Reviews by charidotes20

"Have you ever just been among a herd of goats for five months, living as one of them?"

*blinks* Look, I'm not a not.... They're both "Jay Roach film(s)", okay?

I am not obsessed with that movie.

"Day after day, alone on a hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still."

"You can't turn a corner without making friends,
Every second, life gets better,
I don't know where it will end!"

Oh, c'mon, there's some serious thematic link-y-ness here.

"I don't really care....

There's a,
Song in my ear
I've been hearing for years~
Somehow it always appears."

No, really.

"I'm your father. Dr. Evil."

*smiles*

"I call it the Nefario Principle!"

*shrugs*

(8/10)

I actually watched this in Spanish. Unlike reading the Spanish news online.... ("El Pais", mostly-- Spanish elections, American elections, Spanish municipal blah-blah, American elections, artsy people who if they lived in the tri-state (NY,NJ,PA) might never leave NYC, *possibly*, at least-- Jersey, right-- *mocks people who hate Jersey because they never leave their little NYC tribe*-- Spanish movies that I somehow never realized that I was never going to see.... "I have created a movie (about the ETA scum) without ideology (or dialogue, hardy-har-har-har).".... Well, actually, I did see that movie, although it was called "The American"-- since George Clooney is the *only* American, *ever*. And Spanish books that I might have almost read.... "he survived by.... creating, (imagining), other realities." And the occasionally-interesting lets-hear-from-the-listeners: "La vida-- es simple, or complicada?" (And, you know, the inverted question-mark is convenient, somehow, in Spanish, but inconvenient in English.) "Life is simple.... but we make it complicated." And waking up suddenly, not knowing when, or what time of day-- I used to do that alot, I used to do just, work, or do things, until I fell asleep because I didn't even realize how tired I was.... And I wasn't even one who "worked" a whole lot.... And I still work at things too much now, and I don't even have a job.... I should listen to more Chopin, Vivaldi.... But, yeah, I still have this memory of waking up-- I literally lived down in the basement then, that was where they put me, and just sort of waking up in this, maybe sweaty, maybe cold, disorientation of semi-wakefulness, and suddenly realizing that the computer browser was still emitting *Radio Nacional de Espana*.... Yeah, Spain really is different, oh, I'm sorry-- "this country". lol. Yeah, *Spain* is different, and so are.... Not even Euros, just..... Freaks And Geeks! Ha!.... And I had such little skill with the spoken, or verbal, language, why didn't I just let it go, that part of it....}

Yeah.

So, yeah, unlike getting the Spanish news, watching this movie was actually an interesting experience.

'Him. No, not *him*.'

'Sure, sure, later.' (OMG, 'mas tarde', means, 'later'.)

"I only wanted to be a mariachi."

And at least it wasn't....

Frodo, anything. And, you know, I mean-- Wikipedia says, who knows.... But I read that New Line or someone decided that LOTR didn't make any money-- lol, wft?-- so they wouldn't pay anyone, including the Tolkien estate. {One time I was talking with my friend, ".... how much does it cost to....?" "Keep the servers up? I have no idea. But they make alot of money. (I.e., Blizzard for WOW.)"} And I'm sure they got something eventually, because if you defame someone's character, you're supposed to at least get paid for it. You know.

I only wanted to be a mariachi....

*chuckles* And this is technically "independent film-making".

*laughs* *Really*, independent. Like, $7,000, independent.

Like, it's so independent, it doesn't even bother with independent-ism.

*laughs*

And this even led to, "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"-- funny.

Even though, when it started, it was more like, "One Time At Band Camp", you know.

*laughs*

And now, since I have nothing better to do, I'm going to quote from "Dinner for Schmucks". (I'm going to memorize that movie, that way that some people memorize Peter Jackson.) "Do you know how hard it is to get laid when you smell like coleslaw? Not hard. But still."

And did I ever explain how that movie is basically a re-do of "Pretty Woman"? It really is, in a way.

