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Hi Roxanne,

I have to say that having known AuPh for years, I kinda expected a certain similarity in views between a husband and wife - I think that is inevitable in most good marriages. So no major surprise here - seems like you have good resonance going.

I would like to make just one brief comment. You say:

"Because otherwise, we're left with the likes of Cold Mountain and Mystic River for inspiration..."

I have not seen either of those two films, and perhaps you are right in their regard, but my feelings at this point is that we do not have to limit our search and our ideals to the above mentioned films.

I would suggest that during the last century or so dozens of great directors have created hundreds, if not thousands, of trully great films, and it is those gems, and not the mediocre mass-produced mass-culture stuff, that we should use to define our aspirations.

And therefore, while the LOTR might indeed have some merit when put against the pale backgroud of your typical mass-pleasing fodder, it simply disappears from view when considered in the context of the hystorical achivements in the art of movie making.



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