So, who has seen Brokeback Mountain? I confess to being one of those many who say, “Oh, I want to see that!” but hasn’t yet been to the theatre. But it’s not the homosexuality that keeps me away. It’s my 2.5 month old son. It’s hard to see a movie – I don’t have two hours to do any one task right now!
But of course you want that which you cannot have, and while I’ve never had much of a bladder to make it through a movie in one sitting, now that I can’t really get to a movie, I find that’s all I look at: movie listings. I’m so perverse. And I keep looking for movies that would blend my requirements – romance, happy ending – with Hubby’s requirements – must be good.
So yes, Brokeback Mountain is on my “I would see” list, mostly because of the forbidden romance, and there’s nothing that catches my attention like hidden, clandestine hotness between two characters.
Then, there’s Underworld: Revolution which I would not touch even if you paid me. I dragged Hubby to see the first installment, Underworld, and we renamed it ‘Underwear” because it was so almighty bad. Great special effects, but monstrously (har) lousy story. And, worst of all, there could have been a GREAT romance in there – vampire and werewolf? Hoo damn! But no, the two leads had as much chemistry as the wet sponges in my sink. There was one moment where it was Time for Them to Kiss and the whole theatre GROANED out loud at how forced and contrived it was.
I turned to Hubby and apologized in a normal voice, not even bothering to whisper, “I am SO SORRY I made you see this.” And this dude behind us nudged his wife and said, “See?!”
So yeah, the Revolution of Underwear is not on my radar.
Now, we do have digital cable and OnDemand, and there’s a movie in the listings that I am most curious about: anyone seen Playing By Heart? It’s from 1998 but it’s listed as a “recommendation” in our OnDemand menu. And hey – OnDemand means I can pause to go pee, change diapers, resettle the baby into sleep, or restart it when I fall asleep in the middle!
I saw that back when it came out on video and liked it a lot. It’s not a spectacular story, but it IS a spectacular cast, and lots of fun. (Who could resist a Jon Stewart/Gillian Anderson romance?)
Saw Brokeback Mountain, and I highly recommend it (although I won’t promise you a happy ending). If you can’t get to it in theatres, try to see it on a big screen when it hits DVD because a lot of the movies impact comes from the grandeur of the wide open spaces of Wyoming.
Also saw Underwear *cough* I mean, Underworld, and was soooo disappointed. You’re right; it had so much promise to be a kick-ass movie. I just remember thinking that the love interest and supposed hero had pretty much nothing to do but be all captured so Kate Beckinsale had a reason to kick ass to free him. Totally pointless, totally wasted story idea, and I’ll maybe perhaps consider shelling out the $4 to see Revolutions on DVD.
I have so many movies I want to see right now. Tristan and Isolde. Casanova (I’m on a Heath Ledger kick). And Friday night, Annapolis hits the street. Actually, I’ve already told hubby I’m going out this weekend and he’s on kid duty. Hope I can talk my friend into seeing a guy-movie like Annapolis.
I admit to having an obsession with “Brokeback Mountain,” over which I am powerless. I’ve seen it once, and I’ve read the story numerous times. I plan to see the movie a second time, but I keep getting comically thwarted by Fate. (Which is probably a good thing, because I’d alarm strangers with my weeping during the last half-hour and I’d disappear under a mound of damp Kleenex.)
Here’s an article by Meghan Daum from the LA Times that helped me understand what attracted me to the movie, in part. (I don’t know if this is one that will be barred by registration requirements.)
http://tinyurl.com/d9rdl
Specifically, I like this insight:
“The sight of Jake Gyllenhaal crying in his truck as he drives away from Ennis (who retreats to an alley and vomits in tortured despair) is enough to make even the bitterest woman swoon.
THAT MOMENT, like so many in the film, feels like an epiphany not because of the gay context but because for once someone other than the woman is crying. Traditionally, women have done the heavy emotional lifting. We’re the ones who scream and probe and force conversations about the relationship while the man stews in confusion as to whether he’s feeling vulnerable or just hungry for a steak. With Jack and Ennis, however, there’s no woman to pick up the emotional slack, and they’re forced to experience their feelings without the benefit of female translation or analysis. In other words, they are (at least for each other) as emotionally available as it gets.”
