hahahahaha

I love Donner outings!

White...or dark, meat?

'I loved your wife...she had so much taste!'

"Me too...got another toothpick on ya?"

yea, maybe. there were toddlers involved. and the tent was some mammoth sears thing I had gotten at a garage sale. it wasn't a nice sleek bendy backpacker deal. luckily, we later jettisoned the sears taj mahal and upgraded to backpacking tents. one day I'll tell you the story about how I sent my kids to EDUCO camp (formed by the creators of Outward Bound) when they were 10 and 11. They lived, but to this day I hear new stories. they are now equipped to attend a Donner party

I'm still hopin' for the out takes. They HAVE to be interesting.... :) An hour and a half...wow...hell I'm jealous you have friends who can carry on a conversation for that long without the Jodi Arias trial getting brought up. I'm impressed. Please tell me Jodi isn't on the cutting room floor.

Not your best MacGyver moment?

He would have cut down some Cat Tails (illegally) and somehow fashioned tent poles out of the remains....

And then saved the world from nuclear destruction. ;-)

the movie stands on its own.

No, you got me thinking...most movies are adapted from novels.

I am going to find the original story, and read it!

EDIT: There is no book...it is a screenplay by Gary Whitta. Bummer....

I stand corrected. I was for some reason thinking about "The Book of Daniel." But Eli is a wonderful movie. I watched it on your recommendation in fact. There are too many biblical nods to book of... another personal favorite, "Book of Ruth" (novel-I don't think movie)

I once went to the Indiana dunes to camp only to find I'd forgotten the tent poles. Fail. we pondered that awhile and then drove back to Chicago. fail II

no, READ "The Book of Eli." but good choice

Indiana.

where are you guys located, anyway?

There were so many Mexican flies in that movie, that they actually got billing....

Watch 'The Book of Eli' for another tri-dierctional trip!

whoa. heavy. I'm watching it so I can keep pace with the way you guys review movies. I've decided it's important to see the movie you are going to review before I watch the review or else I'll miss something. :)

It'll be my pick and I'm going with Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

So glad you decided to stop by Roger. Don't be a stranger. Keep us posted as to your progress with the book.

Not too bad, considering they have not read the book. I suspect they will find a new appreciation once they do.
Regards,
O.A.

that's ok. btw, I lOVED his analogy about thinking you were taking a drink of cold water and it ends up warm milk. we hotly debate the cast changes in here. you should see all the comments telling the producers what actors they want in part III. what's the next review after Princess Bride?

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

Written by England's version of Stephen King...a dude who's pen name was Shakespeare!

A great film is often the work of a good editor. Follow your instincts....

I found that same bit of information to be what I got out of his book the most as well. Ha. He does seem to allude to being somewhat pressured into writing it.

As for the outtakes, I will see what I can do. I was thinking about it myself. We talked for an hour and twenty minutes roughly but a lot I feel was redundant or too much about Chris not enjoying the second film. Chris really wasn't happy about that.

And by the way, you all made our week for sure.

...I'd love to see the AS review's outtakes.... any chance of that? :) Seriously, I don't think you realize just how much we appreciate this video. You probably made our week...
By the way...the Stephen King book On Writing... did you get the feeling he only wrote that because he was under some contractual agreement or something? The only really good advice I remember is him saying was "read everything you can...read all the time...." lol

Welcome to the Gulch, Roger! We are glad you were curious enough to respond to Scott's post on your review. I thoroughly enjoyed the comments the three of you had, and the teasing out of the premise, the profound meaning of Atlas Shrugged. It was a life affirming journey for many of us here.

Glad to have you here, and enjoy.
Non_mooching_artist

Wooden prose, my bottom, lol. Yes, what LS has stated, there is so much to read of Ayn Rand's, and it's all worth every minute if time doing so.

hope to see you guys in here, lots of lively discussions about anything and everything

"This is a movie about how capitalism can become corporatism, facism, and then socialism, and you can break the system by opting out..."

A very nicely distilled summary. They do get it. They also spent too much time talking about the cast change...just like people do in here :-)