But anyway, I'm not fewking around here.

I'll post another review in two hours.

"Almost nothing like a stock-broker." ;)

"I can't stay on this floor anymore; the people here are pathetic.... Happy birthday, Carol."

"Five. Five dollars."

You know, I told my brother that I would give him a thousand dollars if he would get his friend (whom I call Matrix Mike, or just Matrix) to watch that movie.

"You know what, Barry, this was a very strange way to meet, but I think that everything happens for a reason."

"Well, to the victor goes the spoils."
"Ah, you know my family crest. Our motto continues to inspire...."

"They can talk about beauty; we can talk about business."

"Tim here is the only one who's not either divorced or dating a hooker."

"No, God wants us to move (up) to the seventh floor."

"Actually, she did ask for money. And it wasn't very expensive, either. I had a ton of singles left over from my sister's birthday party.... Hey, do you think that Cinnamon is a family name?"

"You know what they say, (Tim), everything happens for a reason."

"She's been stalking me for three years."

Gosh, if a strange woman had been stalking me for three years, I'd have told my girlfriend.

And, you know, I don't think that Barry is as stupid as he pretended to be.

*smiles* I don't think that anymore. {Not *always*.}

"I intercepted your stalker."

You know, I think that "Dinner for Schmucks" and "El Mariachi" are thematically related.

I think that I'm going to do a documentary about that.

I'm going to curate it.

*shrugs* Or whatever.

"I like to eat penguins."

"Try to keep your mind blank."

"You cannot declare offshore investment losses, against future capital gains. Any child knows that."

"You know what the wise man once said, 'everything happens for a reason.' "

"Join yourself to her, in the name of love."

"Not doing this would be weird."

"Tim Conrad is a dreamer."

"You insult my honor at great risk. I will be leaving. Count yourself lucky that I have spared your life."

"Welcome to my world.... I am a shadow, with a big knife!"

"That was my wife's favorite finger!"

"Since the dawn of ancient times...."

Best. Speech. Ever.

"If we start this fire, we'll burn this world to ashes."

"I guess it's true what they say-- a mind is a terrible thing."

"Stand-in for Mr. Carell"-- oooh, that could be my job.... "Mouseland Seamstress"-- oooh, that could be my girl.... You know, my mom likes "Gran Torino" the way that I like "Dinner for Schmucks".... But is she "The Fool on the Hill"? I don't think so.

BUT THE FOOL ON THE HILL, SEES THE SUN GOING DOWN, AND THE EYES IN HIS HEAD, SEE THE WORLD SPINNING ROUND.

Theodore Shapiro, yeah!

But, anyway.

It was kinda cool how, first, he used the guitar case to carry a guitar, but, later, he used it to carry a gun.

And then he killed dudes with it. And then he put it back in the guitar case.

And old "Cantinero"! That was a cool guy.

.... *starts watching the movie again on a different channel*

"And don't bring a mime; it's cliche."

"Jacobsen brought a mime."

"And you don't see any of his shit around here anymore, do you."

(somewhat later) "I'm texting a lie right now."

(much later) "Tim lost his job, but we remained good friends."

Oh, and yeah, the other movie.

The Mexican action movie.

("And go to Cabo for Christmas."

.... "A thousand years ago, the only people on earth were monkeys.")

It was kinda good.

(I mean, it wasn't even mediocre; it's just that action movies are naturally mediocre; it's what makes them good-- that their average is actually mediocre.)

It was okay.

You know.

(7/10)

"On this day.... September 17: 1716-- French soldier Jean Thurel enlisted in the Regiment de Touraine at the age of 17, beginning a career of military service that would span 90 years."

Huh. Thanks, Wikipedia.

But now on to, "Patrick Stewart: Rebel Leader". ;0

"Can anyone remember when we used to be explorers?"

