tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89825362955754654542024-03-05T19:36:14.244+08:00Entitled to OpinionThe eclectic reviewer and her opinions about film, television, music, books, the arts, photography, travel and life in general.the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-39566157977363473372013-08-10T11:54:00.001+08:002013-08-18T01:47:45.371+08:00Soulmate by Natasha Bedingfield (2007)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Performed by: Natasha Bedingfield</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What is your definition of a sou</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #222222;">lmate? To me, a soulmate is "someone who is brought into your life so that you can grow and be the best version of yourself. And when you feel a strong irresistible urge to enter</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> a rel</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">ationship with another person, that person could very well be your soulmate. A soulmate is someone who is put in this world with the ability to love you like you were made to be loved. Simply put, a soulmate is your one and only, the one you're destined to be with, the love of your life. It's a love that survives anything and everything, that struggles and pulls through. It's a love that makes you cringe at the thought that, had your life gone differently even for a millisecond, you may not have met this person - but in your heart you know you would have, some way, somehow, because soulmates always find one another." </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before I settled on the above definition of a soulmate, the concept of a soulmate never really crossed my mind much </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: left;">because it's such a difficult thing to attain. Saying that someone is your soulmate is a BIG deal! And although it's just one word, or two some might argue, this one word encompasses A LOT! And seemingly unattainable really. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In searching for what I think a soulmate is, I came across some quotes about the topic that I subscribe to and would like to share here with you. </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">“True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend” </span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><i>- Faye Hall, My Gift To You</i></span></span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">“Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart you feel as if yo</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">u’ve met them before?”</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">- JoAnne Kenrick, When A Mullo Loves A Woman</span> </i></span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">“Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” </span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><i>- Shannon L. Alder</i></span></span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Soul mates aren't perfect people. They can come into your life and provide polar emotional experiences from intense love to intense pain. Growth comes from both. And a soul mate helps you grow. It isn't just '... and they lived happily ever after' but '... and they lived!' "</span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Lori Chidori Phillips</span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person that you will ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake."</span></span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><i>- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray Love</i></span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What about you? Do you agree? Do you disagree? That there's a soulmate for everyone. I guess everyone deep down inside yearns to find their soulmate. And I agree with the lyrics of the song, a soulmate should <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"speak out if you do </span>(exist and hear my cry)<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, you're not easy to find"</span></i>. I think fate and destiny can only take you to the train station (so the speak), but it cannot force you to get on the train, and most certainly cannot decide which train you should take. That choice is yours and yours alone. So open your heart to the possibility of a soulmate and maybe yours just might appear in front of you. Of course, on the flip side one could search till the ends of the earth and never find this one person. After all, there are SO MANY people in the world. If you can find this ONE person among the billions of people on earth, you are VERY lucky. And what if you think someone is your soulmate, then it turns out to be someone else? This soulmate business is really very tricky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the song does make you believe and yearn to find this illusive soulmate. I can't deny that. And interestingly, I have recently wondered if I have indeed found my soulmate. Yes! It's a big deal. Because of the weight I place on the word soulmate. Some people use the word lightly. Words being the best tool I use to express myself, I tread carefully with the use of the word 'soulmate'. In fact, the word scares me. Yet it also thrills me. And to entertain the thought that I might have found a soulmate in someone makes me feel a million emotions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fear being the most obvious and prominent emotion I can recognise feeling. Fear that I could be wrong. Fear that I could lose this person. Fear that he might not feel the same way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To quote the movie <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/02/never-been-kissed-1999.html"><i>Never Been Kissed</i></a>, <i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;">"that thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around you <span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">becomes hazy. And the only thing in focus is you and this person. And you realise that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life. And for one moment you get this amazing gift, and you want to laugh, and you want to cry, cause you feel so lucky that you found it, and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I guess I just have to fo</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cus on the other emotions more. That, or I might just have to throw away all emotions about how I feel about the possibility of finding my soulmate and just enjoy whatever this is between me and this person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So to this person, please love me. Cos it would totally suck if you turned out to be the kind of soulmate people usually read about in books and watch in movies, who turn out to be JUST your best friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Soulmate Lyrics:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Incompatible, it don't matter though</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cause someone's bound to hear my cry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speak out if you do, you're not easy to find</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is it possible Mr. Loveable is already in my life?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Right in front of me or maybe you're in disguise</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who doesn't long for someone to hold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who knows how to love you without being told</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somebody tell me why I'm on my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh yeah yeah...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here we are again, circles never end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do I find the perfect fit?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's enough for everyone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I'm still waiting in line</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who doesn't long for someone to hold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who knows how to love you without being told</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somebody tell me why I'm on my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most relationships seem so transitory</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're all good but not the permanent one</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who doesn't long for someone to hold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who knows how to love you without being told</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somebody tell me why I'm on my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who doesn't long for someone to hold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who knows how to love you without being told</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somebody tell me why I'm on my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If there's a soulmate for everyone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The music video for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Soulmate</i> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is very simple and there's nothing unique about it at all. It has plenty of close ups and cutaways of various objects, people, and words like hope, faith, love etc. While I'm not a fan of the music video, I think it's rather apt. The concept of a soulmate is something so straightforward yet elusive. It's about digging deep and opening your heart to recognising this special person. So yeah, I get the close ups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... Natasha Bedingfield's <i>Soulmate</i> is soulful (pardon the pun) and because of her raspy voice, it suits the subject matter very well. The song makes your wistful and hopeful at the same time. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've always liked her songs. So I'm surprised it only popped up on my radar recently. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Perhaps I can connect with this song better now because I feel as if I might have found my soulmate.</span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-47499703371580655252013-06-24T09:11:00.000+08:002013-06-29T10:21:25.323+08:00Miracle (2004)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cast: Kurt Russell (1), Patricia Clarkson (2), Noah Emmerich (3), Eddie Cahill (4), Nathan West (5), and Kenneth Mitchell (6)</span><br />
