I watched A Secret Affair only a few days ago and it's absolutely captivating, beautifully filmed in Venice and Ireland, well chosen characters, ie Janine Turner and Paudge Behan, and I have watched it over and over and never tire of it.
Hopelessly romantic film which is suitable for both young and old. I'd never seen Paudge Behan in a film before, but Barbara Taylor Bradford surely chose the right man for the lead role with Janine Turner (Cliffhanger with Stallone).
Buy it and fall in love over and over! :) Well done Paude and Janine and all the film crew!
p/s I just hope they do a sequel, as per Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance :)
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That the fight at the end of movie, where it is Youngblood versus Racki was completely legal? Yeah, the sword-fighting with the hockey sticks and everything. I watched this and laughed thinking that you could not do that, but I looked it up and under Rule 6.11, if both players agree or intend to use the sticks as weapons that there is no further penalty other than 5 minutes for fighting. Now I wish I was back in High School playing hockey I would have done that in the final game of the season.
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That the fight at the end of movie, where it is Youngblood versus Racki was completely legal? Yeah, the sword-fighting with the hockey sticks and everything. I watched this and laughed thinking that you could not do that, but I looked it up and under Rule 6.11, if both players agree or intend to use the sticks as weapons that there is no further penalty other than 5 minutes for fighting. Now I wish I was back in High School playing hockey I would have done that in the final game of the season.
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Literary anoraks usually have difficulty in coping with movie adapations of their favourite books, failing to understand that their mental view of the original will not survive the change of medium and the consequent creation of a new art form. A book as iconic as Joyce's Ulysses will never be faithfully 'reproduced' on screen to the satisfaction of such critics.
In fact Joseph Strick's 1967 film not only sees the successful transition of Joyce's book into a new medium (within the 'new wave' tradition popular with film makers at the time) but has also created a work that remains highly relevant to the 21st century viewer. Strick actually filmed in black and white and in 'modern dress' ( for the time) for budgetary rather than aesthetic ... Read More:
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The Amazon review says it all really... quite why Winterbottom decided to follow up a serious trilogy of films (Jude, Welcome to Sarajevo & I Want You) with this throwaway soap-pilot is completely beyond me. If it was simply an excuse for him and his ever-changing line-up of European cinematographers to experiment with handheld-camera techniques before making the modern-classic Wonderland, then I suppose the end justifies the means. However, for the most part, this is a pretty unassuming rom-com dealing with the love, (in)fidelity and fertility of a humble, middle-class couple from Belfast, and the problems that arise when old flames (and old desires) re-emerge from the past.
Understanding one's parent is a difficult issue but one has to do it because it tells you much about yourself. I could sympatize very much with the basic story as I "discover" as well secrets about my parents which helped me to understand them better. But this is as well a movie about friendship, friendship which last a life time and friends who are there and act in the most difficult of times. But it is not a sad or too deep a movie. There is enough to lighten it up, but the message does not get lost. I enjoyed it very much!!
But I have to admit as much as I love Maggie Smith she is not right in the role of a Southern American. She is simply too British for this.
Understanding one's parent is a difficult issue but one has to do it because it tells you much about yourself. I could sympatize very much with the basic story as I "discover" as well secrets about my parents which helped me to understand them better. But this is as well a movie about friendship, friendship which last a life time and friends who are there and act in the most difficult of times. But it is not a sad or too deep a movie. There is enough to lighten it up, but the message does not get lost. I enjoyed it very much!!
But I have to admit as much as I love Maggie Smith she is not right in the role of a Southern American. She is simply too British for this.
Understanding one's parent is a difficult issue but one has to do it because it tells you much about yourself. I could sympatize very much with the basic story as I "discover" as well secrets about my parents which helped me to understand them better. But this is as well a movie about friendship, friendship which last a life time and friends who are there and act in the most difficult of times. But it is not a sad or too deep a movie. There is enough to lighten it up, but the message does not get lost. I enjoyed it very much!!
But I have to admit as much as I love Maggie Smith she is not right in the role of a Southern American. She is simply too British for this.
Understanding one's parent is a difficult issue but one has to do it because it tells you much about yourself. I could sympatize very much with the basic story as I "discover" as well secrets about my parents which helped me to understand them better. But this is as well a movie about friendship, friendship which last a life time and friends who are there and act in the most difficult of times. But it is not a sad or too deep a movie. There is enough to lighten it up, but the message does not get lost. I enjoyed it very much!!
But I have to admit as much as I love Maggie Smith she is not right in the role of a Southern American. She is simply too British for this.