tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post4356612768255485267..comments2024-03-27T15:36:10.416-07:00Comments on Film Reviews from Two Guys in the Dark: The Lady in the Van and Hail, Caesar!, along with shorter comments on Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesKen Burke; Pat Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358623927080966157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post-15717585692265676802016-09-02T18:36:34.362-07:002016-09-02T18:36:34.362-07:00Hi Stephen, Thanks for your comments, sorry it'...Hi Stephen, Thanks for your comments, sorry it's taken me so long to acknowledge them but things have been a bit hectic recently. That was such a wonderful show on stage, so glad as well that I got to see it. KenKen Burke; Pat Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358623927080966157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post-41232178186610377582016-08-28T22:27:07.976-07:002016-08-28T22:27:07.976-07:00Margaret was entirely blameless, because the motor...Margaret was entirely blameless, because the motorcyclist came around a blind corner and ran into her stopped van.<br /><br />You are right that there were two Alan Bennetts on stage. I'm pretty sure Dame Maggie played the role for its whole 9 month run. I was also lucky enough to get tickets to see it/her in London.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628163299300681901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post-82756117332236963302016-02-18T14:47:58.582-08:002016-02-18T14:47:58.582-08:00Hi All, Jason Day of CineSocialUK (see the list of...Hi All, Jason Day of CineSocialUK (see the list of Links to Other Review Sites You Might Like on the upper right of this page) has sent me a comment that I'll share with the rest of you: "... the BBC TV series with the wonderful Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth is basically the ‘canonical’ adaptation [of Jane Austen's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>.] Also, the Bennet family are not aristocratic but nearly broke – they are middle class but striving to be more and have no title, so not aristocratic in any way. It takes an English man to understand such things! ;-)" Not understanding the peerage system too well (I guess I should watch <i>Downton Abbey</i> along with Nina but so far I've resisted that temptation) I'm glad to have this clarified about the Bennet family in <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i>, but rather than going back through the whole review above to edit anything, let's just say I've used the term "aristocrats" in a metaphorical manner--as with my musical selections--shall we? <br /><br />Jason would have posted these comments himself but there's some problem with Blogspot not accepting his attempts, a matter that I have no control over, so I got a direct email from him and decided to pass his words along myself for our collective benefit, along with thanks to him for the response and the explanation. KenKen Burke; Pat Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358623927080966157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post-49226061587637762462016-02-12T22:51:10.479-08:002016-02-12T22:51:10.479-08:00Hi rj, It's always so satisfying to me to see ...Hi rj, It's always so satisfying to me to see that we're in harmony on a given movie ... oh, wait, we're not even singing the same song about <i>Hail, Caesar!</i> are we? I agree that they can't all be <i>Fargo</i> (film or TV series) or <i>Annie Hall</i> but it's clear that I found more value in this latest Coen effort than you did; maybe I'm just too supportive of (almost) everything they do to look carefully at the flaws but there were just too many individual scenes that worked too well for me (probably the best being the "twere" dialogue coaching session) to not be in favor of it overall.<br /><br />As for anybody hiring me for anything, that would be great so next time you're having lunch with Joel and Ethan, drop my name, OK?<br /><br />Always great to hear from you, even when we don't agree. KenKen Burke; Pat Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358623927080966157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925606367227514818.post-56421562235822737262016-02-12T07:09:22.423-08:002016-02-12T07:09:22.423-08:00I must say,the Coen Brothers should hire you as p...I must say,the Coen Brothers should hire you as publicist for <i>Hail Caesar</i>, which to my mind came off as more of an extended Saturday Night Live sketch, one of the lame ones they use just prior to sign off (although Saturday's Larry David SNL was pretty, pretty good). <br /><br />I was hoping for something better out of <i>Hail Caesar</i>, considering even their TV version of Fargo remains must see for me, but this one fell flat and hardly warrants a concurrent mention of the classic (and seriously funny) <i>O Brother, Where Art Thou?</i>. <br /><br />I am sure they will easily get their $22m production costs back (which must of been heavily skewed to the massive A list cast). Kind of reminds me one of Woody Allen's many "small" films, interesting writing, plenty of starpower, happy to see another release, but they can't all be <i>Annie Hall</i>.rjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025728540081089210noreply@blogger.com