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(<a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/disney/miracle/large.html">Watch the trailer</a>)</span><br />
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My favourite quote - <i>"Two days later, miracle was made complete. My boys defeated Finland to win the gold medal. Coming from behind once again. As I watched them out there, celebrating on the ice, I realised that Patti had been right. It was a lot more than a hockey game. Not just for those who watched it, but for those who played it. I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid, 'What was the best moment for me?'. Well, it was here. The sight of 20 young men of such different backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves, all for an unknown. A few years later, the US began using professional athletes at the games. Dream teams. I always find that term ironic. Because now that we have dream teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on 1 weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed the most, a chance for 1 night, not only to dream, but a chance once again to believe."</i></span><br />
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Did You Know? - <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">According to Captain Mike Eruzione, coming into the dressing room in the second intermission, Brooks turned to his players, looked at them and said, "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your fucking graves." He then paused, took a few steps, turned again, said,</span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Your fucking graves,"</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> and walked out. Actor Eddie Cahill who plays his childhood hero Jim Craig in the film plays hockey leisurely but never played the position of goalie prior to the film.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Herb: 26 names. Tough part would be getting it down to 20 before the opening ceremonies.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: This is the final roster? You're kidding me right? This is our first day Herb, we got a week of this. And what about the advisory staff? Aren't they supposed to have a say in this?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Technically that's all.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: You're missing some of the best players.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: I'm not looking for the best players Craig, I'm looking for the right ones.</i></span><br />
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Recently, I helped out with my friends' project <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=upY8zz3LMhQ#at=59"><i>First XI</i></a>. The football trials, which lasted for 3 whole days, seemed like a massive undertaking for us as we were pretty short handed. But in the first part of the film, when Kurt Russell's Herb Brooks was scouting for players, it really reminded me of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=upY8zz3LMhQ#at=59"><i>First XI</i></a> trials. I particularly liked what Herb said to Craig, <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"I'm not looking for the best players Craig, I'm looking for the right ones."</span></i></span><br />
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In my archery days, I wasn't the best archer. So I had to work very hard for my spot on the national youth training team. I trained almost every day after school and on weekends. I sacrificed a lot of time to train. Time I could have spent with my friends and family instead of sweating it out at the range. I guess that's what Herb meant by <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"looking for the right ones"</span></i> instead of the best players. Because more than skill, to excel in any sport, you have to have the right attitude. This is even more so for team sports.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Herb: Well how 'bout it boys? Look like hockey to you? More like a couple of monkeys trying to hump a football to me. I don't know. What do you think Craig?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: You want to settle old scores you're on the wrong team. We move forward starting right now. We start becoming a team right now. Skating, passing, flow, creativity, that is what this team is all about gentlemen. Not old rivalries. So? Why don't we start with some introductions. You know, get to know each other a little bit. Where you're from, who you are, go ahead.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rob: Rob McClanahan. St Paul, Minnesota. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Who do you play for?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rob: For you here at the U.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Jack?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: Jack O'Callahan. Charlestown, Mass. Boston University.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Over here.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ralph: Er... I'm Ralph Cox. I'm from wherever's not gonna get me hit.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Herb: Very good.</span></i></span><br />
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If your team doesn't put aside their ego and their own personal agenda, they'll never be able to rise to the challenge and be the best team that they can be. But that's the beauty of a team sport isn't it? The cohesiveness of a team is what makes a great team. It makes training much easier if you already enjoy working with your team mates. </span><br />
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Over the course of the film, from strangers, the players become more than just a team. They become a family. </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"I'm sorry we didn't talk. And I was wrong not to ask. So I'm asking now if you, you know, if you can be with me on this because it won't mean anything if you're not."</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">- Herb Brooks</span></i></span><br />
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Behind every successful man is a woman. Well, actually what it's trying to say is that if you don't have a good support system, it's much harder to concentrate on what you're doing, so it's a little harder to achieve greatness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I was working on the program <i>Sports@SG</i>, I helped interview a number of athletes for the show. And a lot of them were pretty young. So in order to travel to trainings and to pay for sports equipment, they all had to have very supportive parents and siblings. But likewise, they also all felt that achieving all the medals in the world wouldn't mean much if not for their family being there for them and sharing their joy in their achievement. </span><br />
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It's the same for goalie Jim Craig, who wants to play for the US Olympic team because it was his mother's dream for him to be a part of the team. On the topic of Jim Craig, I discovered the film <i>Miracle</i> because I was looking up Eddie Cahill on Wikipedia. Eddie Cahill plays goalie Jim Craig in the film but I first noticed him in <i>CSI: NY</i>. So when I realised <i>Miracle</i> was about the US Men's team for the 1980 Winter Olympics, I immediately wanted to watch the film. So I did.</span><br />
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And I love it! I was already inclined to like it because it was about my favourite team sport anyway, but I didn't think I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. I was there every step of the way. I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fist pumped and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cheered along with the crowd every time the team scored a goal during the much-talked about game with the Soviets. It was like I was there, watching them make this miracle on ice happen. For real. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"You better think about something else, each and everyone of you. When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your team mates. And the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"Win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"This cannot be a team of common men. Because common men go nowhere. You have to be uncommon."</i></span></span><br />