Brokeback is good, but it’s heartbreaking. It just made me feel so bad for them…that they couldn’t live the life they really wanted to live. I just wanted to hug them tight and tell them everything was gonna be okay. The movie was actually as good as the book, and I don’t say that very often.
Most movie theatre chains these days have a designated matinee time for parents + babies, often called “stars & strollers” or something equally cutesy. It saved my sanity a few times while I was at home with a newborn. (Of course, that assumes you have a schedule allowing for movies on a weekday afternoon.)
I have a guilty desire to see Underwear Revolution because I could look at Kate Beckinsale in latex and Scott Speedman shirtless All. Day. Long. But I’ll wait until it’s out on DVD so I can see it in my living room with the sound off, just the pretty pretty pictures.
I haven’t seen Brokeback yet but I want to. I have heard it is extremely depressing.
As for Playing By Heart, it is a very good film. I especially liked the interaction between Ryan Phillipe and Angelina Jolie, and I’m not usually a Jolie fan. And John Stewart is so sweet in this one. I highly recommend it.
Brokeback Mountain doesn’t intrique me. Stories about doomed lovers—gack—hated Bridges of Madison County so I’m pretty sure Brokeback isn’t going to be much better. OTOH two hot guys getting biblical on screen with each other – total turn on. So. Yip if there’s any of that and I’ll go.
Underworld, I will make the effort to go see. Though without Lucien I can’t imagine it’s all that great. He was a seriously to-die-for werewolf.
Weird how tastes are so varied, isn’t it? Sometimes I think what we feared most about communism was the lack of choices and variety.
Underwear was the first movie I saw where I actually stood up to leave. But then my Chinese mother’s practicality smacked me in the ass and told me to get my $7.50 worth out of this. Which took the whole movie, and then I should have still asked for a $7 refund.
It felt like an adolescent boy RPGer’s wet dream fantasy. The only thing it had going for it was the costuming which, if I were a svelte size 2, I would have loved to wear.
I saw Playing By Heart several years ago. It’s not an incredible movie, but the ensemble cast is very good, and the way the stories all link together was interesting and fun to follow. Jon Stewart and Gillian Anderson are particularly fun to watch, and Angelina Jolie isn’t exactly hard on the eyes either. It was a nice script, too, with some good dialogue.
Also memorable for the “Don’t be such an angerball” phrase, which I have used in real life on a number of occasions.
I did see Brokeback Mountain and I’m a fan. I thought it was a very moving portrayal of two people torn apart from what they need most.
If we’re going to mention quirky little romances that didn’t make the big time, I’d like to throw in a plug for “St. Ives” , http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804895498/info
an amusing and romantic tale of love during the Napoleonic wars, taken from a book by Robert Louis Stevenson.
I understand one reason it didn’t have better word of mouth is that it debuted in the US the week of September 11, 2001, but it’s well worth renting.
You could look for showtimes where the theater encourages parents & children to come. They’re really popular here (Washington DC) with moms & little ones.
Me, I’m too cheap. I’d rather spend the movie $$ on books & DVDs.
Brokeback Mountain was great. Just loved it. Heartbreaking and all that, but what a wonderful film. If I’m gonna cry, then I wana BAWL.
I’m horrified by Tristan and Isolde, as the story they’re portraying on screen appears to have fuck-all to do with the original story (which is one of my favorites).
I really want to see The Libertine, which has FINALLY been released. Johnny Depp as the second Earl of Rochester. Yeah, baby! Supposedly it’s gonna be out on the 27th.
I will speak up for St. Ives. I own it in DVD. Miranda Richardson and Richard E. Grant are amazingly funny (I don’t much care for the leads, though). I also couldn’t figure out why the women were wearing gowns from the 1780s in 1814. It bugged me.
Funnily enough, I just saw Playing by Heart recently – late at night on cable when I couldn’t sleep. Jon Stewart and Gillian Anderson are so cute together. But Angelina Jolie and Ryan Phillipe, for some reason, I couldn’t buy. I think it’s Ryan Phillipe’s physique…I have the same problem with Leonardo DiCaprio – they come across, to me, as so smallish that something in me rebels at the concept of them being with women who seem of a larger size. Maybe if I saw them in person with the ladies in question, this discrepancy in size probably wouldn’t be noticeable, but somehow when they are on screen, they just seem like scrawny little things who I have a hard time accepting as “leading men”. (But then, I see Ryan with Reese and they seem to match and I have no problem accepting them together.)
