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My parents saw two movies this week – Danny Collins and Mr. Turner at Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Cinema Center. What follows is a cautionary email I received early this morning from my father Don Sexton about the otherwise dependable actor Timothy Spall’s Mr. Turner …
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On Mar 26, 2015, Don Sexton wrote:
Don’t buy the DVD- Maybe we are missing something – a total bore
- Unless you like watching people walk around in dress-up from the 1800s
- And you like watching sunrises and sunsets over the ocean with ships (which he – Turner – used as his subject ALL the time)
- And you like not understanding the dialogue because of the thick, muttering English 1800s accents
- … And you like getting the feeling that everybody is coming down with some kind of 1800s malady because it is the 1800s
- But we did like the three ladies Mr. Turner used/abused/treated badly … and to whom Turner all-around was an ass
- And finally – if you have nothing to do with 2+ hours of your life – go sit through Mr. Turner.
We definitely do not understand the hype on this one. Love you. But we did have a very good meal at the Guesthouse after the movie. The glass was half full?
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this is an absolute riot! love it!
agreed, Beth!! 🙂
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Reel Roy Reviews wrote:
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Good review Roy. The pace is a bit languid, but the story is still compelling enough that it works.
good to know – thanks, Dan!
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Reel Roy Reviews wrote:
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I want my money back…spall no longer to ever be sought out by me…this amounted to somebody trying to out PBS PBS? did not work worth shit…arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…double arghhhhhhhhh. I now even detest ART? i’ll recover some day…the pretentiousness appalled…and I have even suffered through better pretentiousness???? local artists for example??? ha! artsyFARTsiness at its lowest point in the history of the film industry. a mysteriously horrid mess. but do have a nice day in spite of my accurate rant! a great sunny, yellow-hued day watching ships dock?
hahahahaha! I love this response – I too hate artsyfartsiness! we must be related! “I now even detest ART? i’ll recover some day…the pretentiousness appalled.” tee hee!!!
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Reel Roy Reviews wrote:
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