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One of my favourite scenes with awesome lines from coach Herb Brooks was after the team played a friendly match with the Norwegians and tied them. During the game the players on the bench were not watching the game while their team mates were playing on the ice. Instead they were talking about the girls they could see across from where they were sitting. After they tied the game, Herb made them stay back to do drills and that's when he gave them all a piece of his mind. But that was also the turning point for them as well. They all finally got it. They understood the stakes and the importance of what they are training for. And I love the look on the assistant coach's face when he too finally understood what Herb was trying to drill into their heads.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Mike: Mike Eruzione. Winthrop, Massachusetts. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Who do you play for?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: I play for the United States of America. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: That's all gentlemen.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And that's what he was waiting for. That ended the drills he made them do over and over again. Before this, they didn't realise that they were a team, Team USA. And to be a team was to realise that this was bigger than any single one of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In <i>D2: The Mighty Ducks</i>, another Disney ice hockey feature film, Coach Bombay did something similar to remind them that although they were from different parts of America, they were one Team USA.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Herb: This better take about 2 minutes.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: This is crazy Herb, bringing him in this late.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rob: We got parents buying tickets and they're getting rooms. I mean what are we supposed to tell 'em?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: With one of us going home as it is.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Ahh... I guess I don't have to ask where you stand on this huh Rizzo. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mark: This wasn't Rizzo's idea. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: You want me to say I'm scared of getting cut? I'm scared of getting cut. Everybody is. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: We just want it to be fair Herb.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Don't even try telling me that. He was right there at Colorado.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: That was 6 months ago!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Oh you don't think he's been playing for the last 6 months?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: Not with us he hasn't.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: So?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: So there's a difference.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Like hell there is! All I know is that kid can flat out play.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: What and we can't?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Well he moves the puck, he's got great vision on the ice, stick, soft hands...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rob: That's not the point.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: I'll tell you something else he's got. He's got the attitude I want on or off the ice so somebody here better explain to me why I shouldn't be giving him a hell of a look.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mark: Because we're a family. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: What?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mark: We're a family. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: A family?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mark: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: And this is the family that you want to go to Lake Placid with?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jack: Definitely.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mike: Yeah, without a doubt.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mark: Absolutely.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rob: Wouldn't have it any other way.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Timmy here can help us boys and I'm gonna send him home. We got 1 more to get down to 20. Do you understand?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Looks like you got yourself a team.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Almost.</i></span><br />
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Earlier I mentioned that the players eventually became a family. Coach Herb Brooks brought in a new player who had not been training with them from the start. Maybe it was a test. Maybe it wasn't. You'd have to ask the man himself for that answer. But I get the feeling it was a test. In the words of the doc, <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"Herb has a reason for everything he does"</span></i>, and I think the reason for bringing a new player was all part of a plan. If the player bonded well with the team and played well, he'd win. If the player was ostracized and in return it made the team realise that they had become more than just individual players, he'd win. And I think it was a gamble worth taking. And he didn't lose. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Patti: Herb, there's no disgrace in losing to this team. The important thing is you got this far.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: Important though, is those 20 boys knowing that in 20 years they didn't leave anything on the table. They played their hearts out. That's the important thing. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Although at such a level as the Olympics, I'm sure winning is important. But I think that more than winning, it's important to do your best. Herb Brooks told the boys during the drill that <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">"win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions." </span>I agree with him. The most important thing is that the boys <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"played their hearts out"</span></i> and gave it their all. Only then will they not live with any regrets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have tonight. That's what you earned here tonight. One game. If we played them 10 times, they might win 9. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them and shut them down because we can. Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Everyone of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Great speech. This came really close to being my favourite quote of the whole film. However, I liked what Kurt Russell's Herb Brooks narrates at the film more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I was an archer, I can only remember being in the zone once. What do I mean by in the zone? The face off of the 3rd period of the USA-Soviet game portrays it best. The noise from the crowd starts to become muffled and your head is totally in the moment. Everything seems to move at slow motion and all you can think of is visualising the arrow hitting the bull's eye. This was also used in the film <i>Wimbledon</i>. Interestingly, <i>Wimbledon</i> was also in cinemas in 2004 as well. I watched <i>Wimbledon </i>first, so when I saw how director Richard Loncraine portrayed an athlete getting in the zone in the film, I was floored because that was what I experienced that one time I was in the zone. In <i>Miracle</i>, director Gavin O'Cornnor also did the same thing with the 3rd period face off. And I loved it all the same.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6;">Herb: Listen to 'em.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Herb: That's what you've done. Now we've come from behind every game in this tournament so far and we can do it again. We can beat these guys. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Referee: Come on Herb, get your guys to face off. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Team: U.S.A!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my post with my bucket list #5 is to represent my country in the Olympics. Tough dream to achieve. But why did I put it on my list? Because I want to do my country proud. That is what the team set out to do on the ice with every match they played in the Olympics. They did it for their country. And together, they gave America a miracle on ice. Hopefully one day I can do the same for Singapore.</span><br />
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(1) Kurt Russell has acted in films like Stargate (1994), Forrest Gump (1994), Soldier (1998), Vanilla Sky (2001), Sky High (2005), Poseidon (2006), and The Art Of The Steal (2013). </span><br />
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(2) Patricia Clarkson has acted in films like Jumanji (1995), The Green Mile (1998), Simply Irresistible (1999), Pieces Of April (2003), Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005), All The King's Men (2006), No Reservations (2007), Lars And The Real Girl (2007), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), easy A (2010), Friends With Benefits (2011), One Day (2011), The East (2013), and The Maze Runner (2014). </span><br />
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(3) Noah Emmerich currently plays FBI agent Stan Beeman in the television series The Americans but also guest starred in shows like NYPD Blue, Melrose Place, The West Wing, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Monk, and The Walking Dead. He has also acted in films like Last Action Hero (1993), The Truman Show (1998), Frequency (2000), Windtalkers (2002), Cellular (2004), Super 8 (2011), Warrior (2011), and Jane Got A Gun (2014). </span><br />
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(4) Eddie Cahill played Detective Don Flack on the television series CSI: NY since Season 1 and also played the role of Tag Jones on the show Friends. He also guest starred in shows like Sex And The City, Charmed, Felicity, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Dawson's Creek. He also acted in the film Lords Of Dogtown (2005).</span><br />