*makes think-y noise with lips* Well, all that I know for sure is, that this is probably the last *Star Trek* movie that I really saw-- in a way. I mean, in 2002 I saw "The Two Towers", but I didn't see "Nemesis" until.... well, earlier this year, actually. And by that time, the early 2000s were over, even for me.

"Look in the mirror, (man). The Federation is old.... They all smell the scent of death on the Federation."

So. Jean-Luc Picard: Rebel Leader. I wonder who thought of that one.

Oh, and they got Number One to be the director-- how cute.

Patrick Stewart (Rebel Leader): *conversational* I wonder how many people it takes to make a movie like this.

Jason Segel (Finance): *smiles* It takes lot.

Patrick Stewart: (Rebel Leader): *curious* But how many people does it take, *before* Finance thinks that it's wrong.

Jason Segel: (Finance): *surprised* Well, it actually depends--

Patrick Stewart: (Rebel Leader): *wants to know* A thousand?

Jason Segel (Finance): *cool* No, that might--

Patrick Stewart (Rebel Leader): *wants to know even more* Fifty thousand?

Jason Segel (Finance): *not cool* Woh, fifty thousand is too--

Patrick Stewart (Rebel Leader): *wants to know so much!* A million!

Jason Segel (Finance): *holds out hand as though to guard self* Woh. A million is too many.

So now we.... learned that, I guess.

And, to be fair, "Generations" and "First Contact" are somewhat better than "Insurrection" and "Nemesis".

But, really, I wouldn't even be so quick to watch the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, now. I mean, I sorta almost watched one, once, but.... I don't even remember, which one.

Maybe, a million really is too many.

(6/10)

"You have that sharp useless look about you."

P'raps too *careful* and *Buddhistic*, no?

"Tim here is the one only who's not either divorced or dating a hooker."

So, yes, even though this movie doesn't have Julia Roberts, or Paul Rudd....

OR DARLA, LOL. *dies laughing*

"Actually, I work for the IRS."

"Not tonight."

"No, all the time."

NO RLY THINK ABOUT IT. INSTEAD OF "DARLA"-- "JULIE". THINK ABOUT IT.

(And I know my asides are wierd, but-- I mean, the point, ("the theme"), of that movie is, almost, well, "Vienna", ('Ostreicher! Ostreicher!' the coach screamed as the boy ran off to the music hall), but that other movie from twenty years before, is also an integral part of the concept, I think-- I mean, it almost doesn't make sense otherwise, because Paul Rudd isn't such a bad guy, even in that movie-- *but Richard Gere is*!)

*snaps out of it* I'm sorry. On to "Date Night".

"Our motto continues to inspire."

OMG, I'm sorry. NOW on to "Date Night".

*laughs and laughs* No, really, let's go.

And I thought that the movie poster for "People Like Us" was great, but this is the best movie poster that I've ever seen in my life.

And it has Steve Carell in it; Steve Carell, my favorite actor in the whole world.

And I like these movies; I like comedies; I like the reality of it.... Because, after all, you're 0.0001% of America And The World, but 100% off You. ;) (*Somnium Scipionis*, you see?)

"Mom, can I have pizza for breakfast?"

"Sure."

"Really?"

"No."

"We're like excellent roommates. The most excellent roommates."

"Yes. Rare. That's why I was surprised."

"I've forgotten about you already, (Jersey)."

"If we're paying this much for shrimp, it better sing and dance and introduce us to The Little Mermaid."

"If I knew anything about Will.i.am, I would be really psyched right now."

Or Sophie Kinsella.... You know, I actually only read one of her novels. ~Except this time! it's Jersey kids in New York, not English girls in London.

But I feel like I've read all of them; I like that.

"It's in the park."
"Could you be more specific?"
"The central park."

"Be a good girl, and listen to your husband." ^^

And this is even better than "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World".... And Tina Fey is alright.

And you guys aren't just a boring couple from New Jersey.

You're awesome.

Although I'm not sure how all of this will impact my friendship with Mark Wahlberg.

