AND Brittany AND Nova AND Stella moved in. Why wouldn't she let the kids stay in that presumably larger place they're already living in, and get a smaller place for Roxanne to live in alone?
How does a house that has Roxanne and Briana on the deed, with Roxanne living there and Briana and her brood living in an apartment, protect Roxanne in a way that having Roxanne and Briana on the deed, with Briana and her brood living there and Roxanne living in an apartment, does not?
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Gosh, I loved this movie. It's absolutely gorgeous, has perfect music, and top notch performances all around, including from the animals. Colin Farrell really outdoes himself.
I know ruts can be problematic, but after this and In Bruges, I'm down for Martin McDonagh getting into a rut with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
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13 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:
I lived in an Eichler in Palo Alto when I was a little kid.
How cool!
When we were in Palm Springs, Mr. Outlier and I did a big slow-roll bike tour of the various neighborhoods, looking at the houses. We do this in pretty much every town we go to if we have the time, just to get a feel for the various places. But since I'm a MCM aficionado, it was a must-do for Palm Springs.
And for Palo Alto, too, which is awash in Eichler (and other MCM) houses. We rode 25 miles, and it might have been an even better experience than Palm Springs because lots of the houses in Palm Springs were clearly Airbnbs and looked photo ready, while the ones in Palo Alto looked like people actually live in them. Who knows what open-concept remodeling horrors await those who go inside them, but it's a real treat riding by one after another after another at 7 mph.
13 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:There were several Eichlers in the neighborhood. I didn't realize I had lived in such a "special" house. It actually seemed "flimsy" compared to the old houses I have lived in.
Frank Lloyd Wright houses leak like crazy. Ah, the things we sacrifice for beauty.
13 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:I'm sure that house is priced over a million now.
It's bound to be waaaaaay over a million now. People are digging the MCM, and having Eichler on it just pushes up the price tag.
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17 minutes ago, thatsall said:
His always-compensating demeanor, blathering on about his celibacy, and constantly referring to his alleged large phallus just rates him even higher on the Pass! meter.
That reminds me--no comments here about the fact that he and Alexis got jiggy on their wedding night and lied about it.
Hmm...not that I have a comment, either, now that I think about it.
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46 minutes ago, Kimboweena said:
It's too bad they ended so early. If you remember, Binh was super frugal (no lights at night to save on electricity, only washing clothes certain times of the day). I would love to have seen how Morgan would have dealt with that.
Me too. Really, the only reason I watch this show is for discussions about money, and I'm disappointed we missed this opportunity. Morgan put her stuff in storage and is going to travel around, which makes me think their money discussions would have been extra fun.
I do like the fact that the two who ended it the earliest seem to be the most content with each other. This waiting around for the experts' matching rationales to prove accurate didn't do any of the other couples any good, and Morgan and Binh had only nice things to say about each other. Ripping the bandaid off appears to have worked for them, compared to Justin and Alexis. Those two...wow. And Nate and Stacia right behind them.
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It was pretty quick, but be sure to notice when Binh jumps out of his seat when Justin and Nate start beefing. He didn't have a chance to adjust his too-tight pants, and they stayed bunched up, with the hem about mid-calf.
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4 hours ago, Tuneful said:
I think [Debbie's] had professionals on the show directing her hair, makeup, wardrobe, Botox...
Good lord I hope not.
4 hours ago, Tuneful said:She looks a lot better. It requires work, though, and may be a hassle for her to keep up on her own.
I think there was a middle ground she skipped right over, going from very dowdy clothes to miniskirts and go-go boots. Same with her hair color--there's bound to be a more natural shade she could have gone to, that wouldn't have looked so jarring and might look a little better now that her natural color + gray are coming in. And I don't find her dark eye makeup flattering.
I think that's it--she looks different, but I don't think her look is flattering.
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15 hours ago, theredhead77 said:
If the giver is doing it with good intentions and giving to a non-political, humanity based organization, the recipient would be a dick for having a problem with an organization like World Central Kitchen, or Habitat for Humanity.
You'd think.
Then again, the donation I objected to would be considered by some recipients the most thoughtful gift in the world. The thing is, it really would be thoughtful because it was given with that particular person in mind.
And Habitat for Humanity is an avowedly Christian organization, so it might not be an organization an atheist would choose to give money to.
This discussion was prompted by someone who wanted to cut back on Christmas giving because of the stress, and still make everyone happy. The ironic thing is that whenever gift-giving comes up, soooo many people say they wish their family would get off the gift-giving train, so stopping the gifting would make people happy. It's a shame it's so rare that someone has the balls to pull the plug.