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(5) Nathan West has acted in films like D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Bring It On (2000), and Forever Strong (2008). He's also guest starred in television shows like The Practice, Chicago Hope, ER, 7th Heaven, Bones, and Grey's Anatomy. </span><br />
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(6) Kenneth Mitchell played Eric Green in the television series Jericho (2006-2008). He also guest starred in shows like <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x04-asking-for.html">Flashpoint</a>, Ghost Whisperer, Lie To Me, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, Grimm, and NCIS: Los Angeles. He also acted in the film Home Of The Giants (2006). </span><br />
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The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>Miracle</i> is a great sporting moment, well shot, well casted, and well told. I cry every time I watch Team USA pull off the final shot that won the game for them. And although I know who puts in a goal at various periods of the game, I still find myself on the edge of my seat, excitedly waiting for the goal. In fact, the more times I watch it, the more I appreciate the beauty of the shots and the way it was choreographed and executed. I liked that they casted quite a number of real hockey players and taught them to act rather than to find actors then taught them to play. <i>Miracle</i> is a film that makes you believe. It makes you believe that with hard work and determination, nothing is impossible. It's about family and teamwork. And most of all, its about passion and making dreams come true. (4.8 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, and Mark Taylor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/flashpoint-episode-7-he-knows-his.html">'He Knows His Brother', the seventh of Flashpoint</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Justice. I wrote a review on the film <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/01/runaway-jury-2003.html">Runaway Jury</a></i> in January and remembered the above quote about how justice is blind. This episode kinda reminds me of that. It's one of those cases where you find yourself secretly rooting for the guy holding the gun even though you know his methods is wrong you can't help but feel for the guy. This episode also ties in with the very first episode of Flashpoint and Ed being sued is one of the side effects of the job. It also does a good job of continuing to show how the job affects the team members. I also like that although their livelihood involved death and guns, the team understands that <i>"a gun never solved anything"</i>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Ed: Are you kidding me? A guy walks into a building, shoots a woman dead, holds another woman hostage, turns his gun on you, I do what I'm hired and trained to do. Come on! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: I know, that's the truth of what happened nobody doubts that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Somebody does! Somebody does! That's... You know.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Yeah, the guy's son. Everybody grieves in their own way, right, you know that. They look for somebody to blame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Well look no further.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Michael: I spent 11 years in there wondering what happened. How somebody could get on the stand and say that I said things that I didn't even know. Ian if we don't appeal...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ian: Michael! Come on. You're young, you're 26, you got early parole. You got your whole life, you're free. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael: No I'm not free Ian. Okay. As long as they think I killed Katie, her family, my family, everyone I ever met, everyone I ever knew. I'd never be free.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ian: I can't help you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Parker here. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: Boss, hey, it's me. Yeah, I... I'm in a stairwell off a... off a third floor with a young man... what's your name? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Michael: Forget my name! Ask about Cheznik! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Young man? What are you saying, Ed? Are you telling me you're with the subject now? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: Yup. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Okay. Hang tight, we're right outside the building. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: We're looking for a... for a... for a prosecutor named Dan Cheznik. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: You got your gun, Ed? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: No, no, no. It's... it's C-H-E... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Are you telling me that he's got you at gunpoint? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: That's right, yeah. We just need a location for the young man and the lady here. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Okay, he's got a hostage? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: Correct. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Do you want the team on immediate action plan? Just give me "yes." </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: No... no, no. He's a prosecutor. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Okay, just stay on the line with me, Ed. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Michael: Tell him you'll call him back. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: Boss, I'm gonna have to call you back. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Okay. (to the team) Stairwell off the third floor. Guy's got 2 hostages, one's a young woman.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: How do we know?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Cos Ed's the second hostage. Guys he doesn't have his gun with him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Okay, subject is in the corridor, seconds away.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Spike. Let's go.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Okay. Hey! No! Up!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: They're at the door.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Up! You can't be here. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: 5 seconds.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Come on. Go...</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael: You </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">don't get it do you. I have nothing left. I'm not afraid to use this. I will kill you both, leave you both dying here. I do not care anymore.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Okay come here. That's it. Come.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Come on buddy, just buy us a minute here. Buy us a minute. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Wordy: He came into the courthouse with a gun looking for you and you have no idea who he is?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dan: That could be anyone. You remember every bad guy you've arrested?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Any idea </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">why he'd go after you?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Dan: Sure. Same reason I live in a bunker, drive home in an armored car. I'm a prosecutor who does his job well.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Wordy: Just so you know, that's my team mate staring down the long end of this guy's gun, so I'd appreciate it if you think real hard about this. Let's start over. Any hate mail recently? Any threatening phone calls?</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Michael: Charged me as an adult but I was 15 when they put me away. Never finished high school, never had a job, never kissed a girl. I don't know anything about anything but I know what happened that day and I know I </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">didn't kill Katie.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Okay Boss we're on the back roof, we should be at the vent soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Copy that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Why don't you tell me about her? What was she like?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael: She was amazing. Incredible smile. She didn't have to be but she was nice to everybody. Didn't matter what kind of </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">family you had, house you lived in. She just saw you. So I show up first day of school, you know I'm 12, the only black kid in class, it's like they'd never seen it before. Now kids are whispering, they're moving their desks, and I'm feelin' like I want to fall into a hole and disappear. But she comes right over, she sits beside me, smiles and tells me we're gonna be friends. And just like that we're friends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dan: She was raped. Dumped in the woods. Tied her ankles. Tied her wrists. Slit her throat. Covered her face with a t-shirt. Couldn't stand to see what he'd done.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Michael: Just like that, best friends. 3 years. 3 years we were best friends until I fell in love with her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Dan: All the evidence pointed to Michael. She was killed with a knife, he had a knife that fit the specs. She was raped before she was killed, well, we knew from Michael's friends that he had said he wanted more from Katie.