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Finished "Made for Each Other," with Jimmy Stewart and Carole Lombard as a young married couple struggling to keep up a middle class lifestyle in the depression as he is a young lawyer who was just past up for partnership because, it is implied, he married Lombard's character and not the boss' niece (maybe daughter, I forget). It's a good solid story, well acted with a bit of a hokey ending. Also, the time travel is excellent as the clothes, office buildings, cars and apartments all give a nice look into NYC in 1939. (I don't want to live in a world without TCM - where else would movies of this quality be shown regularly, without commercials and with, sometimes, outstanding commentary.)
AmateisGal, I, too, was watching "Madame Bovary," came in late and, then, had to leave, so I didn't see all of it. But what I did see of it encourages me to look out for it again.
Also, saw a modern romcom, "Man Up" about a 34 year old single woman who accidentally "steals" a 24 year old woman's blind date - a 40 year old man. The date, which seems to go on for 12 hours, becomes a life epiphany moment for both of them as they discover each other, discuss their pasts, learn their vulnerabilities and, being a romcom, have a bunch of silly mini adventures and "fun times" denoted by '80s pop music replacing dialogue for the "happy" montage moments. Sigh, there is very little original material in this one and the copy cat formula has been done much better in other movies.
AmateisGal, I, too, was watching "Madame Bovary," came in late and, then, had to leave, so I didn't see all of it. But what I did see of it encourages me to look out for it again.
Also, saw a modern romcom, "Man Up" about a 34 year old single woman who accidentally "steals" a 24 year old woman's blind date - a 40 year old man. The date, which seems to go on for 12 hours, becomes a life epiphany moment for both of them as they discover each other, discuss their pasts, learn their vulnerabilities and, being a romcom, have a bunch of silly mini adventures and "fun times" denoted by '80s pop music replacing dialogue for the "happy" montage moments. Sigh, there is very little original material in this one and the copy cat formula has been done much better in other movies.
