tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post6946827488858131355..comments2023-08-01T09:20:49.475-04:00Comments on Wide Screen World: Books: I Do and I Don'tRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-67783043574707516922013-09-13T16:41:15.660-04:002013-09-13T16:41:15.660-04:00Well, you can certainly tell a story about a happy...Well, you can certainly tell a story about a happy marriage (Mike Leigh's 'Another Year' is a good example), but most of the time an unhappy one will be much more exciting to watch. I think when 'they' say things like that, 'they' are probably thinking about all those happily-ever-after endings one often sees in movies, which always come right before the actual marriage, a point which Basinger discusses in her book.<br /><br />As for my story, well, it's a familiar one: boy meets girl, boy falls in love, boy loses girl, boy blogs about it twenty years later in an attempt to work out his issues over it.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-19057639402153976152013-09-12T18:27:09.068-04:002013-09-12T18:27:09.068-04:00Great review, you've got me hooked now and I&#...Great review, you've got me hooked now and I'll be checking out that book. But you left your own story as a cliffhanger! <br /><br />I always get frustrated when I read a editorial in a newspaper/magazine/website that would include passage that goes something like this: "but life isn't what it's made up to be in the movies"....I wonder how many films writers like that have seen because, based on all the movies I have seen ( a goodly amount for my age ), films never show love and marriage to be simple. In fact, many pictures base their plots on confusion, mistrust, deception, womanly wiles, manly wiles, disenchantment, heartbreak, and every other emotion that goes along with a relationship. Why even Scarlet O'Hara had a whale of a time trying to figure out what she wanted in life. ;-) The Metzinger Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-56442100505815563102013-08-28T13:18:19.178-04:002013-08-28T13:18:19.178-04:00She did indeed. She's also given me something ...She did indeed. She's also given me something new to think about in relation to the movies.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-84052909227458798822013-08-28T12:43:40.563-04:002013-08-28T12:43:40.563-04:00So glad you enjoyed this book and thanks for linki...So glad you enjoyed this book and thanks for linking to my review. I liked this book better than the other one I read by Basinger, The Star Machine. I like her insights and how thorough she was. She covered a lot of ground!Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-10375028650084566122013-08-26T15:10:28.829-04:002013-08-26T15:10:28.829-04:00There's always the Preston Sturges subversion....There's always the Preston Sturges subversion. "...and they lived happily ever after... OR DID THEY??"Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-19389570375200865792013-08-26T13:26:42.579-04:002013-08-26T13:26:42.579-04:00Every time we watch a movie that ends with a clinc...Every time we watch a movie that ends with a clinch at the altar my husband says "And they call that a happy ending!"<br /><br />He likes to live dangerously.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com