tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post3965610791391380397..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: Why I Simply Cannot Stomach The English PatientPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-22378982209131348312023-03-14T00:42:54.229-04:002023-03-14T00:42:54.229-04:00"Does not love transcend moral and societal b..."Does not love transcend moral and societal boundaries"<br /><br />You're basically saying that cheating/infidelity is justified because "I wuv!" <br /><br />Grow up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-24714957789428918272023-03-14T00:41:06.344-04:002023-03-14T00:41:06.344-04:00So you're saying that being "deeply in lo...So you're saying that being "deeply in love" excuses and justifies infidelity? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-6984750766264370902023-02-26T14:35:09.252-05:002023-02-26T14:35:09.252-05:00Yes! And obsessive love is real.Yes! And obsessive love is real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-9384350069327043872021-12-25T23:45:57.144-05:002021-12-25T23:45:57.144-05:00Thank you.. agree with your comments.. there is mu...Thank you.. agree with your comments.. there is much hidden meaning and reading between the lines. Loved their intensity before, during snd after affair. Loved the music and dialog.. sorry to tge haters..but it was over your heads apparently...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331895105920581257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-35154874113246083672020-09-06T18:35:20.638-04:002020-09-06T18:35:20.638-04:00Most of the people here have clearly never fallen ...Most of the people here have clearly never fallen deeply in love. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471886517208586496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-81510835651409514582020-04-03T14:50:44.731-04:002020-04-03T14:50:44.731-04:00You sound like a dim alley mugger ranting about ho...You sound like a dim alley mugger ranting about how Einstein's theories are wrong.<br /><br />With every sentence in your post, you've screamed out just how ignorant and mush-brained you are.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-56691311972847089892019-01-20T16:25:55.411-05:002019-01-20T16:25:55.411-05:00Thank you!!!! Love it that someone else saw it for...Thank you!!!! Love it that someone else saw it for the horribleness that it was, nothing is right about cheating with a married woman, infidelity is repulsive, period. Always heard that this was a great movie, it so wasn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976600633258751156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-37526933625854512542018-08-18T21:39:20.794-04:002018-08-18T21:39:20.794-04:00Perhaps if more people listened to their moral cod...Perhaps if more people listened to their moral code the world would be a much nicer place...let that sink in. Almásy acts like a pouty spoiled brat as he pursues this woman and can't have his way. And to be honest, it strikes me as a mostly forgotten movie. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-58354512421218250252018-08-18T08:32:46.876-04:002018-08-18T08:32:46.876-04:00Everybody is entitled to his/ her opinion. However...Everybody is entitled to his/ her opinion. However, after having read this post I cannot, but make a few comments. First of all the analysis of the movie is shallow to say the least. 'Seinfeld' is hardly a benchmark to judge a film. "This is a movie about two cheating douchebags that get their just desserts". No it is not, the movie is much more than that. Without even asking I can deduce form that and some other sentences that this blog post must have been written by an American confined by her moral code. Who are we to judge other people? Why does adultery deserve death? Does not love transcend moral and societal boundaries? "For starters, there's zero motive -- none whatsoever -- for Katharine to cheat on her husband." Wrong, wrong, wrong! If love was an accumulation of kindness it would be very easy to win another person's heart! Love knows no reason! Moreover, a lot in the film is being stated without showing it. One must be able to read between the lines, between the pictures. "I've never read it, or any of Ondaatje's work." Well you should before making false assumptions. The comments you make about him in this blog are unjust. Not only is the book very different to the movie, but Ondaatje writes with prose hardly achieved by any other contemporary writer dead or alive! And yes, every Oscar was well deserved. When I compare 'The English Patient' with the more recent accoladed films and see what Hollywood produces these days (superheroes, remakes, sequels, prequels) I cannot but long for more epic stories told on screen like 'The English Patient'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-40298355029724277912017-08-10T01:12:44.553-04:002017-08-10T01:12:44.553-04:00I stumbled across your blog because of hairdryers....I stumbled across your blog because of hairdryers. A couple of friends and I saw The English Patient when it came out. It began with a plane flying across endless sand dunes and ended the same way. We were afraid we were in an eternal loop of planes and sand dunes and that the movie would never end. Also, Fargo should have won the Oscar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-64905483900228564832017-06-07T11:45:34.631-04:002017-06-07T11:45:34.631-04:00LOL..I don't know who said that either, Rich, ...LOL..I don't know who said that either, Rich, but they summed it up perfectly. I thought the ending was rather anti-climatic and predictable; of course Almásy was going to beg for a fatal morphine dose and croak. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-75834776107318689772017-06-07T08:57:11.754-04:002017-06-07T08:57:11.754-04:00Who was it who said to like THE ENGLISH PATIENT, y...Who was it who said to like THE ENGLISH PATIENT, you have to be English and you have to be patient?<br /><br />When I saw it on video, I remember thinking at the time that the ending was worth the wait, but it took way too long to get there. If I saw it now, I might not even wait that long. And this was the movie that beat FARGO and JERRY MAGUIRE for Best Pic.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.com