Reply #263 on: February 21, 2006, 08:51:53 AM
I'm fairly sure that Polanski movie "Oliver Twist" is already a book too. I can't be too sure, sarcasm doesn't always come across "in writing."
Its this type of thing that brings huge disappointment when theres a new post in this thread.
You're absolutely right, I can't tell if you really think I'm this stupid or not. But to clear things up a bit:
And I've since moved on:
Given your argument on the clarity of sarcasm (or lack of), and given the context of the complaints, and the fact that just about EVERYONE has heard of Dickens and
Oliver Twist, but let's not forget:
I thought this was really well-done, if a bit long. Polanski did a great job establishing the time period. It's a pretty predictable Hollywood story though.
sarcasm should've been fairly clear.
Come on, guys.... Come on.
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We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.