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Did Katie feel the same way?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Michael: I don't know. The day I told her, we rode to the park. She was sitting on the back of my bike, I was swerving, she was laughing, we were having such a great time. Just being together, just us. It was a perfect day. And then I just said it. I told her I loved her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Standby, we're 5 minutes away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: That one's Ed, can see the cuffs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I've got the suspect, I can take him right now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Michael: In prison I went over a lot of things. But there was this one thing that I kept asking myself over and over, I asked myself why Katie didn't want me to drop her at home that day. Why she wanted me to drop me at the corner. She didn't love me. She wanted me to drop her at the corner because she was meeting someone else. She had a date.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: My God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Michael: <b>Whoever she was meeting, that's who killed her. It had to be. I promised her, first time I went to her grave that I would prove I was innocent, not for me, but for her. So they'd start looking for him, whoever he is, and justice would be done.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: I promise you, we're gonna make sure that happens. And you're gonna get your appeal. Nobody dies today okay. That's it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dillon has acted in films like Lone Hero (2002), and Assault On Precinct 13 (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-68615972829977539692013-06-02T12:31:00.002+08:002013-06-02T12:42:20.178+08:00Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback (2008)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - <i>Gotta Be Somebody</i> is the first official single released from the album Dark Horse. However, the song <i>If Today Was Your Last Day</i> was initially planned as the first single to be released.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each song puts me in a different mood. And with Gotta Be Somebody, it makes me feel both hopeful and sad at the same time. In fact, when I feel lonely, I love to put this song on repeat, and very loudly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's obvious isn't it? From the title of the song, you immediately know its about wanting to find that special someone out there for you. And that is why it makes me both hopeful and sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I feel hopeful that there's gotta be somebody out there for me, but sad that I haven't found him yet. Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but for now, this song gets me every time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My colleague and an old friend of mine got married yesterday and like the lyrics of the song, <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"I wonder what it feels like to find the one in this life, the one we all dream of"</span></i>. I was talking to a few friends after the wedding about how I want an exciting and thrilling love to call my own. And although I'm now trying out the whole online dating website thing, I am a traditionalist and kinda prefer meeting a person organically, face to face when it comes to meeting someone and falling in love. Of course I don't rule it out totally the whole online dating thing. But, one can have a preference right? I mean, who doesn't want the moment that they meet their special someone to<i> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">"play out like a scene straight off the silver screen"</span></i>. Hmm the film <i>Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!</i> and <i>Notting Hill</i> suddenly comes to mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, to my Mr Perfect, <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>"I'll be holding my breath, right up 'til the end, until that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with"</i></span>. Who am I referring to? You of course silly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gotta Be Somebody Lyrics:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This time, I wonder what it feels like</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To find the one in this life, the one we all dream on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But dreams just aren't enough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I'll be waiting for the real thing, I'll know it by the feeling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The moment when we're meeting, will play out like a scene</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Straight off the silver screen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I'll be holding my breath, right up 'til the end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Until that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause nobody wants to be the last one there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Someone to love with my life in their hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me like that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause nobody wants to do it on their own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And everyone wants to know they're not alone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me out there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tonight, out on the street, out in the moonlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And dammit this feels too right, it's just like déja vu</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Me standing here with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I'll be holding my breath, could this be the end?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is it that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause nobody wants to be the last one there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Someone to love with my life in their hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me like that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause nobody wants to do it on their own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And everyone wants to know they're not a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me out there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ooo... You can't give up, (when you're looking for)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A diamond in the rough (cause you never know)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When it shows up, (make sure you're holding on)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause it could be the one, the one you're waiting on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause nobody wants to be the last one there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And everyone wants to feel like someone cares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Someone to love with my life in their hand</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me, oh</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nobody wants to go it on their own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And everyone wants to know they're not alone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me out there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nobody wants to be the last one there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's gotta be somebody for me out there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The music video for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Gotta Be Somebody</i> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">isn't the best one I've seen, far from it actually. And while watching the music video, all I can think of is how much the lead vocalist Chad Kroeger kinda reminds me of Nicholas Cage. I think its because the CGI really makes it feel quite amateurish. However, that being said, I like the opening in space with the CGI graphics of the various planets. I have a thing for space. Also, the Brooklyn Bridge and Colosseum used in the music video really brought a smile to my face because it reminded me of when I saw it in real life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interestingly, the music video won Best Video, Best Rock Video, and Best Post Production at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... Nickleback's <i>Gotta Be Somebody</i> is the perfect song for when you're feeling lonely and need to feel some hope of ever finding somebody special to spend forever with. I love this kind of grand rock ballad tune as well. So together with the lyrics, it's high on my favourite list. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite song - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the watching the successfully adapted to the stage <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/03/legally-blonde-musical-original.html"><i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i> in Australia</a>, I had high hopes and expectations of <i>Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage</i>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I kept waiting to be blown away by the musical adaptation of the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dirty Dancing</i> film, but I waited in vain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/03/legally-blonde-musical-original.html"><i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i></a>, script changes were made to suit the stage. With <i>Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage</i>, nothing much was different from the film. I think staying true to the film was the intention of the writer and it is understandable because the screenwriter for the film also wrote the script for the musical. