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Pamplemousse
Member
09-28-2003
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 7:41 pm
OK i am such a geek. DH and i saw this Thurs night..this afternoon i went with my cousin's sister in law & saw it the second time. i think a second viewing was good it allowed me to catch a lot of little details i had missed in the first viewing. it cannot come out on DVD fast enough!
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 10:37 pm
My parents and I went last night. My father is a very hard person to please when it comes to movies, but he laughed through most of the movie. (He also teared up during the wedding scene, but I think all three of us did that. My wedding is fast approaching.) I think neither Pierce Brosnan nor Colin Firth needs to quit their day job. At least they actually gave it a good try. Loved the women who were cast for this movie. Couldn't think of any better actors to play those roles.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 10:52 pm
Well if Colin Firth wants to quit his day job, he can always come and work for me. I'd find something for him to do.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 7:30 am
ROFLMAO Mamie!!! I have no doubt you'd find Mr. Firth something SATISFYING to do... heh heh.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 7:31 am
I was just watching Pride and Prejudice yesterday for the umpteenth time and his Mr. Darcy can just make me swoon.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 8:06 am
Thanks to YOU, I've become a Firth-Fan.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 8:24 am
I love to share the wealth!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 8:27 am
Thank you, uh, thank you very much! (Said in my best Elvis voice.)
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 9:56 am
YOU DO NOT MAMIE! i asked you ONE time to share jon.... and do ya? NO. so i have no doubts that if colin firth came to work for ya would you share. you are STINGY!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 10:15 am
LOL!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 11:08 am
I don't share Jon but I will be quite generous with the others.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:14 am
LOL
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 1:48 am
Went with my best friend to see this today. LOVED it! We both want to see again AND buy the DVD. So many things going on, we really need to see a 2nd time to catch what we missed, plus you really need the big theater screen to get the full flavor. Later called my younger Sis in Phoenix. Turns out ABBA was one of her favorite groups. So now she & older Sis will hit it this weekend, excited. I thought the fact the guys couldn't sing perfectly just added to the charm. It was supposed to be a rustic Greek Island. Would have seriously detracted if they had dubbed in some professional singing guys. This just made it more 'believable' for want of a better word. My BF said she saw Pierce on some talk show. He said when he was offered the part, he didn't even think about it. Just said "Meryl Streep and Greece, I'm IN!" They ALL just looked like they were having FUN doing this movie!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 1:56 am
BF and I were talking later. When the floor cracked and water spewing, I thought someone exclaimed "Aphrodite" (BF didn't catch that). They had made several references that it was Aphrodite's Island. BF said she thought Venus was the Goddess of Love, when I thought it was Aphrodite (hence the word Aphrodisiac) but the Romans had a different name for same goddess: "Aphrodite was the goddess of love. The Romans called her Venus (hence the famous armless statue known as the Venus de Milo).... " http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/aphrodite.html This was a rather interesting further read too, re: Golden Fleece & Trojan war
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 6:17 am
Biscottii, that's sort of the same feeling I got. That rather than this trying to be a great musical, it was almost like what it would be like if this was really happening. I think that's why so many of the extras were just normal looking people.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 7:41 am
I didn't mind at all that they weren't professional singers, ITA 100% that it added to the film's charm. (I think Baranski was the only one with a musical Broadway background) But I truly couldn't make out the lyrics at all whenever Pierce sang. And I am a big fan of his... but still, it's a MUSICAL, ya think maybe it would be a basic requirement to at least ensure that the key performers sing clearly and audibly, if not well.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 12:57 pm
Well, of all the people in Grease, how many were/are professional singers? One maybe 2?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 8:22 pm
I understood Pierce's songs - his tightness was the thing I had to work to not fixate on. My dad saw an interview with him and he said he had never sang at all before, so he worked months with a voice coach. As my father the vocal teacher said -- at least he could carry the tune...and as I said - he looks Just Fine no matter what! 
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 9:16 pm
Maybe the reason I didn't have a problem following along (granted, I'm hearing impaired and lipread to supplement and Pierce's lips were right on) - was that I was hearing in my head the lyrics being sung 30 years ago. I wasn't singing aloud, but it was surprising how the lyrics came right back from my memories. I'm amazed that Pierce had never sung before, he sure wasn't croaking like some frog. I had wondered if he had to audition beforehand of his singing ability. Dang, what a fun movie!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 04, 2008 - 9:36 pm
ITA Teach! "he looks Just Fine no matter what!" Confess, last night I was dreaming that I was ripping Pierce's wet shirt off. Wow, my sheets/blankets/pillow cases were in wads all over the floor, in all different directions, when I woke up this morning. Must have been the warm weather I guess! 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 7:08 am
Hey guys, I ADORE yummy Pierce.... (he was my fave James Bond) just pointing out that on this movie his singing was downright dreadful and yikes, that's AFTER months of singing training... (I know I'm not remotely the only one to feel this way) AND he painfully overacted his songs, IMHO, which is hard to do in a musical. LOL. Again, this is my opinion. But don't think for one sec that I don't get the drool factor for him, cuz I think he's totally da berries! yum yum. And I loved this movie to bits, as y'all know! I can't wait to see it again, it's such a HAPPY, uplifting film. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 11:07 am
Critique away, Mame! Pierce said in an article in Good Housekeeping that his kids kept asking him to STOP SINGING at home! LOL
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 1:17 pm
Yeah Teach, I heard him say something like that in a tv interview for the film. LOL I saw a bio on him on the BIOGRAPHY channel recently. He is such a class act... with a great sense of humour.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Monday, September 22, 2008 - 2:11 pm
Loved the movie! Saw it twice. We play the CD in our store quite often. Feel good movie!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 22, 2008 - 2:19 pm
I'm hoping to go a 3rd time, this time to one of the Sing-A-Long versions. Both a galpal, & my dh, promised to be on the lookout for it, for me, the minute it hits the video stores!
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