I’m sorry to say that probably means that I buy into that whole jumbo-muscled, 6’-whatever stereotype “they” are always foisting on romance readers via those atrocious covers even though I don’t consciously think that way.
Anyway, to get back to the movie question, I’d recommend Playing by Heart – it didn’t 100% work for me as a story, but I think it’s a nice enough diversion from reality that you’d be glad you watched it.
Here’s another recommendation for Brokeback Mountain so you should check to see if any of your local theatres have those “Mommy” showings; we have one here too, usually in the early afternoon, and the strollers and nappies come out in full force.
January has blown terrifically as a movie month for me. I’m something of a movie fan(atic), going to the arthouse about once a week, maybe twice if the offerings are good, and this month I’ve only gone once: to see Brokeback and that was even at the cineplex! My area has received no Match Point, Libertine, Mrs. Henderson Presents. Nothing. *sob*
I just checked to see what new film opened there this week and my hopes—once again!—have been dashed: Memoirs of a Geisha. Right. I want to see Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li speak in broken english on that Japanland set about as much as I want to pull out my wisdom teeth.
Hey, Sherryfair, thanks for sharing that link. Wonderful article, and she perfectly expresses my feelings about the movie. Like her, I was sitting there imagining that Heath was barfing because of me *g*.
I also loved their reunion scene. Honestly, I haven’t seen a kiss that hot in any heterosexual movie in ages. I truly did feel like swooning for a minute there.
Sarah, new mommies need time away, and new daddies need LOTS of time to practice being new daddies all by themselves. So I think you’re due for a night out. Pump a few bottles, hand ‘em over, and get ready for a great movie. Bring Kleenex.
I really want to see Brokeback Mountain – random brush with Celebrity – my mom’s side of the family owns and runs a guest ranch in norther Wyoming – a couple years ago Annie Proulx went out there to scout it as a potential shooting location. They ended up shooting in Canada though. But if you want to see Eatons’ Ranch on screen, watch for the remake of My Friend Flicka coming out soon…
back to the subject at hand – I really want to see BBM on the big screen because of the scenery but I’m in Sarah’s boat. 8 months olds aren’t very fun to watch movies with. Though I can probably persuade my husband to stay home with the baby, since he (husband) has no desire to see BBM. In fact, he’s made up his own name for it, which I won’t share, but I’m sure you can guess.
I can’t wait to see Underworld. Funny how I’m not much for vampires and werewolves in my reading material, but I loved the first movie.
I’ll throw my hat in with everyone else’s recommendation on Brokeback Mountain. Excellent, excellent, excellent.
I’ve seen Underworld Evolution, and I only have 3 words to say:
Scott. Speedman. Naked.
Totally worth the price of admission.
Scott Speedman Naked? Think, instead of a Mommy & Baby showing they could just fast forward the reel to that scene? I’ll pay my $7, check out his bum, and then move on with my day!
And I have to wonder: was there any fallout in the Asian community that a Chinese actress was chosen to portray a Japanese geisha? I mean, I know very little about Asian culture, but even *I* know that the two are VERY different, and that facially Chinese and Japanese individuals look different from one another.
I want to see Brokeback Mountain SO BADLY. It’s funny, the Awesome Lesbian Lady here at work walked up to me the other day and semi-whispered “Hey, have you seen Brokeback Mountain yet?”
I find it funny that out of all the people in my (hugely conservative, somewhat homophobic) office, she asked me that question. I wonder why? *halo*
Anyway, I’m so antsy for it. Dying to see it. Above and beyond hearing amazing things about it from people whose tastes I trust, dude! Jake Gyllenhaal! As a gay cowboy! I don’t know who the fuck plucked THAT particular wet dream out of my psyche, but I owe them a cookie bouquet.
As for Zhang Ziyi playing a geisha: Fucking gag me now. I mean, she’s a beyoootiful girl and a good actress, but really, now, she’s not Japanese, and doesn’t look Japanese, and according to friends of mine who’ve seen the movie, she mangled the accents quite badly—again, not really her fault. Just…did the casting director really think people wouldn’t notice?
Well, I guess the pertinent question would be: DID many people notice?
On the other hand, like I was telling Sarah, I think it might not be any worse than, say, Christopher Plummer playing an Austrian in The Sound of Music.