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What I liked about the musical was the dancing. However, because I am not a dancer, although I can see how difficult the moves are, I can't fully appreciate the difficulty of the moves. So while I liked the dancing, it didn't connect with it as much as my friend who enjoys dancing and attended the musical with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unfortunately, that's all I enjoyed about the musical. Perhaps because it was opening night, but I felt that the sound levels for the second half of the musical was way too loud. When the singers were performing, I tried really hard not to put my finger in my ear so that it wouldn't hurt. That and the fact that during the first part of the second half, we could hearing construction going on outside. The drilling sound was really very distracting so thankfully it stopped after 10 to 15 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now let's talk numbers. Apparently a total of 49 songs were sung, 73 scene changes, which are lit by 200 moving lights, and a total of 21 costume changes for Baby alone. The first thing that bothered me about </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> was the scene changes. There were so many scene changes, I was having trouble keeping up with them. I understood the need to set the period and explain the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">situation of the time in the film, but I felt that all the exposition about Martin Luther King etc was very distracting and way too fleeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also, although it is said that a total of 49 songs were sung, it feels as it there were more songs played rather than sung. I felt like I was watching a dance performance with some singing parts rather than a musical with choreographed dance moves. Okay, maybe it's because dancing isn't really my thing, but this musical really didn't do anything for me. Of all the musicals I've been to, it's my least favourite of all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But this is just me. Maybe you will like it better than I did. Find out for yourself. You still have time to do so. The musical will be playing at the Grand Theatre, Marina Bay Sands until 16 June.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by: Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the start of the episode you still see the young punk who just joined the SRU, but by the end of the episode, you see him connect with another human beings and he even directly helped in saving someone's life. I also love that we see the close relationship between Lou and Spike, a bromance that really deserves more notice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The special brand of humour the team members share also makes me laugh out loud. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Comfy there Sam-o?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Very comfortable Sir. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Get you some more coffee? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: All good Sir, but thank you for asking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: What are you doing here anyway?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Course you just have to bring it up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Well Constable Callaghan, that would be because yesterday I got...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou & Spike: ... tightest grouping at both long range and short range firearm practice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Meaning you get to do monthly clean up and I get to do this. Missed a spot there Ed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Yeah whatever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Actually what I meant is why are you down here? Why aren't you upstairs training, you know, at something dangerous and exciting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Sam suddenly sees something in the paper that makes him sit up straight)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Sam everything okay.?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yeah... I just gotta...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Yeah, it's messing up my hair.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Better you than me. Infrared. I'm 2 minutes away Eddie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Don't suppose they have an 'armed 18 year old' filter for that thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Woods. My people don't like 'em.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: Your people? From woodbridge?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: No. Romans. Three times we fought in the forrest against the Huns. Didn't go so good okay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I never had a brother must be nice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simon: It kinda depends. When he shoots your dad and gets the cops coming after him not so much.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: A lot of guys I know same thing. Out of control. They just needed a little guidance. They turned out okay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simon: Yeah?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yeah. Sure. This one guy I knew, basic training, loud, dumb, fat. Everybody says this is the guy that ditches out in a week. We took bets and everything. 6 months later he was at the head of the grad parade. Wasn't a guy there who wouldn't follow him anywhere. I spent a week on a mountain side with him. He told me about his family. Believe me. I figured man, if you can get through that, you can get through anything. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simon: So he turned out okay?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yeah. Sure he did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ammonium trilodide. Homemade explosive of every anarchist, jackass and troublemaker. Kid hits me with ammonium trilodide. Unbelievable.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: I'm sorry man. I should have seen him. I'm sorry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: <b>Bro seriously, shut up. But I will say this one last time. Romans and woods. All I'm saying.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: According to the doc, the kid didn't just attack the cadet leader, he attacked the cadet leader after he saw him grab another kid. Abused kids lash out. This looks like a kid who got used to lashing out to protect someone else. Like a baby brother.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: The path Simon marked for us is the exact opposite of where RJ was headed. Kid lied to us. I guess I was wrong.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: I got a man down, and I can care less about this kid's pyscho trauma. This game is over now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Now I don't want you rushing back in angry Ed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: It's a little late for that Boss.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Let me talk to the kid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: You know what I appreciate the effort Sam but this is their bond. You'll never gonna get brother to turn on brother. The kid's a lost lead.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Nah I just didn't get it before. Let me try one more time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simon: You don't know anything about us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I know this your brother's gonna get killed. Maybe that's what he wants. Is that what you want?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simon: Whether it was a belt, or a cane, or sometimes just a fist, RJ was always there. Standing right in front of me taking the worst of it every time. He'd say "What are you so scared of huh? I'm still here aren't I?". How am I supposed to turn him in after that huh? I can't turn him... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: You'd be saving him by bringing him in. Or are you gonna spend your life wondering what might have happened if you just tried? Look... I promise you this... <b>Together, we can bring your brother back alive. Cos so long as he's alive there's hope right?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - "Here's today's lesson, armed and barricaded subjects tend to get freaked out by sirens and flashing lights.", "Let's not forget out subject is 18 years old, emotionally distraught, and afraid. Okay, he may be armed but he isn't Rambo. Let's see if we can bring him home in one peace okay." & <b>"</b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Look... I promise you this... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Together, we can bring your brother back alive. Cos so long as he's alive there's hope right?"</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read about <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/06/flashpoint-episode-1x08-never-kissed.html"><b>'Never Kissed A Girl', the eighth episode of Flashpoint</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-4592506920222501002013-05-22T14:13:00.004+08:002013-05-22T14:13:58.706+08:00Safe Haven (2013)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Directed by Lasse Hallström (1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Josh Duhamel (2), Julianne Hough (3), and Cobie Smulders (4)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2406786073/?ref_=tt_ov_vi">Watch the trailer</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - <i>"Are you staying or you just passing through or what's your story?"