"Who likes shirts?"

And Steve and Tina have this very real, very important conversation.

And it wouldn't have worked with Keira Knightley.

This is a good movie.

(10/10)

I'm not quite sure what just happened.

First, I put off watching "Date Night"-- which I could have watched tonight-- for a day, so that I could watch "Crazy, Stupid, Love". (I always hated not finding things or tuning in late, so now I'm all sophisticated-- LocateTV lines it up for me.) But then I.... couldn't.... find.... the channel. {Suffice to say: it can be more complicated and intricate than it may sound.} Even though I *knew* what time it started. But then I was surfing, and I saw this movie with Ron Livingston in it. So I made a mental note, and then.... well, I went looking for "Crazy, Stupid Love". So, then-- and all this time I was watching "Dinner For Schmucks" again, *just because I can*, ("The CIA doesn't invite people to dinner to make fun of them." "No. The CIA kills people."), and then, I saw this movie. And then I remembered. This time I remembered. I actually couldn't find the Ron Livingston one again. (Which is too bad-- Ron Livingston, like Owen Wilson, or Paul Rudd himself, is, like the *best* supporting actor, *ever*.... But {Ron} getting the almost-lead part in the movie doesn't really make up for being all villified by a demented teenage-girl.... Although I still would have watched it if I could have re-found it.... I should really keep watching "Dinner for Schmucks" until the message starts to settle in.... "What is this?" "It's a.... (dead) mouse dressed like Jesus.")

*decides to eat the fish* "Aww, fuck it; I don't care."

"It won't cramp your style?" "It's already cramped."

And, after all, *who doesn't like 'relatives'*?

"Actually, she did ask for money. And it wasn't very expensive, either. I had a ton of singles left over from my niece's {no, *sister's*) birthday party....*Hey, do you think that Cinnamon is a family name*?"

And, you know, it worked out, because it was worth it. It was worth it, because--

(1) Paul Rudd with a beard

(2) Best Scene With A Police Officer

(3) Greenberg's sisters

"Oh, he's just my brother. That's all."

Goddess, I wish that I had a sister.

And he has *three?!*

"I love you, Ned. Bye."

"It's like a novelization of *Us Weekly.*"

Except this time, every page is about Paul Rudd. ^^

And it's also a really wierd remake of "Dinner for Schmucks".

And "Greenberg".

{"Hey, do you want to go out with me sometime?"

"No, not really. But thanks for asking."

*he smiles, shrugs*

And when the silly girls were all like, This great girl is a hero to all us girls, and all that--

Ned was just like, All right!}

(9/10)

What's that, info blurb? He meets a "free-spirited, Hollywood streetwalker"?

*skepticism* And *that* is Julia Roberts? *laughs*

So, what you're telling me is, that Julia Roberts was once, actually, briefly happy for a time.

I'm not even sure how to say it-- Julia Roberts was happy. *gestures* I can't believe it; I don't believe what my eyes are telling me-- Julia Roberts, happy! *more gestures*

Well, what's so difficult to believe about it?

Hmm. I don't know. I guess that I can believe it.... After all, that was way back.... 1990--that was what, Season 1 of Seinfeld, or something, right?

"Maybe you're right."

"Maybe I'm right? Of course I'm right."

"This is insane. You know, I don't even know where she's staying! She, she's not going to call me, this is unbelievable."

"I know, I know.... Listen, your stuff has to be done by now, why don't you just see if it's dried?"

"No no no, don't interrupt the cycle. The machine is working; it knows what it's doing; just let it finish."

"You're gonna 'overdry' it."

"You, you can't 'overdry'."

"Why not?"

"Same as you can't 'overwet'.... You see, once something is wet, it's wet. Same thing with dead: once you die you're dead, right? Let's say you drop dead and I shoot you: you're not gonna die again, you're already dead. You can't 'overdie'; you can't 'overdry'."

I couldn't agree more.

And, like I said, I knew that it wasn't going to last.