Yes, Lynn M, that kiss between Jack & Ennis, when they finally reunite, is definitely entering my Hall of Fame.
I found that the sight of Jake Gyllenhaal naked, washing a shirt in a cold mountain stream, was extremely pleasant.
And I went to the movie because I am a fan of Proulx’s prose style, and only hoped the movie wasn’t a complete butchery of the story, the way some adaptations can be. I made the trip downtown to see it in the East Village, figuring it would never play for very long or come to the suburbs.
Ha!
I have been trying to explain to bristling hetero men why chicks dig the Brokeback Mountain thing. Thanks for the link. I can start handing it out instead of having endlessly circular arguments with people who, despite having two heads, just seem pretty dense.
The Japanese were NOT happy. A whole special PR campaign was done in Japan to try and smooth things over. Mostly the Japanese seem to have warmed up to it, but a lot of them (including the Geisha union are still really unhappy). It’s kind of like the American playing Bridget Jones, most of the Brits I know are still pissed about that one.
I read a great article when I was home for Christmas about how they even got the Kimonos wrong (not to mention the dances)! It was in interview with the Geisha consultant they hired for the filming. She was not a happy camper either. Why hire her and then ignore her? Oh, yeah, as Rob Marshall said, he didn’t care about that stuff.
Maybe it only looks really, really wrong to those of us who grew up surrounded by a large Asian community, but I just can’t get past the casting. Much like I spent the whole time I was watching House of Flying Daggers thinking “The lead is HOT, but he doesn’t look Chinese. He looks Japanese.†Lo and behold, the credits roll and his name is Takeshi Kaneshiro. Can’t get much more Japense than that. *GRIN*
On one hand I’d guess that the consultant was ignored and the cultural differences and subtleties were glossed over because the film was meant for American and English-speaking audiences who had read the book in the first place.
But on the other hand, BAD MOVE – if a movie doesn’t make much money in the US, it can make craploads overseas. But yeah, there aren’t that many Chinese people or Japanese people in the whole of Asia, so you don’t really need to worry about that income.
Duh.
When I was nursing my infant son (sorry, forgot how old), I took him to see The Mark Of Zorro in the theatres. I knew no one else would want to see it with me, so I harrumphed and trekked off to the theatre. We had a great time—once nursed he slept through the whole thing—even the explosions at the end!
Of course I keep saying that I’m going to sneak off to the theatres when my kids are in school and look at me today—sorting one year’s worth of filing on my living room floor. Fun!
“Playing by Heart” was a decent way to spend two hours. I liked the way the story was told and it had a great cast.
I enjoyed “Brokeback Mountain”—good thing too because it’s probably the only movie I’ll see this year. I’m not quite as rapturous as some of the things I’ve read, though. I’ll admit it, I though it slow at times. But it was just a great love story, period. Reunion kiss was very, very good. And I have to mention Jake Gyllenhaal, because normally I don’t like him at all, but I thought he was great. I loved him and wanted to hold him and tell him it would be all right. During one slow stretch in the beginning, Jake’s cooking up another baked bean dinner over the caampfire, and Heath’s in the background washing up, nekkid, and my sister turns to me and goes “Franks and Beans.” It was kinda funny.
I heart Hoith Loijah.
Memoirs of a Geisha has actually been doing well in North America, financially speaking, to my great disappointment. I’ve been linking everyone to MaryAnn Johanson’s review of the film as it pretty much confirmed all my suspicions of what the film would be, based on the interviews and the hour-long trailer: Memoirs of a Geisha
I suppose we should just be thankful they didn’t get Lindsay Lohan in make up to play the lead role. Sigh.
Playing By Heart is super cute. I highly recomend it… Angelina Jolie at her best and Ryan Phillipe looks hot with blue hair.
Underworld looked so promising—the movie poster was amazing. I don’t normally judge movies by the poster but that one was outstanding… it gave you a whole grand illusion of what the movie was going to be about. AND THEN YOU ARE BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED. Hell Boy was 10 times better and Hell Boy wasn’t even that great.
Brokeback Mountain looks hot, hot, hot… but I will never find someone to go watch it with me. Well, maybe but my 2 biggest movie buds (my boyfriend & my sister) are both not in to it. It may be one of those ones I just have to rent and watch alone. Hey, some of my very favorite movies I had to rent and watch alone. Secretary, anybody?
