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sceptical guy replied to the topic Trump, Glorious Trump in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
errrrr….
this is a Trump thread
If you are genuinely concerned with the problems of brutality against children in Britian
and you should be –
rather than just trying to deflect attention from the problems of children elsewhere…
start a thread on it!!
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Trump, Glorious Trump in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Could be, but not quite.
There’s a growing international condemnation of Trmp’s actions. The UN Secreatary general has called it unconscionable child abuse. It really is horrible.
But Trump cares as much as the other brutes of the Far Right on the rise at the moment. With a growing tendency to terror, bullying and thuggery (MPs were physically…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic What makes a great movie?…… in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Well…
lol
it’s nothing to do wit intellectual skills, and I actually, really don’t believe you (or Ms M etc) are less clever than I am,
but I kept away from that one. I would have walked out of the cinema, as I have done with other arty films.
It did receive brilliant reviews, but the reason is to do with the beauty of the photography. The…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic What makes a great movie?…… in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
What film was that, Sairs???
Was it Tracks, with Mia Wasikowska???
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Brexit Countdown in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago

Not exactly on topic, but I couldn’t resist.
Very contemporary given the boost to the NHS. Even The Daily Torygraph admits that there is no Brexit dividend, so please don’t fall for the above.
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sceptical guy replied to the topic What makes a great movie?…… in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
a movie which makes me think, or which moves me.
NOT a movie which makes me blub, like It’s a Wonderful Life.
Movies which make you blub are bad movies.
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sceptical guy started the topic Haunting Songs in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago
Mahler wasn’t the only one who could write them.
A haunting song from Nico, which used to go around my head a lot when I was in my mid-20s.
Lyrics below
Sail away, sail away my little boy
Let the wind fill your heart with light and joy
Sail away my little boy
Let the rain wash away…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic What makes a great movie?…… in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Well, mister q, as I said in the original thread…
viewers differ.
What interests my brother or Rocky here leaves me slightly bilious.
What interests me tends to send my brother and almost certainly Rocky running for the exit door demanding their money back.
so Lesson Number One in your post isn’t really meaningful, no?
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sceptical guy replied to the topic The Great Movies in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago
To make things clearer.
Stallone is, like, narcissistic.
Rocky is the guy that nobody gives a chance, but through pain and sheer guts he emerges as the King Killer of the Ring, cheered by all as the music comes rushing in loud and loud.
Ugh!
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Trump, Glorious Trump in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago

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sceptical guy replied to the topic The Great Movies in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago
I also find the cult surrounding his movies strange.
The guy is, like, narcissistic.
Not like the original, admiring the reflection of his own beauty in the pool.
It’s different, makes me squirm.
It’s the guy everybody hates, but through pain and struggle he emerges as the King Killer of the Ring, cheered by all as the music comes rushing in…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Trump, Glorious Trump in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Interesting that I’m not the only one.
Melania Trump, the First Lady of the legitimately elected loudmouth, and Laura Bush, an earlier First Lady, are saying the policy is inhumane. These women, hey?
But then they live in a country where you can still criticise the legitimately elected leader.
There is a growing backlash among the big…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic The Great Movies in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago
I find Stallone really weird…
How much did he sell his dog for?
And how much did he pay to get it back?
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sceptical guy replied to the topic The Great Movies in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago
The above from the film, Nostalgia.
My brother once told me that when he sat down to watch a film, he didn’t want to do work.
He was too tired.
He wanted to settle back and escape into fantasy. Mister q would like him, he has a similar sense of humour and almost certainly a similar taste in films. Not in music, though.
I took and take a…[Read more]
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sceptical guy started the topic The Great Movies in the forum Art, poetry, music and film 7 years, 10 months ago

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sceptical guy replied to the topic Trump, Glorious Trump in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Trump isn’t alone..
his mate Putin is doing the same thing
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Brexit Countdown in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
So many trolls….
You must be exuberant then, hugs.
Keep your eyes on this thread, as I don’t know whether to laugh or cry as Britain finds itself in total paralysis with the approach of Independence day (Rule Britannia etc).
And this is just June. The real ‘fun’ is after October.
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Brexit Countdown in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
It’s been changing for a long time, Ms M, and looks like changing again.
It now seems to be in the process of dividing into two informal sections – one led by France, Germany etc pushing for a more integral ‘inner’ core. That division is openly talked about the EU’s goverments.
The others are becoming part of a trading arrangement, pure and…[Read more]
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Brexit Countdown in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
Gawd, hugs, if only!!!
The practicalities if you have only a UK passport aren’t that simple, and I speak with the experience of having friends who have moved to another part of Europe.
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sceptical guy replied to the topic Brexit Countdown in the forum Getting serious 7 years, 10 months ago
You were right to see through the propaganda, Paigey.
That referendum campaign was painful to go through – Osborne proclaiming that the UK economy was going to collapse on the one side, Johnson and the other Vote.leave, financed by the self-confessed liar Arron banks, fiddling with statistics and issuing scarem stories about refugees and…[Read more]
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