SOMETHING DIFFERENT...
This was an unusual career move for Clint Eastwood, and yet it is a well written story anyone with a heart can embrace.
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17 Comments:
I read that book when it came out and loved it.
It was interesting to hear how Clint is a minimalist when it comes to shooting.
D-Man: Outstanding! I saw the film three times over a period of years. The Richard Kincaid line: "This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime" is one I wish more people in life would listen to.
Sylvana: I've heard only good things about the casts and crews who have worked with him.
It's a movie about life and choices many of us make.
It's definitely not my type of film, but I watched it on HBO a couple years ago and could not turn it off. I enjoyed it. Maybe I am getting old...
Hi michael...hope all is well with you and that April is starting out good. Haven't been by in a while and so I wanted to say hello. Have a great rest of the week
Love, Jess
Walker: It was a devastating movie in terms of its emotional impact. At least that's how I felt. That pairing was incredible!
DJ DAVY B: You're not getting old. This was an extremely well paced, well acted movie. Meryl has always captivated me in each of her films as well! :)
Jess: I am remiss for not stopping by more often. The Festival really consumed me for the last month and a half and I'm a bit more freed up. I'll drop by! lol! :)
Love Clint! A true manly man!
The film was wonderful, made with two top actors, one a great director as well.
I loved this movie more then the book,
which is unusual for me.
I think my version of this would be The Notebook -- I know just as many men that love this romance story as women (and the movie is far better than the book). I liked Bridges, but I still had a hard time getting over the fact that the love story was an affair. Even though I know she was unhappy and didn't love her husband, it was still adultery (it's one of my issues with any movie/TV show dealing with this topic, and yes, The Notebook comes close but she wasn't married yet).
Hey, Becky: lol! And I agree very much with you about not cheating. You bring up a very interesting point. I think in retrospect, we care about Meryl's character and her quest for happiness to the exclusion of the affair aspect. We know it's there. We feel the pull of Eastwood's words as Richard Kincaid, and by the way, I do agree with what the Screenwriter wrote with that quotation I cited. I never saw The Notebook. But I caught some ribbing from a friend of mine after telling her that I was going to see "Nights in Rodanthe". I found that interesting because she moved to Prescott for a guy. Ha! So, I doubt that I succeeded in reaching her on the point that men can be huge Romantics. I am. But not with an affair, no. I will drop by!
What captivated you with the book was the way it was written. The poetic style was quite captivating. The movie couldn't capture that feel so it focused on the very hard choice of duty versus passion. Most of fiction has passion winning the fight, this one duty wins, which is what makes it so bitter sweet. You know she made the right choice, but feel for her pain and his.
I listened to the sequel (A Thousand Country Roads) on a road trip where the author reveals the real people and their stories that was fictionalized in this story.
P M: An interesting point of view. I've had a crush on Meryl since I saw Kramer vs. Kramer. What an interesting pairing. Yet, they play off each other brilliantly!
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