I’ve only totally lost it with one movie ever—Kiss of The Spiderwoman. I mean I had to hunker down in my seat and wait for the crowd to leave because I was weeping so hard.
But usually I’m with ferfe—doomed love is just not it. Except for Bridges. I loathed the book so much I wanted to kill someone after I read it. Oh lordy. Kind of an exhilarating sensation, that Extreme Hatred.
My brush with Fame isn’t as cool as Jami’s: the woman who was the national geographic editorial consultant on that film (picked out the photos etc) was my ex-neighbor, Leah. I still couldn’t bring myself to see the movie, even to see her name flash on the screen.
brokeback was the most amazing movie i have seen in…well, a long time…i laughed, i cried, i hurt inside (they’re so saaaaddddd) and that night i couldnt fall asleep because i kept going over it in my mind and i couldnt get over the unfairness of it all and the beauty of the movie and and and and…even now i cant let myself think about it for too long because i will start to get depressed and heartbroken again. it was that amazing.
i tried to explain it to a straight guy friend of mine but he didnt get the appeal. silly boy.
i cant wait till it comes out on dvd so i can watch it over and over…though i told my parents i wouldnt watch it with them—can you say AWKWARD??? 😛
“I have been trying to explain to bristling hetero men why chicks dig the Brokeback Mountain thing.”
O.k., I don’t get this. Why is 2 women going at it in porn one of their utmost fantasies, but then *we* aren’t supposed to like 2 men?? I had a birthday last week and didn’t make my hubby go see that (even though I would have liked to).
I think I’ll probably get to see it when the DH is going out of town and orders it from netflix for me to watch while he isn’t around.
Sam
I’m not a big fan of the doomed lovers kind of story either (see http://www.aprilgem.com/log/?p=306 for my take on Cold Mountain), but I highly recommend Brokeback Mountain. It’s mostly the subtlety with which Ang Lee directed the film. Since the main characters are not only guys, but cowboys, there’s not a whole lot of verbal emoting—it’s all in the acting and in what’s not said.
Someone already mentioned the vomiting in the alley. Then, there’s the sharp focus on Jake’s character while Heath’s character is bathing in the blurred background—which somehow shows without being completely obvious that the characters are extremely aware of each other physically.
Even the sex scene is not that obvious. I expected a slow fall into it, more foreplay and hesitation, but it was quick, frantic, hot, and very intense. Simply put, it was very well done.
That’s really the sort of thing that makes the movie good.
But, if you’re like me and love happy endings, I highly recommend Casanova, too. Very Shakespearean and very fun. 🙂
Saw Underworld Revolution. (What can I say, I’m a sucker for the genre). Must concur with the aforementioned 3 words – Scott Speedman nekkid. And not just nekkid, but well lit and given plenty of loving camera time apparently shot by someone with an affinity for the tanned male ass. I about lost circulation in my legs I was pressing them together so hard. Well worth the price of admission. I was even inspired to go a little raging vamp on hubby when we got home, it was so good.
Mmmm…yes, nothing like a long, hot nekkid undead sex scene to make you feel all warm inside.
That and shit blowing up. Always cathartic.
Ahem…make that Underworld Evolution. Slip of the finger there.
I not only saw Brokeback Mountain, I read it. This is one of those where I regret reading the book (short story) first, because while the plot was identical, the movie and the story were miles apart in tone.
The story was spare, with prose as bare as the landscapes it described. The setting of the story was small – a world of men where women exist on the periphery.
The movie was…a chick flick. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great (if somewhat long) chick flick, but I could definitely see how much it owed to Sirk and all the other “women’s picture” greats.
And the movie was LONG. Where the story sketched an eloquently sparse setting in a few short strokes, the movie had long shots of landscapes, exteriors, and still more landscapes. And because I just HAD to read the story before watching the movie, I knew exactly where all those looooong medetative shots were headed.
So, I blaspheme, and say, “Meh, it was OK, but a little long.”
Watch the movie first.
Ohh, and I twenty-third all those who are eager to see “The Libertine”.
I have not seen either movie nor have I read “Brokeback Mountain”, but I am a big believer in watching the movie before reading the book whenever possible. Since the movie is never as good as the book, I get to enjoy the movie if it is good, and also enjoy the book.