Instead of cutting this thing off at the head, we fashion workarounds. Gift cards, charitable donations in others' names. I get it--it's easy (although not simple, as I've tried to illustrate). But how much of this would go on if it weren't obligatory?
In my perfect world (adults--not kids, who want want want and should get get get), there would never be an occasion where a gift is expected, and gifts are never given for any reason other than, "I think X would love this" and X is surprised to get it. "Oh, for me?"
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11 hours ago, magemaud said:
Good point. I remember a rumor going around that she was using her pug's farts and passing (ha ha) them off as her own.
How the hell would you even do that? I can kind of understand capturing your own farts, like you feel one coming on and grab the jar. But how would you coordinate it with the pug? At least its tail is well designed for positioning a fart jar.
Also, anybody else LOL at the way Liz holds on when she's riding on the back of the scooter? She has her arm over Ed's shoulder and I thought it was because she's so much taller than he is, but Mr. Outlier (poor guy was walking through the room) said she can't get her arms around Ed's middle to hold on. Whatever--it's nothing I've ever seen before.
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On 10/27/2022 at 2:41 PM, Andyourlittledog2 said:
I think Brianna bought it for her mother so it is 'mom's house'.
Both Briana and Roxanne are on the deed.
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On 8/30/2022 at 8:44 AM, Leeds said:
Have you thought about making a charitable donation instead of tangible gifts? You could make just one in everybody's name or individual ones. ... If your family members are unhappy about your choice, hopefully one day they might come to realize that they are ungrateful dicks,
I'm guessing you've never had a donation made in your name and address to a "charitable" organization you find repellent, mendacious, and dangerous. It puts the recipient in a terrible position, like being called an ungrateful dick because they don't want to be any part of it and definitely don't want to financially support it, even indirectly.
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Tár (2022)
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21 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:perfectly obvious she was a bad person
It was eventually obvious. I very much appreciated how information was handed out in little bits, sometimes vague, because it makes me feel like the director respects me. At one point, I realized I was sitting there with my jaw agape, and it took me a little bit to be ready to close it.
I have a habit of forgetting the final scene in movies, but don't think that's gonna happen in this case. The choice of the panning shot was perfection.
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On 10/22/2022 at 5:15 PM, Browncoat said:
The other was that they kept implying that Lily was going to begin working at a law firm as a lawyer in the fall, but also implying that she had only completed four years of college. They never said anything about the extra three years for law school.
They didn't imply it--they outright said it.
My mantra when confronted with discrepancies is, "It's not a documentary." But there's a limit. How about they make her an engineer? I know scads of engineers, very successful engineers, and none of them have graduate degrees. So she just graduated with an engineering degree and is taking a post-graduation trip the day after graduation (hello bar exam?) before she starts her career with a top-notch engineering firm. And STEM points!
So yeah, that bugged. But also, why would her mother have matches in her purse? Again, not a documentary, but it's easy enough to find another reason for her to get into her mother's purse, or even to have her mother spill the contents, which happens all the time in romantic comedies.
Ultimately, I didn't much like the movie, but the audience I was with definitely did, and I'm happy for them. I should have just watched the trailer a dozen more times because I loved that.
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17 hours ago, Grrarrggh said:
I found it sad that two adults couldn't swim. It should be a skilled learned right along with reading, though I know it can be next to impossible for people to find a pool.
@amarante explained what the deal is with not being able to swim. As for college, a handful of schools still have a swimming test (although I'll note that even though this article is only three months old, it's not current because Dartmouth recently dropped their swim test requirement):
https://web.archive.org/web/20220809064042/https://www.hercampus.com/life/college-swim-test/
I agree that swimming should be a skill that everyone has, and that's why I support the Swim Safe program at my local YMCA. They provide free swimming lessons to kids. I like it because (1) the kids learn to swim and don't ever have to feel lesser-than when their Ivy League college roommate invites them to go yachting, and (2) there's no way their parents are going to pay for the swimming lessons otherwise, which means providing them to the kid isn't freeing up money that they'll just use on cigarettes or meth.
On 10/28/2022 at 11:35 AM, Empress1 said:For some reason I found it odd that the Chicago buyer had a dog named Denise. Many of the pets owned by people I know have human names, but Denise struck me as an odd choice.
