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You're right, they've all come scuttling back like the portaits in Harry Potter who disappear off to see their mates, leaving an empty scene for a while.

yeah you haf 2 watch them... sometimes they do that.. is something 2 do with a portal that keeps opening up now and then and sucking things into it. But thanks to some miraculous quirk of mathmatics they always return, as if nothing happend... is a strange universe we live in man.

I'm John Malkovitch :o)

I bloody love that film ! Especially when he becomes a puppeteer par excellence. Mine did it once last night Karl - then I read what was on it and wished it had stayed disappeared.

the puppeteer part IS good....but the constant malkovitch scene is the absolute killer......the woman laying on the piano singing "Maaalkoviiiiitch..." and mine hasnt done it yet, but ditto andrew..

I also really like the induction scene to the 7!/2 floor. If you have it on DVD, there is also a short interview with Spike Jonze, where he is being interviewed while a) driving a car and b) very nauseated and about to vomit. Very very funny. Is there a movie where Cameron Diaz does badly (she's been in some bad movies - A Life Less Ordinary, Charlies Angels, but she always comes out of it well, so far as I can see.)

Yep, all men say that about Cameron Diaz, Andrew! I haven't seen Being John Malkovitch ~~ I've heard of it. I'll have to see it sometime.

go get it now don...its fab

My poor parents... I'm going home for Thanksgiving tonight and they still won't let me rent rated R movies. I'll rent it in secret then (I'm a Rebel!! Hah hah hah!!) I never liked John Malkovitch in any of his flicks, but I'll take your word for it! Here's a strange story: I went home two weekends ago because I picked up a nasty cold and my mother expressedly forbade me to watch the Harry Potter movie. She's a religious fanatic, I guess. So I saw it opening night!! Yep, I certainly AM a rebel. (Having read and loved the book, also forbidden to me, I was very impressed with the movie!)

a parent forbidding a child to read a book?????? Especially Harry Potter..my goodness....... My mum caught be with my dads copy of a Xaviera Hollander book at 12, and confiscated it, fair do's...but Harry??? whats wrong with it???

Don, didn't I hear that under your crazy laws in the states you can 'divorce' your parents from looking after you? just a hint. anyway, I thought you were a big boy now? *exits playing tune of yellow brick road in a susurrus manner* petrel 1 lewis 0

Well, it's not that I actually listen to them anymore! Maybe it's just that I've never gotten drunk or attended orgies that there is a lack of stuff to complain to me about. Who knows? Yes, I'm 19, legally independent but still very much financially dependent. Both of my parents are religious and feels that rated R movies are essentially a "sin" and simply a piece of cheap entertainment therefore I do not need to see them! Although I've seen plenty of them at the movie theater! If you don't believe me go here: http://members.tripod.com/donignacio which is what I'm doing if I'm not writing stories. My mother is a regular viewer of the Religious Channel and, according to her, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is about the occult! Pretty much throughout my childhood, anything relating to witches, wizards, ghosts, goblins, etc. that has any connection with the occult was off limits. Even though I've pointed out many times that one of her favorite movies, "The Wizard of Oz" is ABOUT witches, she won't back off. Her argument for "The Wizard of Oz" is that it is a battle of good witches and bad witches and the "good" wins. I told her that argument is flawed because there is still a "strong" connection with the occult in that movie (in her opinion). Even though I told her that the good vs. bad plot is the same with Harry Potter, she still doesn't want me to read it! About two years ago, I was reading a Terry Pratchett novel and she got a hold of it ~~ off limits! She probably would have ban "The Lord of the Rings" hadn't I all ready spent about 45 dollars on some really fancy copies! (She didn't say a word about them.) I'm a little baffled at the reason she allowed us to move to Wichita or Witch-ita I know I have lived about the most sheltered life on the planet-- part of the reason I'm attending college 2 1/2 hours away from home-- but like I said earlier, I don't listen to them when it comes to ridiculous stuff like banning music and children books. I read Harry Potter because I heard it was a really good book, but mostly because my mom told me not to. Don't start stereotyping Kansans either! I know we're in the Bible Belt, but my mom is a little worse than what's normal here! I'm sure my dad thinks the Harry Potter ban is ridiculous too, but he'd rather not argue.

Although I shouldn't really be complaining about my parents-- they're really great. I'm wondering what mother thinks I'm going to do though-- start sacraficing goats?

You leave me alone. It's bad enough with MYB always getting on me. billy gruff

Come here---little goat *beckons with index finger* I'm not gonna hurt you

Who is Lewis anyway??

I think "Lewis" refers to the well-known ABC Board Poster John L, but I could be wrong. As for divorcing one's parents in America, I vaguely recall a court case along those lines a few years ago, but I don't think the trend caught on.

Okay, I was almost thinking that Stormy was trying to compete with me somehow, except he got my last name wrong. My last name is Lawrence -- almost close. I can't divorce my parents considering I am not legally under their custody. There was a gymnist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games--Dominique Mochianu or something like that, who divorced her parents at 17 because they spent much of the money she made.

..its a reference stormys making to another thread Don, where hes talking with John Lewis about the word "susurrus" :o)

you susserussed me out there Liana. No doubt when Lewis and I divorce there will be a custody hearing for possession of the innocent word. He no doubt, bitch that he is, will claim mothers rights. I shall attempt to prove he is unfit to look after such a delicate word and will beg the court to take into consideration not only his prediliction for intelligent and attractive women, but also his coffee table book villainery. My accusation that an insane and sex crazed writer cannot possible be entrusted with susurrus will then win the day. I shall then file for dictionary maintenance and move to far climes under a new identity. Life will then have a new meaning for susurrus. *sshhhh*

I'm new to this site, having been introduced to it by a member of my family. Until I get into the swing of the 'humour' can I just say how enjoyable this first visit has been. This may be due to the high quality of the work I've just read, or it may be that I am the literary phillistine I always suspected or it might be that I just don't get out much. Anyway I'm having fun. Keep up the good work!!!

I COULD come out with all these silly 'doc' jokes, but I'll refrain. Welcome Doc, glad you're having fun. (don't worry, we'll soon have you swingin')

was it your mother that introduced you? if so, you are luckier than Don. if his Mum knew he was here there would be tornado's in Kansas tonight. or do I mean tournedos en cruote is shite? you need to get more I suspect. *leaves realising the irony of his quip*