</i>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"Look Katie, the great thing is, life is full of second chances"</i>, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Listen to me, I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. And if you stay I promise... there's no safer place in the world than right here with me."</i>, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Take a lot of pictures. You'll only regret the ones that you didn't take."</i>, & <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>To the woman my husband loves. If you're reading this, then it must be true. He loves you, beyond a shadow of a doubt or else he wouldn't have given this to you. I can only hope that you feel the same way about him as he does about you. But I wanted to write this letter because I wanted you to know one very very important thing; I'm so glad he's found you. I only wish I could be there some how to meet you, and maybe in some ways I am. (Inside the envelope is also a photo of Jo and Josh) Outside of my husband and my two beautiful children, you are the most important person in the world to me. Because I am gone and they're yours now. You need to take care of them; make them laugh, hold them when they cry, stand up for them, and teach them wrong from right. The thought of you... it gives me hope; hope that Alex remembers what it feels like to be young and in love, hope that Josh finds somebody to fish with again, hope that Lexie has someone to help her on her wedding day. I hope that one day my family is whole again. But most of all hope that somehow I'm there with all of you, watching over all of you."</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jo: Look I, I moved out here, same as you, I think, to get some peace and quiet. So I get it if you...</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Katie: Yeah. I like the fact that I can hear myself think.</i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jo: Yes. Thank you. I mean, isn't it so nice to be away from all that noise and that chatter? I mean it can be a little deafening sometimes, so it is, it is nice to meet somebody as rustically inclined as I am. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jo: Well it's nice to meet you.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Katie: Yeah you too.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am in between with regards to how I feel about the city and the countryside. I love hustle and bustle of the city. It fascinates me. It helps that cities are oftentimes very convenient and easy to get around in. Perfect for travelers who like to walk from point to point. But I also hate crowds. Especially crowds that are rude and like to shove you around on the trains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I remember vividly, a time long ago, on a holiday with my family in New Zealand. I was a teenager, and I was going through a rough patch, I can't remember what about anymore. And for the first time on the trip, I had a room to myself. It was quiet. And tranquil. It was on the second floor and I was sitting at the bay window. Although it was chilly, I left the window open and I could feel the breeze and I could smell the ocean and taste the salty seawater even from where I was sitting. That kind of peace was a godsend. And just like that, I too fell in love with the quiet countryside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I am not <i>"rustically inclined"</i> like Jo, I do enjoy the occasional escape into the peace and quiet of the countryside. Which explains why I really loved being in Santorini during the off peak winter season last year. And I think I'd want to have a bay window in my house, should I be able to afford a house in the future.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"Are you staying or you just passing through or what's your story?"</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everyone has a story, a past. What's yours? Littered throughout this blog, you've been privy to bits and pieces of my story and my character. So in some ways, this is a part journal, part review blog. When I watch an episode of my favourite television series I get transported into a new world, theirs. And I find meaning in their story. That is what I love about films and television series. That is what they're for, to show us a new world full of different possibilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Katie: You just become dark... like there's... the life is just sucked out of you. You just felt worthless. Like there's no point. And I just stuck up for him all the time. Cause it wasn't his fault, it was mine. Feel completely alone... </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: It's okay. It's okay. You're okay now.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: I never really talked about.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Well I'm so glad you're here.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: I am too.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Everything's gonna be okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Katie: Yeah.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Safe Haven, the most recent adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' books, the topic of domestic abuse and starting over is the focal point of the story. When I realised that Julianne Hough's character Katie (aka Erin in her old life) was being abused by her cop husband, it reminded me of the Flashpoint episode <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x04-asking-for.html">'Asking For Flowers'</a></i>. Is it that cops are more prone to dishing out domestic violence? Or is it just a plot point to up the stakes for the abused women in the show?</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Look Katie, the great thing is, life is full of second chances"</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Katie ran away to escape her husband's abusive ways. But it was also a chance to start afresh and to rebuild her life. Her second chance at living a full and happy life. It's the same with Josh Duhamel's Alex who lost his wife to cancer a few years back and has to raise his 2 young kids alone. So ultimately, it's a story about 2 lost or damaged souls who find their way towards each other and a better life. Hmm... sounds like a couple of Nicholas Sparks adaptation. It's a similar tale as found in</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The Lucky One</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Last Song</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, and </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nights In Rodanthe</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... please just... just stay. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: No. You were right. I have to go. He's gonna find me. He's gonna find us. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Whoa whoa whoa. Wait... Just tell me the truth, just tell me what happened. And if you're in trouble we can get the police involved. I can talk to Ray.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: You don't understand Alex, he is the police. My husband's a cop in Boston. That's why he can do all that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I don't care aright. I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore. I'm not gonna let him hurt you anymore.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: It doesn't even matter. I can't put you through that. I can't put your family through that. He's always gonna be there. He doesn't quit.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Katie... Listen to me, I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. And if you stay I promise... there's no safer place in the world than right here with me. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: I'm so scared.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Alex: I know you are. But you don't have to be. You don't have to be scared... I love you... please stay.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But this is what gives us hope. Hope that no matter how damaged or lost we are, we can find that special someone who will keep us safe and will brave the storm with us. I want someone like that. Someone who will make me feel safe and loved. Someone I can depend on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Safe Haven</i> brings up 2 serious topics - abuse and recovering from the loss of a loved one. It's pretty cool the way Nicholas Sparks combines these 2 subjects through the characters of Katie and Alex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only other show I've seen Julianne Hough in was the 2011 remake of <i>Footloose</i>. And I think she did a pretty descent job in <i>Safe Haven</i> as Katie. She was able to bring a certain depth to the character and I was with her throughout the whole film; through her fear, her apprehension, and gradually, her joy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Josh Duhamel's performance as Alex, it was nothing I haven't seen before in his other films like </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ramona And Beezus</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> and </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life As We Know It</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. He wasn't bad. He just didn't give me anything different from his previous performance which isn't so much a reflection of his acting abilities but perhaps the kind of roles he plays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, of all of his performances in romantic comedies or dramas, I enjoyed his take of Alex in <i>Safe Haven</i> the most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I was younger, I declared that if possible I'd like to die before my husband does. Why? Because I'm selfish and don't want to live a lifetime alone without my partner. Maybe if I have children I'd find the strength to live on and not be a wreck. But now that I'm older, while I hope I am able to live on after my partner is gone, I hope if he does die before me, that he doesn't leave me too soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Katie: Does it get better... with time? </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Yeah... Yeah... Yeah, at first I tried to avoid every place that we went together. I tried to forget. I tried to put it behind me. I tried to... just look forward. But it just didn't work. And I realised that if I'm not thinking about her then who is. You know... and she didn't deserve that; she was an amazing woman and I loved her, and I want my children to know that. I want them to know her. So... I just... we're just keeping our heads down. Getting to play mum and dad, which is... interesting. Just trying to keep it all together really. But today with you, this is probably the first time that I've looked up.