I think one factor is how common the name is. If it's something like Rupert, it might not seem remarkable because it's not a very common human name, but I remember like 40 years ago, I ran across a guy who had a German Shepherd named Martha, and it obviously left an impression. When I was little, a friend's family had a German Shepherd named Max, but that somehow fit. Martha? Not so much.
And I think it's becoming more prevalent these days when people treat their dogs like people, so they give them very people names. Like the Kevin that @Grrarrggh mentioned.
(And TOTALLY off topic--I was behind an 18-wheeler once that had a sign on the back that said something like "Our drivers are skilled and courteous." The trailer was really dirty and someone had used their finger to etch below it, "Except Kevin.")
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9 hours ago, buttersister said:
Illinois to Ireland. I liked her.
She had a very appealing face. It was round even when she was younger and skinnier, and is just more round now. It makes her look like the friendliest person on earth.
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On 10/22/2022 at 9:07 PM, princelina said:Quote
Beyond blow-jobs, I’d bet Harry Hamlin would be hard pressed to come up with one redeeming character trait in Rinna.
I guess it's not a character trait, but she did once mentioned that he liked her big bush
Tragically, something I know about Lisa Rinna is that her big bush days are long gone. This is not something I want to know about anyone, never mind someone I've only seen on TV.
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On 10/17/2022 at 1:37 PM, mariah23 said:
If Winter Comes shows how MGM would cast Lansbury as women who were much older than she actually was.
Fresh Air replayed a couple of interviews with Angela Lansbury, and she talked about this:
GROSS: Did you feel comfortable at MGM in Hollywood in the '40s with all the kind of glamour and publicity surrounding the movies then?
LANSBURY: It was a hard adjustment for me. I wanted to play the game, you know? I wanted to be like the rest of the girls. I was still enough of an adolescent in my heart although I always say that I sort of missed my adolescence. But part of me wanted to be like the girls who were under contract. But I really wasn't. I just didn't fit in that mold. And I know now that it was a difficult period of trying to be what I really wasn't.
The only - let's say the comfort I took was - and even then I kind of leant on it - was the fact that I knew that I was an actress and that I could play different roles because I was continuously being offered extraordinary stretches, shall we say, as an actress to play parts which were way out of my range. However, I would do it, and I managed to just skin by by the skin of my teeth, playing roles where I was much older than I actually was. I was playing Frank Morgan's wife as the queen of France in "The Three Musketeers." I got to dress up and look kind of staggering and terrific with all of this paraphernalia that was laid on me. But I was still way out of my age range. So I was never going to get to play the girl next door, and I was never going to be groomed to be a glamorous movie star. And I sort of realized that, so I had to make peace with myself on that score.
GROSS: Well, how did you feel about playing the older women?
LANSBURY: I hated it. I mean, I didn't enjoy it, and I fought it, and I tried hard. I would go to the studio heads and say, look, don't make me play this part. But they would sort of say, well, if you will play that part this week, we'll let you do such and so next week - kind of attitude. So I would end up doing it. It all added to my training, really. It was like training on the job. And I think you never - nothing ever goes to waste as an actress. You docket it all away, and you remember, and you use stuff later. So it was - it didn't do any harm. And I was being paid. Good heavens. So, you know, I was under contract, and I was making 500 a week or 750 a week, which, in those days, was an enormous amount of money. It enabled me to help my family. And so I was a working actress.
I wonder if it ultimately worked out to her advantage to look older when she was young (and I do think she did--it wasn't just acting), because that meant she didn't have as far to fall as she did get older (given how Hollywood treats aging women).
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10 hours ago, princelina said:
I have to say I was Team Mitch for once in the final argument - he was trying to be cool without saying he had no interest in the open door, until the others forced it.
Alexis was the nail in the coffin on that one, and she was instrumental in Morgan and Binh breaking up. It was probably for the best in both situations, but until she hangs out her shingle in couples therapy, I think she should focus a little more on her own relationship.
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Internet Pet Peeves
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I use a laptop. Recently, I've noticed that the videos that show up unbidden on pages I'm viewing don't have a way for me to stop them from playing. It's obviously annoying, but worse, I don't have unlimited internet so I can't "afford" to have videos playing willy-nilly. I'm wrestling with this on IMDB and may have to stop going to that site. And I think it's happening on Metacritic, too.
I have my Firefox all ad-blockered up, and sometimes a page won't work on Firefox so I open it in Edge, or worse, Chrome. Good god, the ads are unbearable. I'm not exaggerating when I say that if all my internetting had to be done with those ads, I'd just stop using the internet. And that's saying something, as someone who first logged on in 1995 and thought it was the best thing ever.