But even the idea is a touch amusing-- Julia Roberts, was happy.

" 'Edward'-- that's my favorite name in the whole world."

(a) 1990, or (b) 2005.

'Correct' answer-- (a) 1990. ;)

(8/10)

Since I am not evil nazi, I know all about black actors, and, since I am not even an airy snob, I know all about football as well. To be more specific, I know at least three black actors, as well as some of the positions of football. Allow me to explain.

So. I like Eddie Murphy, since he's a good comedian. And I really liked the job that he did in "The Nutty Professor", where his character becomes this 'Carlisle' kind of guy, if you know what I mean, named Buddy Love-- and before people were cool with that kind of thing, well, actually, they're *still* not cool with that kind of thing.... And, I mean, Buddy Love didn't even have to.... he just.... Nevermind. The point is, people are all like, 'Oh no, Oh nos, not that, not that-- Bring me Albus, where's Albus!.... Go find Professor Dumb-ledore! Go find the old man!' *sighs* *shakes head* Oh, but I do like Chris Rock too-- *I* don't hate the guy!

And I don't like Morgan Freeman, since he reminds me of Patrick Stewart.... And I almost wanted to say something about it, but now I don't want to say anything about it, since I don't want to say *anything* that's going to remind me of the way that Morgan Freeman talks.

And then there's Denzel Washington. I guess he's not so much of a comedian, or.... a God, so much as a.... well, he's in action movies sometimes, right. I mean, I saw him in "Unstoppable", and I thought that that was a great movie that he did a great job in.... And I guess that, technically, I also saw him that war flick "Glory" a hundred years ago, but, actually, that's the kind of thing that might as well have not had any actual actors in it at all.... Since what they needed was not so much actors, as soldiers, and not so much soldiers, as gunsmoke.... I mean, it was like "Gettysburg", it was like "Amistad", it was like "Star Trek".... I mean, let's forget it-- everybody's favorite Canadian James Tiberias Kirk led him into the battle.... the consolation prize being that, since they were killed, there was no need for a sequel....

And I haven't seen him in anything else, although, actually, I haven't even seen "Mission: Impossible" yet-- action & drama aren't always the priority with me.

But, anyway, I always like to think of myself as being together with the black man, since we're both more like the kind of duck which has the green head and the orange feet, than the kind of duck which is all mottled and brown. And which kind of duck is that? The masculine kind. Yeah. (Just like Eddie Murphy.... Or the Met's Daniel Murphy, we call him Murph.... or a duck. The masculine kind.)

And it's kinda cool that Denzel Washington can do sport-y drama as well as action drama, especially since it's not crappy Euro-trash like "Bend it Like Beckham", or, other kinds of light drama which are.... I mean, "The Help" is basically just moronically and inexplicably *long*....

And, since Morgan Freeman isn't in it, I don't have to sit here trying to remember whatever clever uncomplimentary thought I thought about him.... *sits for several minutes trying to remember whatever clever uncomplimentary thing I had to say about Morgan Freeman* (Maybe it's just as well, since whatever I thought, it was like, an adjective phrase, with maybe two or three adjectives-- like you might say about Patrick Stewart. But the problem with adjective phrases is that they can be so.... You know how Morgan Freeman has that way of talking? I mean, *all* of the guys who are like that, do, in a way....)

*shrugs* Anyway. Now that I can give myself a pat on the back and a knight's cross of the iron cross for my diversity creds-- on to football!

....So, yeah, now that I've got all of that crap out of the way....

Basically, the good thing about this movie is that it takes football seriously, and it doesn't mock the concerns of the men involved with football, or hold them up for mockery.

Rather, it lets us see football as (an example of a peaceful form of competition and) something that is just part of our land, and we folks who live in it.

