The Shoutbox
Originally Posted by MovieGal
Allaby, have you started any of the Lifetime movies I sent you from YouTube?

Just curious.
No, not yet.
Allaby, have you started any of the Lifetime movies I sent you from YouTube?

Just curious.
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules
I wonder if we'll ever get a 1984 movie that's true to the Orwell book?
Maybe Big Brother doesn't want you to watch that?
I wonder if we'll ever get a 1984 movie that's true to the Orwell book?
Originally Posted by John McClane
off to a reception! one of my pieces is gonna be on display in our city’s municipal building
Congrats - hope they appreciate it
off to a reception! one of my pieces is gonna be on display in our city’s municipal building
I think this article does a good job of explaining at least a part of it

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28971276
Originally Posted by exiler96
Dug it when I read it years ago... what's slowing you?
I don't know how to explain it any better than Orwell just being a tedious writer, imho. I mean, I'm usually a pretty avid reader.

There's something about his prose that I find very uninviting. I can't really say why.
Originally Posted by FilmBuff
Almost 100 pages into 1984. A page-turner it is not!
Dug it when I read it years ago... what's slowing you?
You really think so?
Originally Posted by FilmBuff
Almost 100 pages into 1984. A page-turner it is not!
Now you'll never be able to watch any of the 1984 movies and like them.