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• Re: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... - Mark P 10:02:30 03/14/03 (0)
  In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

  I saw “Pretty Woman” years ago and loathed it. But one scene almost redeemed the film. The character played by Ms. Roberts attends her first opera and, for the first time I recall, a Hollywood movie featured a character deeply moved by richer, more complex art forms than those accompanied by popcorn. Now if I could only see once before I die a character genuinely challenged, delighted and intrigued by a work of contemporary art…
  
  

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• Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks? - danj 23:17:21 02/21/03 (5)
  In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

  Julia Roberts notwithstanding, "Pretty Woman" is a crappy piece of tripe with an unpleasant story. Good actors and the charm of Ms. Roberts do not change make it a good movie!

  My wife loves it. I think she fell for the so-called romantic story.

  Wanna see a M U C H better movie with a somewhat similar theme? Watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."
  
  

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  • Re: Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks? - Analog Scott 21:40:14 02/23/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks? posted by danj on February 21, 2003 at 23:17:21:

    Cinderella with a hooker. No, I don't like it either.
    
    

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  • Of course not... - Victor Khomenko 05:14:05 02/22/03 (3)
    In Reply to: Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks? posted by danj on February 21, 2003 at 23:17:21:

    ***Wanna see a M U C H better movie with a somewhat similar theme? Watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."

    LOL! It is kind of hard to put them side-by-side, or even consider together! Breakfast is one of high points in world cinema. You mean Holly was a.....? No way, man! I'v seen hookers, and she ain't it!
    

    
    
    
    

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    • Holly WAS a kept woman! Maybe not a working girl...... - danj 11:42:33 02/22/03 (2)
      In Reply to: Of course not... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 22, 2003 at 05:14:05:

      like in "Pretty Woman."

      The word was "somewhat." The movies have similar themes even if the specifics are different.

      It bothers me that "Pretty Woman" is seen as a high point of 90s cinema. I've always been bothered by the notion that a woman is somehow "property" and think the Gere character shallow and loathsome.

      I do wish that those who so admire "Pretty Woman" would watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."

      And, yes, "BAT" is one of the great films of the 60s. And isn't Audrey Hepburn just a sheer delight? She was in all her films but really shines in the roll of Holly. The story is basically fluff but, man, what they did with it!

      I do like Julia Roberts very much. She has a great presence and is a highly skilled and apealling actress. She ain't no Audrey Hepburn - but who is?

      Audrey was an original. Right up there in the pantheon of leading actresses. There was Kate Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Maria Falconetti (silents), Audrey Hepburn, Myrna Loy, and sometimes Irene Dunne and Joan Crawford. Then there was all the rest. (I left out modern actresses, of which only a very few belong in the same company as the aforementioned talents.)

      Audrey was always delightful. There will never be another who can touch her. She was a great one.
      
      

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      • I don't think you'll find many - mvwine 11:42:35 02/24/03 (0)
        In Reply to: Holly WAS a kept woman! Maybe not a working girl...... posted by danj on February 22, 2003 at 11:42:33:

        on this board who think that "Pretty Woman" is a "high point in 90's cinema". And suffice it to say that I agree 100% with your assessment of past and present actresses (You might get a fight from Victor regarding Ingrid, though..hehe).
        
        
        "Would you be surprised to know that this rough, tough individual was wearing pink satin undies under his rough exteriour clothing? He is."
        
        
        

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      • It's just your garden variety run of the mill fairy tale except.... - Mrs. Piggy 19:09:59 02/22/03 (0)
        In Reply to: Holly WAS a kept woman! Maybe not a working girl...... posted by danj on February 22, 2003 at 11:42:33:

        instead of Cinderella being innocent and pure, she was a dirty street walker. All those fairy tales have women being kept by men, which was appropriate to the times.

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• I didn't like the film because Julia was in it... the other way around - Victor Khomenko 07:00:01 02/21/03 (3)
  In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

  In the overal scope of things it was not the worst piece of trash to hit the screen, no man. Would I go and pay to watch that trash? No man.

  Are there any redeaming values in that piece of trash? No man.

  Was it guarantee to make good buck for the producers? Yes Sir.

  And the last.... was it about a whore? No man.
  

  
  
  
  

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  • She wasn't a call girl?-nt - Mrs. Piggy 13:20:34 02/21/03 (2)
    In Reply to: I didn't like the film because Julia was in it... the other way around posted by Victor Khomenko on February 21, 2003 at 07:00:01:

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    • She was a streetwalker. Heidi Fleiss ("Heidi Ho") was a call girl before becoming a madam. - TAFKA Steve 15:40:04 02/21/03 (1)
      In Reply to: She wasn't a call girl?-nt posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 21, 2003 at 13:20:34:

      Big difference. Yeah, right.
      