It's better than.... I mean, I remember that, in "Doug"-- this Nickelodeon show that aired when I was a kid, which starred Mike Newton as 'Doug'-- made a point of scorching football, and making a big fucking deal in this one stupid epidode about how the football team was just a bunch of dumb brutes, and how this stupid lout was this dumb bully, and it was all because he was the nickelback or something....

But obviously that show was racist. Think about how many black people play football. Exactly.

And, anyway, at least this movie isn't as stupid as.... I mean, it is neither as moronically, nor as inexplicably, *long* as "The Help"....

And Denzel Washington, right. He could be a nickelback, or something.

(8/10)

"I was in another world.... A world of, twenty thousand girls...."

And, no, I'm not calling for the 'frontier psychiatrist'.... Although there will be extreme rambling ahead.... I just think that it's funny. I really was in a different world. To think that "The Matrix" and "The Phantom Menace" were *also* released in 1999....

The very same year.... The *time* was the same-- but it was in a different world....

But, you know, I'm thinking that I like this world better.

And, you know, at one point I almost got to like George Takei-- I guess that that's halfway between thinking that Patrick Stewart or one of the real captain guys are the best, and thinking that the best sci-fi flicks are the ones that Ben Stiller is in on-- but one of the things that really did it for me is when I read about how George snuck away from "Star Trek" during the hiatus to do this wacko Vietnam movie with John Wayne.... that was like, wow, all these political drama queens really *are* all the same.... And he got what he deserved, too, because he made it back late, and they had to invent another character to fill in for him, who stuck around to dig into his screen time.... Which must have been easy, really, to invent another one of him, because all of those bridge officers were freakin' carbon copies, anyway.... That's why all the three real characters wanted to do was get off the bloody bridge-- thus the impossible improbable away team with every scrap of command talent in it, lol.... And, at the end of it, even Spock wrote a book called, "I Am Not Spock", because it's just all so damn embarrassing, when you really look at it.... To be honest, it's really way more cool to watch Ben Stiller fight Jonah Hill with a flashlight....

And, now, I think that I'd even take a Jerry Stiller commercial, or Jerry Seinfeld, for that matter over.... well, *any* war-in-space, really.

But, the point being, that hearing about *that* escapade put a pretty deep dent into my respect for George, but when I realized that Alyson Hannigan-- in 1999 still only the *future* Lily Aldrin-- spent her time away from the vamp killer, or whatever she called herself, to be in "American Pie"....

It was like she created a whole other world.... a 'brand new day'.

"I may be numerless; I may be innocent
I may know many things; I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings, and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards, and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as Fortune's child, to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief,
I've kept this single faith; I have but one belief:

I still love you
I still want you...."

*smiles*

*smile lingers*

*sighs*

*laughs*

{Shit, and I didn't even *realize* that "Brand New Day" was *also* released in 1999....

OMG, and "Frontier Psychiatrist" was recorded in 1999 and released 2000.... Wow, the gods are being *entirely too helpful* right now-- this is kinda creepy....}

{Other thoughts: And Alyson Hannigan is in band! *I* was in band! And I didn't take Latin; I took French. ^^

And, okay, official spoiler: Carlisle kills Dumbledore. :P

No, really. Watch this movie. Now you know what it's like with Dumbledore as your father. Now imagine Carlisle as your father. Difference? Yes.

And, you know what they say-- apple pie. It's as American as.... *American Pie*.}

And, you know, "American Pie" is what it is-- it's an average movie. {I mean, this is *not* "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"-- that movie is a *classic*.}

But it's an average movie that I like, and thoroughly approve of.

Because it's about the real world-- and even the mighty old gods must live in the real world.... even if it has been a thousand years since.

So, there's that, you know.

(8/10)

Amusing enough, I suppose.

Although, to be honest, my childhood could be rather disappointing.

