tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post7235337668527319505..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Welcome Zach; goodbye filmsRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-39593176757003791772013-03-18T09:49:05.346+00:002013-03-18T09:49:05.346+00:00Sir Hugh: You extrapolate far too far. Unwilling t...Sir Hugh: You extrapolate far too far. Unwilling to dot the is and cross the ts, I was merely adding resignation to misery. Perhaps fraudulent resignation since the so-called Turin shroud was carbon-dated a couple of decades ago and the material was found to go back only to the 1700s.<br /><br />Stellar - cliché? How about shorthand? It is not meant to be complimentary merely to say that the cast includes stars, as in film stars. My review amounts to 72 words and includes the title, a summary of the plot, my judgments and a list of the important actors. It's supposed to encourage/discourage other viewings and, if possible, provide an entertaining read. I need every word.<br /><br />Lucy: Not unkind at all. Brilliant. Although I am a Polanski fan I have not seen R's Baby since it falls into that category of entertainment (voodoo, fantasy, Middle Earth, etc, etc) which I dislike. Nevertheless I knew enough about the plot to say that your judgment clicked. And you were right about the phrase's provenance. I posted a pic of Missie years ago that consisted of a snarling face emerging from a ball of fur. Yours was the mot juste.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-40380883933284603312013-03-18T08:42:37.192+00:002013-03-18T08:42:37.192+00:00Did I say that? How unkind. One does not of cour...Did I say that? How unkind. One does not of course actually see Rosemary's Baby, it is out of shot in the black-shrouded cradle, left to the horrors of the imagination. I perhaps thought Missy, in a certain photo, looked a bit like I imagined R's B to have looked.<br /><br />There was another Devil's baby film where one does see said diabolical infant, I think, can't remember which, possibly that Dennis Wheatley-based one with a very young Nastassia Kinsky. I seem to remember it had a black hairy face, or maybe that was Brian Blessed in another film.<br /><br />Anyway, have a lovely time with bookish grandson.<br /><br />Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-40510363689433874302013-03-18T08:29:55.781+00:002013-03-18T08:29:55.781+00:00Surely Missie doesn't think he/she is going to...Surely Missie doesn't think he/she is going to be sacrificed? Is there a good story about your neighbours you haven't told us? Go on, give us another clue.<br /><br />That's two "stellar casts" I think in these film reviews - bit of a cliché phrase I think.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com