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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 11:43 am
Has anyone seen this movie? I read the book and I want to see the movie, but my coworker just told me that it isn't showing anywhere out where I live. She said she heard that they are not going to show the movie in certain places because they are afraid it might affect the election. Has anyone heard anything about this?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 11:50 am
No, nothing. Weird. It's out everywhere here (N. CA). I've also read and enjoyed the book, but probably will have to wait until dvd to see the movie.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 12:08 pm
some ppl are going to see it. it came in 3rd in the box office this weekend behind that max whatever movie and some kids movie ...
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 12:40 pm
Odd. I saw that also, LadyTex and Kitt, that is was number 3. I was planning on seeing it w/ my coworker. She told me this afternoon that she checked all the movie theaters out here (over the weekend) for the next 2 weeks, and it isn't showing up at all, anywhere out here. Then she told me about the rumor. She heard it on the radio. I just went and checked the movie theaters out here, and I can't find any listings either. Very strange. Oh, well. I will just have to wait til after the election, I guess.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 12:46 pm
The film may not have wider distribution beyond L.A and New York, and a few other metro areas, which is common for "non-blockbusters," or it may come out in other places later. Often movies that are in the theatres in NYC take a good few weeks to reach my sister in rural Michigan. Anyway that's my take. Given that it's showing on a limited number of screens, number three is pretty good....not sure about the rumor, hadn't heard that one!
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 1:39 pm
The movie is here in Myrtle Beach, SC. I saw it Friday night and I enjoyed it alot. The setting is in SC, too. I have not read the book, so I had no idea what it was about.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:50 pm
Hi, Patti!!!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 3:18 am
It's pretty much being played all over the KCMO area(by me), but I haven't seen it yet. I just popped in to say that BOM always lists in how many theaters a movie is being played. "Bees" did open in curiously less theaters than the rest of the current top 10 movies. Less than half the number of theaters in most cases. http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:14 am
Last night I was going through some boxes and I found my copy of the book and started to reread it. I am enjoying it and it will hold me over til the movie comes out here. I can't imagine the movie being as good as the book, but hopefully, I will be happily surprised. Thanks everyone for responding to what I thought was a strange rumor. But I'm still allowed to ask. :0) P.S. Her second book, "The Mermaid Chair", is nowhere as good. Borrow the book, instead of buying it, if you really want to read it.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:31 am
Hi Twinkie! I read The Mermaid Chair and thought that it was okay. Glad to hear that "Bees" is better as I may have to read it now.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:36 am
I agree about the books. I loved Bees. It was a wonderful read but I didn't like The Mermaid Chair at all. I was very disappointed.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:42 am
Loved both the book (Bees) which I recently read and the film which I saw Sunday evening. I felt it was 100% true to the book, which is not always the case with adaptations from book to screen.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 5:37 pm
I'm another one who loved the book and is looking forward to seeing the movie.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:40 pm
Well as I said to Chaplin yesterday, I'd go see Queen Latifa read the phonebook, I'm such a big fan of hers. She has NEVER disappointed me, and I love her film/role choices.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 8:37 pm
2 of my sisters and I saw Bees this afternoon, and we all enjoyed it. Youngest sister and I had read the book, she thought it pretty true, I didn't remember the book well enough to comment and the other sister had not read it at all. I would recommend it as worth a ticket. All the actresses were good. Of course we went before 4 so the ticket was only $5.00. The pop and popcorn was $12-$15.
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Dannysgirl
Member
08-08-2007
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:55 am
I watched this over the weekend - I thought it was pretty good; I love Queen Latifa, she's a very "real" actress. I'm going to get the book from my library today.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 6:19 am
I saw it recently too, Dannys. I'm a Queen Latifah fan also. She's good whatever she does -- including just being herself in an interview.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 3:05 pm
I bought the movie, love it!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:54 pm
I just now watched the DVD and thought it was a wonderful movie. I was thoroughly entertained.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 3:20 pm
I highly recommend "The Secret Lives of Others" 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 4:12 pm
oops my bad. make that "The Lives of Others"
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