      

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      • Heidi, Heidi, Heidi-Hi....Heidi, Heidi, Heidi-Ho.. - Mrs. Piggy 17:28:30 02/25/03 (0)
        In Reply to: She was a streetwalker. Heidi Fleiss ("Heidi Ho") was a call girl before becoming a madam. posted by TAFKA Steve on February 21, 2003 at 15:40:04:

        hede, hede, hede, he...
        whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

        I apologize...

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• It worked, jillions of us went and liked it!! - albee33 05:31:58 02/21/03 (3)
  In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

  Roberts was at her peak for appeal, I think. Looked her best, acted her cutest (not Bullock cute, ugh).
  
  

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  • It was for old maidens..... - patrickU 07:16:02 02/21/03 (2)
    In Reply to: It worked, jillions of us went and liked it!! posted by albee33 on February 21, 2003 at 05:31:58:

    or for youngest who want to reach that statue in a very few years...A kind of romantic stupor & stupidity, adding a zest of false candor, going after our bucks...in a very pretending way...
    I saw it only twice.....
    
    

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    • Then you should have liked it!! ;^) --nt - albee33 09:37:24 02/21/03 (1)
      In Reply to: It was for old maidens..... posted by patrickU on February 21, 2003 at 07:16:02:

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      • Who are you... - patrickU 09:57:46 02/21/03 (0)
        In Reply to: Then you should have liked it!! ;^) --nt posted by albee33 on February 21, 2003 at 09:37:24:

        For not willing to permit teasing myself ?
        Hehe..
        
        
        

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• 'John' Billionaire Meets American Hooker - TAFKA Steve 04:11:35 02/21/03 (7)
  In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

  I hated it (and still do) because:

  1) It presents a horrible role model of a successful career woman sleeping her way to the top.

  2) Her best friend's drug problem is downplayed.

  3) The title ruins a perfectly good, voyeuristic Roy Orbison song.

  4) Julia Roberts has a mouth like a horse (Victor is right).

  5) As Mrs. Piggy points out, Garry Marshall is a marketing genius.

  On a positive note, Hector Elizondo is his usual brilliant self. But he was much fucking better in "Young Doctors In Love."
  
  

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  • "Young Doctors In Love." .... - Mrs. Piggy 13:22:53 02/21/03 (1)
    In Reply to: 'John' Billionaire Meets American Hooker posted by TAFKA Steve on February 21, 2003 at 04:11:35:

    what a great movie, as I recall...it's been years! I'll have to look it up :o)

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    • The sight of Milton trying to hang up the phone... - TAFKA Steve 15:23:40 02/21/03 (0)
      In Reply to: "Young Doctors In Love." .... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 21, 2003 at 13:22:53:

      ...has been etched in my politically-incorrect memory for all time.
      
      

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  • A horse mouth... - patrickU 04:36:52 02/21/03 (4)
    In Reply to: 'John' Billionaire Meets American Hooker posted by TAFKA Steve on February 21, 2003 at 04:11:35:

    Can have some practical purpose ! In this I can really not understand Victor...
    
    

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    • Yup... gobbling up watermellons - Victor Khomenko 07:03:39 02/21/03 (3)
      In Reply to: A horse mouth... posted by patricku on February 21, 2003 at 04:36:52:

      Isn't that what you meant, Dirty Patrick?
      

      
      
      
      

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      • I see.... - patrickU 07:09:21 02/21/03 (2)
        In Reply to: Yup... gobbling up watermellons posted by Victor Khomenko on February 21, 2003 at 07:03:39:

        Nothing as a chance to pass unnoticed through your scrutinizing eyes...Not the smallest dirty thought....Very dear Victor...You are the real BIG BROTHER....
        
        

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        • A dirty mind is the terrible thing to waste - Victor Khomenko 07:29:10 02/21/03 (1)
          In Reply to: I see.... posted by patrickU on February 21, 2003 at 07:09:21:

          Me? I wash my watermellons.
          

          
          
          
          

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          • Re: A dirty mind is the terrible thing to waste - patrickU 07:43:56 02/21/03 (0)
            In Reply to: A dirty mind is the terrible thing to waste posted by Victor Khomenko on February 21, 2003 at 07:29:10:

            You ! I think you are terribly under the control of your dear wife....
            Poor boy, poor Victor...I, I am free like a bird..lalala....
            
            

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