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Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks?

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In Reply to: I have recently had a change of heart about Pretty Woman... posted by Mrs. Piggy on February 20, 2003 at 20:44:18:

Julia Roberts notwithstanding, "Pretty Woman" is a crappy piece of tripe with an unpleasant story. Good actors and the charm of Ms. Roberts do not change make it a good movie!
My wife loves it. I think she fell for the so-called romantic story.
Wanna see a M U C H better movie with a somewhat similar theme? Watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."

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Re: Gee....am I the only one who thinks that movie stinks? - Analog Scott 21:40:14 02/23/03 (0)
Cinderella with a hooker. No, I don't like it either.
Of course not... - Victor Khomenko 05:14:05 02/22/03 (3)
***Wanna see a M U C H better movie with a somewhat similar theme? Watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."
LOL! It is kind of hard to put them side-by-side, or even consider together! Breakfast is one of high points in world cinema. You mean Holly was a.....? No way, man! I'v seen hookers, and she ain't it!
- Holly WAS a kept woman! Maybe not a working girl...... - danj 11:42:33 02/22/03 (2)
  like in "Pretty Woman."
  The word was "somewhat." The movies have similar themes even if the specifics are different.
  It bothers me that "Pretty Woman" is seen as a high point of 90s cinema. I've always been bothered by the notion that a woman is somehow "property" and think the Gere character shallow and loathsome.
  I do wish that those who so admire "Pretty Woman" would watch "Breakfast At Tiffanys."
  And, yes, "BAT" is one of the great films of the 60s. And isn't Audrey Hepburn just a sheer delight? She was in all her films but really shines in the roll of Holly. The story is basically fluff but, man, what they did with it!
  I do like Julia Roberts very much. She has a great presence and is a highly skilled and apealling actress. She ain't no Audrey Hepburn - but who is?
  Audrey was an original. Right up there in the pantheon of leading actresses. There was Kate Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Maria Falconetti (silents), Audrey Hepburn, Myrna Loy, and sometimes Irene Dunne and Joan Crawford. Then there was all the rest. (I left out modern actresses, of which only a very few belong in the same company as the aforementioned talents.)
  Audrey was always delightful. There will never be another who can touch her. She was a great one.
  - I don't think you'll find many - mvwine 11:42:35 02/24/03 (0)
    on this board who think that "Pretty Woman" is a "high point in 90's cinema". And suffice it to say that I agree 100% with your assessment of past and present actresses (You might get a fight from Victor regarding Ingrid, though..hehe).
    
    "Would you be surprised to know that this rough, tough individual was wearing pink satin undies under his rough exteriour clothing? He is."
  - It's just your garden variety run of the mill fairy tale except.... - Mrs. Piggy 19:09:59 02/22/03 (0)
    instead of Cinderella being innocent and pure, she was a dirty street walker. All those fairy tales have women being kept by men, which was appropriate to the times.
    mp

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