An example of this is my experience with “The Prince of Tides.” The movie came out when I was in college. I had not read the book, but my boyfriend had read it very recently for a Modern Lit class. We went to see the movie and he bitched during the entire film about how bad it sucked. I was actually enjoying it and had to threaten to revoke his naked privileges for a week to get him to shut up so I could watch the movie. Later he threatened to revoke my naked privileges if I didn’t read the book. So of course, I read it. He was right. The movie, compared to the book, sucked. But I enjoyed both.
Not watching Brokeback because I just don’t like movies where shit don’t blow up. But that’s just me.
I will however watch U:E because, well, aside from shit blowing up in that movie, I highly, highly, HIGHLY appreciate an unclothed Ben. I just wish Ben hadn’t let his hair grow out in U:E. And where the hell is Felicity??? How could you let your man roam around the streets with a wicked hot vampiress?
ASIDE: speaking of shit blowing up, I refuse to watch King Kong. I ain’t watching no monkey snuff movie, thank you very much. And don’t EVEN tell me that the monkey ain’t real (talk to the hand). He’s REAL, as real as those 6-foot tall baby brown eyes staring back at me onscreen during the previews are. So there.
If you’re a Jake Gyllenhaal fan (and I wasn’t until recently), I recommend renting the Jarhead DVD when it comes out. The movie itself is pretty good – at least I thought so – but best of all is the scene with Jake dancing buck nekkid with nothing but a Santa Hat G-string covering his manly bits. The boy has a body I never would have guessed.
To all of you sadden because you can’t go see Brokeback – or any other movie for that matter – because none of your movie buddies will go see it; have you ever gone to a movie by yourself? I used to be terrified to do that. I mean, gah, people would think I was a huge LOSER because I couldn’t find anyone to go see a flick with.
But when I was living in St. Louis on my own, my SO some 300 miles away, working in retail with odd days off that didn’t necessarily coincide with those of my friends, I either sucked it up and went all by myself of waited forever for the movie to hit VHS. I used to go to a midweek matinee in order to avoid as many people in the theatre as possible, and I’d slunk down in a seat in the last row, throwing my coat over the seat next to me to make it look like my companion was just out at the bathroom.
Now, I don’t even blink twice about going to see a movie by myself. I’ll see a movie on opening night, prime movie date going time. I get my box of popcorn and my roll of Spree and my mega-super Diet Coke, pick out the seat I want to sit in and enjoy complete immersion in the movie because there is no one there to pull me out of it.
It’s very liberating to do this because it means you aren’t reliant on the desires of other people to realize your own. If you want to see some movie everyone you know thinks will be stupid, you just go on your own. And if or when you have kids, it becomes almost necessary unless you have a great stable of cheap, available babysitters.
Ok. My take on all. First, I haven’t had the time to go to movies because I wouldn’t take it away from writing my deathless prose. (I’m feeling all literary since I got a Call For Submissions from the Toronto Artists Retreat and am salivating. Those places usually want REAL, like literary, authors though, not ROMANCE, so I gotta sorta clean up my act and sound a little literary when I answer questions…)
Anyway BBM sounds hot, but I don’t do doomed lovers either. Nekkid men, yes…so I might rent the dvd when it comes out (hey, I’m SINGLE and not dating), just to look at the interesting bits. I really don’t need to cry…as for male kissing…I went next door to a New Year Eve’s party, after an hour it was still about 30 gay guys and me. Good kissing, but I felt awkward and left. I can see their kitchen from my office (yeah, I went up to write, what can I say, I have no life), and females DID eventually turn up, but by then I wasn’t in the mood to party.
As for Memories of a Geisha, it’s too bad it’s doing well, but I heard the music was good.
And no, no KILLING KONG. You would have to pay me big money and let me stop my ears and shut my eyes to get me there.
Yup. Wimp. HEA, nekkid men, no animal torture or killing. Sometimes I’m just such a girl (though I love J.D. Robb and liked Memory in Death—just out, but not as much as Survivor or Divided)…oh, and yes, I DID do my daily blog on Writing and Publishing, but am now Avoiding Dealing With Finances.
Robin
Lynn—I too go to movies on my own, because there are some I want to see that my husband doesn’t want to see. So why not go solo?
I remember he asked me how G. Paltrow’s EMMA was after I went to see it by myself.
“The curricle races were so-so, but the nude scenes were hot!”
Keep ‘em wondering, that’s my motto.