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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 12 2013, 2:08pm
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Jack in the Beanstalk--The Real Story
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My husband picked this up at the rental place on a whim. It was made by Brian Henson, and was visually lovely, but something was a little off and it seemed to drag. The acting and writing were OK. I think part of it was that it was originally a miniseries, and we watched it all at once, so it went on and on. And partly the score was really pedestrian (except for the very lovely harp tune.) The idea was interesting. A modern billionaire businessman discovers that he is the descendent of the original Jack, and that his family's ill-gotten gains have put a curse on the family; every man in his line has died by age forty. He's approaching that age now. He eventually gets back to the giant's land, and finds out that the classic fairy tale story is distorted, that the giant was a good guy and Jack and his mother were murderers. He has to set things right. Of course there's a love interest too. This is not a kids' movie, with some scary scenes and hints of sex, but older kids might enjoy it. We liked it, when we could stay awake.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on Feb 12 2013, 2:14pm)
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What movies did you watch this weekend?
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deej
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Feb 11 2013, 3:32pm
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Sherlock Holmes - BBC Series
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arithmancer
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Feb 11 2013, 3:40pm
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Love Sherlock
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imin
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Feb 11 2013, 4:50pm
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Sherlock as well
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Brethil
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Feb 12 2013, 2:40am
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Lost Valentine
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silneldor
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Feb 11 2013, 4:16pm
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Sheesh
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Rostron2
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Feb 11 2013, 4:33pm
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I've heard great things about Downton
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Ardamķrė
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Feb 11 2013, 8:36pm
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Silver Linings Playbook; Zathura
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Annael
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Feb 11 2013, 4:36pm
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The Hobbit and House of Cards
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imin
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Feb 11 2013, 4:45pm
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Kevin Spacey
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Magpie
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Feb 11 2013, 5:22pm
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Wiseguy
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Starling
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Feb 11 2013, 5:32pm
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Thanks for letting me know about it
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imin
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Feb 11 2013, 5:36pm
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My friends and I used to have "Wiseguy" viewing parties!
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Kimtc
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Feb 11 2013, 11:28pm
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Much as l like Kevin Spacey
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Starling
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Feb 11 2013, 5:37pm
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Having just finished the original House of Cards...
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Silverlode
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Feb 12 2013, 1:57am
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Yes, me too.
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Kimi
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Feb 12 2013, 4:16am
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Glad you are liking Africa
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imin
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Feb 12 2013, 2:23pm
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It's surpassing my expectations
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Starling
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Feb 13 2013, 7:20am
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The Hobbit HFR 3D
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Eowyn3
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Feb 11 2013, 5:04pm
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Arrietty and Babylon 5
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Kassandros
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Feb 11 2013, 7:40pm
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I miss Babylon 5
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CuriousG
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Feb 15 2013, 2:01am
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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
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Ardamķrė
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Feb 11 2013, 8:34pm
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Warm Bodies
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IdrilofGondolin
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Feb 11 2013, 8:46pm
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No one's posted about Downton Abbey yet?
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 11 2013, 9:17pm
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Yeah, I watched it too of course
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Patty
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Feb 12 2013, 5:32am
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About Thomas knowing (spoilers)
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zarabia
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Feb 12 2013, 6:55am
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Downton and Rose *spoiler*
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CuriousG
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Feb 15 2013, 2:13am
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Haha!
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zarabia
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Feb 15 2013, 6:32am
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Have you watched the christmas special yet? //
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macfalk
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Feb 12 2013, 1:23pm
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I haven't seen the Christmas special yet, no
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 12 2013, 3:34pm
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I'm not surprised that you were spoiled
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macfalk
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Feb 12 2013, 5:11pm
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The thing is, I look for spoilers
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 12 2013, 6:11pm
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Waa! I missed it!
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Feb 12 2013, 2:56pm
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yep--caught the mid-season premiere of...
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batik
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Feb 12 2013, 12:29am
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Rick is going off the deep end.
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sevilodorf
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Feb 13 2013, 3:38am
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My daughter and I went to see Warm Bodies (no spoilers)
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 12 2013, 2:42am
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Jack in the Beanstalk--The Real Story
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 12 2013, 2:08pm
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just got back from Skyfall at the theater
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Magpie
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Feb 13 2013, 4:30am
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Picked up "Skyfall' on DVD/Blu-ray
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 13 2013, 6:21am
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Skyfall is on dvd already?
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macfalk
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Feb 13 2013, 10:14am
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In it's second run in this area //
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Magpie
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Feb 13 2013, 2:46pm
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New U.S. release...
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 13 2013, 3:08pm
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Watched TWD
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Brethil
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Feb 14 2013, 3:10am
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den viborov 2007 or election day in english :)
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degrak
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Feb 14 2013, 3:16am
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Quartet - and I absolutely loved it!
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Tintallė
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Feb 14 2013, 7:49am
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on that recommendation...
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Magpie
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Feb 14 2013, 1:04pm
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I will see this one now
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sherlock
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Feb 14 2013, 9:52pm
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Well Rotten Tomatoes doesn't agree with me
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Tintallė
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Feb 14 2013, 10:09pm
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