Comments on Carey's Ramblings: A Writer Goes to the Movies

Thanks, Lacey! Oddly enough I just saw a great mov...

2007-11-30T20:13:00.000-08:00

Thanks, Lacey! Oddly enough I just saw a great movie on DVD that took place during a cholera epidemic in China. The Painted Veil started off a little slow, but dragged me in and had me believing in real love by the end.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!And thanks for the review. I kn...

2007-11-28T11:09:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

And thanks for the review. I knew I didn't want to see a movie with a depressing name like LITTOC.

Thanks, CM! I'm rather fond of North and South mys...

2007-11-21T16:14:00.000-08:00

Thanks, CM! I'm rather fond of North and South myself!

I just realized I never entered my congratulations...

2007-11-21T11:14:00.000-08:00

I just realized I never entered my congratulations here. Oops! Sorry, India--but you know how hard you rock!

I don't see many movies. But I have to say.... in my mind, I just absolutely adore North and South. Colin Firth is find and all, but I just think Richard Armitage is so deliciously sexy.

Sigh!

Lenora, Leigh (Hey!We miss you!), and Jacqueline, ...

2007-11-17T17:35:00.000-08:00

Lenora, Leigh (Hey!We miss you!), and Jacqueline, thanks for the congrats.

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLESTEROL? Tee hee!

Er...NaNo...er. Well, I know now that I must be clear on my story before I write - and clear on who my characters are. It's all coming into focus though.

This weekend I'm back in California, attending a medical conference on a topic that will help me with BLACK BOX WARNING - since the medical component is outside my own specialty. So I am working...thinking and researching at this stage

Congrats on the win and request for a full, India....

2007-11-17T09:23:00.000-08:00

Congrats on the win and request for a full, India. That is so, SO awesome :).

I'm kinda with Ericka on enjoying a movie with cholera in the title. That said, the ads for the movie have given me an idea for a book of my own, which I'm calling _Love in the Time of Cholesterol_.

Take care and good luck with the request. I'm expecting to add another FanLitter to the list of published authors very, very soon!

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I'm late to congratulate ...

2007-11-16T22:49:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I'm late to congratulate you on your win! How thrilling! Huge congratulations for winning and for having the manuscript requested. I love the name of your book, too. How's the nanowrimo writing going?

Congrats! I am so excited for you! I can't wait un...

2007-11-16T08:57:00.000-08:00

Congrats! I am so excited for you! I can't wait until TOF is introduced to the world at large. The book 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is amazing. I was hoping the movie would be as well. Alas... there is so much in Marquez's writing that is non-linear and comes through the beauty of the prose itself. I can see where that would be hard to capture on film.

Thanks Tessa! And congratulations on your double w...

2007-11-16T00:48:00.000-08:00

Thanks Tessa! And congratulations on your double win! Your support means the world to me. And I'm so with you on Colin and his "Look".

LOL, Ericka. Then I'm guessing you wouldn't like the vomitting scenes!

Well, brilliant might be a bit generous, Gillian. But thanks! I'm honestly quite excited!!! Maybe you couldn't tell from all the caps and exclamation marks.

Congratulations! That's brilliant, and they will l...

2007-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

Congratulations! That's brilliant, and they will love it!

Glad you had a good time in LA. I'm not sure I cou...

2007-11-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

Glad you had a good time in LA. I'm not sure I could love a movie that had Cholera in the title...no matter how romantic...

Congratulations, India! I'm so happy for you, tha...

2007-11-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

Congratulations, India! I'm so happy for you, that you're finally getting recognition as the winner we all know you are.

Okay, it's late - that sentence made no sense. But I hope you feel the love anyhow.

Movies where I feel the love... hm. Broken record warning...
Honestly, this is why I love Jane Austen. Because it's ALL communicated in little touches and glances and comments with double meanings. And there is no better example of a look that spells love like CF's "The Look" from the P&P mini.

Photographic evidence here.

Thanks for the congrats, Ely. And thanks for readi...

2007-11-14T19:03:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the congrats, Ely. And thanks for reading Twist!

The relationship between Colin Firth and the Portuguese woman in Love Actually is a great example!

The story wonderfully reveals that relationship with virtually no dialogue. Yet we feel the love and the heat between these two characters so intensely...in all the small things they do for and with one another. I especially love the scene where she helps him to retrieve his manuscript pages, which are scattering to kingdom come.

CONGRATS!!!!I'm not surprised that you won, especi...

2007-11-14T17:51:00.000-08:00

CONGRATS!!!!

I'm not surprised that you won, especially after reading TOF.

I know this is more of a chick lit film, but I could buy most of the love stories in Love Actually --- the one with Colin Firth and the Portuguese woman in particular.

And Gone With the Wind also comes to mind... when Scarlett O'Hara's at the party, climbing up the stairs and she whispers to the woman next to her: Who's that man who keeps staring at me? He looks at me as if he knows what I look like without my petticoats on? I *love* that scene and especially when the camera shows Rhett's reaction as if this is the first time he's seen a woman he wants to marry.

Thanks, Maggie! I loved that movie, but must confe...

2007-11-14T08:46:00.000-08:00

Thanks, Maggie! I loved that movie, but must confess I didn't remember the title either. So I did google. It's called Falling in Love. And apparently there is a term, limerance for the kind of love characterized primarily by infatuation and mental activity. Who knew?

My first comment was eaten and was so much better....

2007-11-14T05:33:00.000-08:00

My first comment was eaten and was so much better. First, big congrats! You know I promised to be in your fan club.

I could buy the love in Dangerous Beauty, although it was far from perfect. Most of those "yearning" movies seem to be YA. There was a movie a million years ago w/Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro where they met on a train, which showed their reluctant but unmistakable attraction, to the point of them walking away from their marriages. It was very sympathetically done. Can't remember the name tho and too lazy to Google!