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mystic river is polluted
This was not a bad film until the last ten minutes when it turned into a misogynistic frenzy. What a surprise from Mr Eastwood, that well known feminist. Am I the only person who recalls that he is an abuser of women in real life?
We are also very bad people. Unwittingly we have become a magnet for not only Slink, but our nice neighbour's other cat. Let's call this cat 'Ra' to protect his identity. Ra came into our house bold as brass, plonked himself down and started grooming his fur. Right now he is sitting on one of our chairs and eyeing up Slink. Slink is not happy about this. Despite having lived with Ra for many years, Slink believes this house and the people in it to be his property and not to be shared with Ra.
Now I can cope with stealing one cat away, but not two. Little Ra is leaving as soon as I can get Mr McMuffin to stop cooing over him.
mr mcmuffin on 3 Jun 2004 @ 11:14 PM ✲ Permalink
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I have not yet seen the film, but from what I hear i should apologise for the accents right here and now. Rest assured I DO NOT speak like that Somerville/Cambridge New England accent. R's dropped and all.
And what is up with you two and the cats? Is this some kind of Stepford Kitty thingie?
Posted by: jo | 4 Jun 2004 01:34:28
The last 10 or 15 minutes of this film was very odd. It was a bit like watching two films tacked together. Clint clearly realised that he had made another boys film, and decided to try to say something meaningful about women and their relationship to violence. And really all he has to say is that women are such bitches. The last section was a bit like a theatre production filled with exaggerated language and big silent gestures. Still, it was an interesting film, and not a difficult way to spend a couple of hours, and a million times better than some of his other more commercial stuff - anyone for The Rookie?
Posted by: mr mcmuffin | 4 Jun 2004 06:52:17
I am so releived, Jo. I kept saying to Mr M that i thought they had New Englandish type accents.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 4 Jun 2004 09:06:21
McM,
I have to disagree with Jo, paritally. I lived in Boston for almost 10 years. And though the book (even better than the film), was a Somerville/Medford setting, the film was South Boston. And those accents were pretty dead on. Esp. Penn's.
But we vary wildly. I married a Maine girl, which is a vastly different accent from Boston. And my family is from Rhode Island, which is different from the other two. The only common denominator among "New England" accents is that most non-New Englanders can't understand us. :)
Posted by: Teddy | 4 Jun 2004 15:13:17
I read the book which was really very good and have been looking forward to seeing the movie since then. Now I'm not so sure....
Posted by: Retro Girl | 4 Jun 2004 16:24:13
No, no...do see the film. It builds very nicely, but is let down by a feeble ending. That's all. Not the first film, and certainly won't be the last one.
Posted by: mr mcmuffin | 4 Jun 2004 18:37:51
I wasn't bothered by the accents because you American all sound the same to me. I have a bit of a leather ear and I thought it sounded sort of like a Nuu Yawk accent. I was also surprised to hear Sean Penn do an accent. Maybe he has before, but I always think of him as being one of those actors that only do their own voice.
Posted by: mr mcmuffin | 4 Jun 2004 18:43:04
