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• Ummmm...I'm struggling with this connection. - Harmonia 15:08:24 03/24/10 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: The natural child of Withnail and I---More than ok, excellent. nt posted by patrickU on March 21, 2010 at 03:11:05

  I thought An Education was wonderful.
  
  But I don't see much of a connection with Withnail & I.
  
  An Education would seem to have more influences from 60s British "kitchen sink" dramas like Poor Cow, although I suspect there's a healthy dose of Georgie Girl in there too.
  

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  • RE: Well you are not the only one! - patrickU 04:25:27 03/25/10 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Ummmm...I'm struggling with this connection. posted by Harmonia on March 24, 2010 at 15:08:24

    As I am too.
    
    I try to think back why did it appear to my mind while watching it.
    Maybe because it is a study in time. In their own time.
    Yes must be it.
    
    A wonderful picture indeed.
    

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• Withnail and I is total garbage. nt - Victor Khomenko 15:59:52 03/21/10 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: The natural child of Withnail and I---More than ok, excellent. nt posted by patrickU on March 21, 2010 at 03:11:05

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• Withnail and I is a longtime favorite, I will probably never watch An Education again, - tunenut 15:57:20 03/21/10 (8)
  In Reply to: RE: The natural child of Withnail and I---More than ok, excellent. nt posted by patrickU on March 21, 2010 at 03:11:05

  Withnail and I is a British comedy and succeeds brilliantly at being funny. Good comedies are rare. An Education is a very sober drama, quite well made and enjoyable, but nothing I would really be drawn to view a 2nd time, at least not for a long time. I've seen Withnail and I at least 5 times and, since I have the DVD, maybe I will see it again now.
  
  I don't get the comparison at all. Then again, I found Avatar much more enjoyable than An Education, so I'm not on your wavelength in any case.
  

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  • Strongly agree. I've seen it more times than I can count and immensely have enjoyed each one. nt - tinear 13:46:54 03/24/10 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Withnail and I is a longtime favorite, I will probably never watch An Education again, posted by tunenut on March 21, 2010 at 15:57:20

    dfs
    

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  • RE: Withnail and I is not a comedy. - patrickU 04:49:02 03/22/10 (6)
    In Reply to: RE: Withnail and I is a longtime favorite, I will probably never watch An Education again, posted by tunenut on March 21, 2010 at 15:57:20

    At best a tragic-comedy.
    For me a tragedy.
    
    And an Education is not a drama. On the contrary it is an optimistic story.
    
    No obviously not.
    

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    • the phrase used in many of the reviews is "black comedy" - tunenut 10:06:26 03/22/10 (5)
      In Reply to: RE: Withnail and I is not a comedy. posted by patrickU on March 22, 2010 at 04:49:02

      however a comedy it assuredly is.
      
      It is replete with comic circumstances and characters, including the uncle's infatuation with "I." This played for big laughs when I saw it in a theater.
      
      On all movie databases, this is classified as a comedy. You may have become insular like Carroll's Humpty Dumpty:
      
      "When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
      

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      • RE: PPS: - patrickU 10:38:45 03/22/10 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: the phrase used in many of the reviews is "black comedy" posted by tunenut on March 22, 2010 at 10:06:26

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        • http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/sep/07/comedy.periodandh   (Open in New Window)

        
        

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      • RE: PS: I am also not the type for belly laughs...Nor did I felt the urge in that one. - patrickU 10:35:10 03/22/10 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: the phrase used in many of the reviews is "black comedy" posted by tunenut on March 22, 2010 at 10:06:26

        More a drama as a comedy.
        Comedie humaine yes!
        

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      • RE: Big laugh in/on this one? Impossible. Tin what are you saying. - patrickU 10:32:17 03/22/10 (2)
        In Reply to: RE: the phrase used in many of the reviews is "black comedy" posted by tunenut on March 22, 2010 at 10:06:26

        We will analyze that. Even if we have to wake up uncle Sigmund.
        Now I am baffled.
        And I saw him twice or on top one more time.
        A comedy*.
        Never.
        
        
        * With one possible exception: La Comedie Humaine from old Honore. In hat case I would fully agree.
        
        Now a comedie?
        

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        • Peut etre un comedie. D'accord. (NT) - tunenut 15:36:42 03/22/10 (1)
          In Reply to: RE: Big laugh in/on this one? Impossible. Tin what are you saying. posted by patrickU on March 22, 2010 at 10:32:17

          NT
          

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          • RE: Peut etre un comedie. D'accord. (NT) - patrickU 04:20:19 03/23/10 (0)
            In Reply to: RE: Peut etre un comedie. D'accord. (NT) posted by tunenut on March 22, 2010 at 15:36:42

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• Now there's a stretch. "Education" is slow, predictable. W & I is a Jaguar. nt - tinear 09:03:24 03/21/10 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: The natural child of Withnail and I---More than ok, excellent. nt posted by patrickU on March 21, 2010 at 03:11:05

  sfda
  

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  • I just picked up W&I on Blu-Ray. Can't believe my most bestest favouritest flick of all time is on BR! (nt) - Doug Flynn 12:34:14 03/21/10 (3)
    In Reply to: RE: Now there's a stretch. "Education" is slow, predictable. W & I is a Jaguar. nt posted by tinear on March 21, 2010 at 09:03:24

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    • What is your second bestest one? - Victor Khomenko 16:02:47 03/21/10 (2)
      In Reply to: RE: I just picked up W&I on Blu-Ray. Can't believe my most bestest favouritest flick of all time is on BR! (nt) posted by Doug Flynn on March 21, 2010 at 12:34:14

      Shaking in my boots.
      

      
      
      
      

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      • Dude, do you actually like *any* movies at all? You are a seriously grumpy old geezer! (nt) - Doug Flynn 23:57:06 03/21/10 (1)
        In Reply to: RE: What is your second bestest one? posted by Victor Khomenko on March 21, 2010 at 16:02:47

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        • Dude, you can actually read at all? - Victor Khomenko 05:14:23 03/22/10 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: Dude, do you actually like *any* movies at all? You are a seriously grumpy old geezer! (nt) posted by Doug Flynn on March 21, 2010 at 23:57:06

          Doesn't look like it. I am one happy old geezer.
          

          
          
          
          

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