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On 22-6-2009 22:45, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 22-6-2009 22:29, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> What film? I have not a clue what this is about. Darren seems to
>>>> know, so it is not only a UK thing. After that: blank.
>>>
>>> Indeed, it's an American film even... Critically acclaimed, but
>>> commercially less successful.
>>>
>>> There's one key word in that quotation that should be Googlable.
>>> (And, weirdly, it apparently exists in the real world as well as in
>>> this fictional one...)
>>>
>> Googling leads me to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNz7lWAzd8
>> but the quote does not seem to crop up, al least not in the first few
>> minutes.
>
> Oh Jesus... It's, like, 45 minutes in or something! It's in the middle
> of the film!
>
It is just that I got the impression that it was how it started. For
reference to non-copyright sensitive people: 5 minutes 53 into
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb9bPbI7PQ
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andrel wrote:
> What film?
It's a Secret.
> a place called NIMH
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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andrel wrote:
> 5 minutes 53 into
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb9bPbI7PQ
Oooo. A sparkly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C0vvrJ6J20&fmt=18#t=5m55s
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> What film?
>
> It's a Secret.
>
> > a place called NIMH
...which, worryingly, appears to actually exist...
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Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> 5 minutes 53 into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb9bPbI7PQ
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> Oooo. A sparkly!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C0vvrJ6J20&fmt=18#t=5m55s
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You know, this was the first of these links I actually opened. Add up
geeky mind, sparkly and NiMH (from the topic of the page, seen before
the film itself) and I expected something else than a cartoon ;).
-Aero
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> A great movie, even if it does diverge drastically from the book, and
> even fail to completely make sense in places...
>
Is the book named the same or is it "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"?
If it's Mrs. Frisby..., I've red the book yeaaars ago.
-Aero
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>> A great movie, even if it does diverge drastically from the book, and
>> even fail to completely make sense in places...
>
> Is the book named the same or is it "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"?
> If it's Mrs. Frisby..., I've red the book yeaaars ago.
Yeah, that's the one.
Neat, isn't it?
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Invisible wrote:
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> Yeah, that's the one.
>
> Neat, isn't it?
Yep, the main parts I can remember :). I think I'll need to see the film.
-Aero
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Heh. OK, you may think it's silly and childish. But it's hard-wired into
> my memory. When I was a child, I used to watch it three or four times
> PER WEEK. (Remember, to a child, 5 minutes is like 17 lifetimes.) I've
> memorised every scene, every sentence of dialogue, every inflection in
> the character's voices, every note and neaunce of the score... This film
> is part of what makes Andrew... well, Andrew.
>
> (Or, arguably, part of what makes Andrew... suck.)
It's been a while since I've seen this film. I must watch it again, now :)
Definitely a favorite of mine. It was beautifully animated, IIRC.
I should read the book one of these days.
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~Mike
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> There's one key word in that quotation that should be Googlable. (And,
> weirdly, it apparently exists in the real world as well as in this
> fictional one...)
Yep. Upon discovering that, I remember thinking, "Oh my, it does exist!"
--
~Mike
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