(7/10)

{To begin with, a few comments which are, petty, and, in a sense.... inappropriate. That is: that the summary blurb informs me that Miss Austen is a "late 17th century" author. I was unaware; I shall need to inform Queen Victoria, the next time that we sit down to tea. Also, I was equally unaware that Derbyshire is somewhere within Hiberno-Scotland, as you might think, from.... I don't know. Something.... *sighs* Remember, the dreaded Saxons dwell in the valley-- they do not climb under and over mountains in the way that your coal-miners do.... And I know how foolish it is, in a sense, to bring up John at a time like this, but, since I know how much I've done to grieve John, (and Jason), just as much as *Jane*, I don't know.... sometimes, I just want to wander, "down into the valley, In June-- ha ha!" But, pray do not "chip the glasses and crack the plates"-- such would be the very *height* of impropriety.}

....

"Afar, afar from mine own self I seem,
And wing strange ways in thought,
And listen for a sign...."

Sorry.

Well, I really like Jane Austen, but I don't *really* like this.

Partly because I wonder if Anne really gives a tuppence for Jane, or if she's really like Keira, and only takes this sort of work on account of all of the *miseries* of the past.

And basically because I can barely even *tolerate* Elizabeth.

{And I know how absurd this might all seem-- it's just that Lizzie couldn't have written Jane's novels, any more than *I* could have.... I mean, Thackeray is better than bloody *Dickens*, at least....}

But, what can I say. Sometimes I don't know how to do things right myself. I only hope that....

"Afar, oh how far away, those nights shall be from the days that were."

Until then.

{What I mean is, that I'm sure that Jane knew the story of Proserpina and her mother.... "beyond the reach of reason", remember? And maybe she'd even heard the story of "The Goose Girl"-- "for she suffers a vast deal, though she bears it with all the *patience* in the world, for such is *always* the way with her...." Oh, no, that's not from "The Goose Girl"-- that's from the other one, isn't it? Now, what was *that* one called?

Her tears are pearls.... *for she has, without exception, the sweetest temper that I have ever met with.*}

But something like this, I don't know, it's like any compilation of quotes-- at least it doesn't do any harm.

It's just like a few games of tennis, or a few deals of hearts. (Or if you watch an hour or so of a baseball game, as though it were a television program or something.)

{Thank you, Elizabeth. 'You have delighted us long enough.'}

A little diversion, you know.

And now, the time is gone.

{But, there are always more diversions, even though the 17th century is over, thus putting an end to, ah-- Shakespeare, I suppose? And, what's her face, who knew about "The Rover", well, we'll just have to ask George, or one of George's friends.... But, yes, there are always more diversions. I'm sure that Jane liked old Amadeus, and she'd have liked Chopin too, the man who 'wrote poems with the piano', as I've heard him called, just as Miss Swan does, you know.... And maybe she'd even like Coleridge, although I suppose that Byron is too much like Patrick Stewart.... I mean, to actually *put* a picture of *Napoleon* in a *book*.... And God only knows what she'd want to have to do with Chaucer or Bronte....}

{~ And the way that the film begins, (and continues), is absolutely absurd-- as though Jane's skill were that she could put words together in a clever way.... such that we should give her the Mike Newton award for elegance, no? No, Jane's skill was *not* that she put words together in a clever way.... As though she were Byron, as though she were concerned with words, like Dr Johnson-- or even David Hume! Or-- Wittgenstein! Another fine novelist! No, Jane is there more in what is *not* there, sometimes, than in what is-- ".... if Mr Bingely *had been* imposed upon, then....".... To say that it were about the number of syllables in a line! As though Jane Austen were like Flaubert! As though she weren't even as good as Guy de Maupassant! As though she weren't even as much herself! As though *that* were Jane! Ha! ~}

[Nobody suffers more in the world than a romantic, nobody suffers more than somebody who *really* wants to be happy, I don't think that I'm *explaining* anything to Jane, you know, by saying that....

But anyway, now-- the time is gone. And sometimes there are no words-- sometimes Chopin really is a better poet than Byron....

"To be fond of dancing is...."

But now, the time is gone.

".... but I fear you have no basket for these."]

(8/10)