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Katie: It's a perfect day.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although it's not the same, but after my breakups, I was like Alex, I avoided places we went to, and tried to forget every memory I have of him and when we were together. But that's denial. And denial will only cause all the hurt and pain to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">suddenly come back and bite you in the butt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And just after a breakup, I recall telling my friends that I feel as if I will never find someone as good as he is again. But that isn't always true. Yes, some people never find someone else as amazing as their one true love. But some do. And for some, the person that they meet next is even better than the person they were with before. Every person's story is different. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: There's a letter here... to you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Yeah?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Um-hm...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: What is it?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I'll be over with the kids.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jo: To the woman my husband loves. If you're reading this, then it must be true. He loves you, beyond a shadow of a doubt or else he wouldn't have given this to you. I can only hope that you feel the same way about him as he does about you. But I wanted to write you a letter because I wanted you to know one very very important thing; I'm so glad he's found you. I only wish I could be there some how to meet you, and maybe in some ways I am. (Inside the envelope is also a photo of Jo and Josh) Outside of my husband and my two beautiful children, you are the most important person in the world to me. Because I am gone and they're yours now. You need to take care of them; make them laugh, hold them when they cry, stand up for them, and teach them wrong from right. The thought of you... it gives me hope; hope that Alex remembers what it feels like to be young and in love, hope that Josh finds somebody to fish with again, hope that Lexie has somebody there to help her on her wedding day. I hope that one day my family is whole again. But most of all, hope that somehow I'm there with all of you, watching over all of you.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really love the scene above with Jo's letter. It kind of reminds me of the film <i>Stepmom</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Isabel: You know, I never wanted to be a mom. Sharing it with you... that's one thing. It's another to be looking over my shoulder for the next twenty years, knowing someone else would have done it better... someone else would have done it right.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jackie: What do I have that you don't?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Isabel: You're Mother Earth, incarnate.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jackie: You're... hip, and fresh.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Isabel: You ride with Anna.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jackie: You'll learn.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Isabel: You know every story, every wound, every memory. Their whole life's happiness is wrapped up in you... every single second. Don't you get it? Look down the road to her wedding. I'm in a room alone with her, fixing her veil, fluffing her dress, telling her no woman has ever looked so beautiful. And my fear is she'll be thinking, "I wish my mom was here."</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jackie: And mine is... she won't.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The thing is, they don't have to choose. They can have us both. I have their past, you can have their future.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although the circumstances are not exactly the same, it still rings a bell when I see this part of the film. This is also when the twist in the film is revealed. Well, perhaps you have guessed by now, the twist is that Jo is a ghost. This is the part that didn't really sit well with me. The entire film is so real and believable. And it covers 2 very serious topics that deserve to be portrayed well. But this "twist" is a little out of place. However, without this "twist", the huge chunk of the film wouldn't work as well. So I'm still torn between liking and disliking this "twist". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the gist of it is that Jo is looking out for her family and entrusting her family to Katie. Maybe this is her unfinished business, like Kat's mum in <i>Casper</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Josh: Why do you always have to take pictures?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I don't know Josh, because I want to be able to remember this stuff that's why.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Josh: Try to remember what's out of the camera!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: What do I do about Josh? He's testing me. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Do you think it's just a phase?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I hope so.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Nah, I see the way he pushes your buttons.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Josh was young but he remembers her you know. Lexie remembers the idea of her. It's... it's just... there's a difference you know.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: You talked to him?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: This point, I don't really know what to say to him.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently cleared the mess on and under my office desk and I was looking at this film strip photo frame that I've got sitting on my desk. It's less than half filled. Which is ironic cos I love to take photos. I guess I never got around to sorting out my MANY photos much less printing them out. Years ago, I got my mum a digital photo frame for her birthday. She still hasn't used it. In fact, she can't remember when she put it. I'm actually keen on getting one for myself to put on my desk in the office. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Photographs are a reminder of where you've been and what you were doing and feeling at that exact moment. It helps trigger the brain to remember all that. While the camera cannot fully capture the pure joy or beauty of the moment, it can help you remember a fragment of it.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jo: Promise me something Katie...</i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Yeah...!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jo: ...that you'll take a lot of pictures. You'll only regret the ones that you didn't take.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Katie: Thank you. For being such a good friend.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jo: You deserve this Katie. You belong here.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In fact, there are moments that I find myself saying "I wish I took a photo of that". Which is what Jo means. To have no regrets,<i> "take a lot of pictures"</i> because <i>"you'll only regret the ones that you didn't take"</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know of Cobie Smulders because of the television series <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> and recently, she also played a role in <i>The Avengers</i>. I really liked her subtle performance as Jo in <i>Safe Haven</i>. In fact, I'm looking forward to seeing more of her work in the future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Lasse Hallström has directed films like What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), Chocolat (2000), Casanova (2005), Dear John (2010), and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (2011). He also directed ABBA music videos like Mamma Mia (1975), Dancing Queen (1976), Knowing Me, Knowing You (1977), Take A Chance On Me (1978), and Super Trouper (1980).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Josh Duhamel has acted in films like Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004), Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009), The Romantics (2010), When In Rome (2010), Ramona And Beezus (2010), Life As We Know It (2010), Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (2011), New Year's Eve (2010), and Movie 43 (2013). He also played the character of Danny McCoy in the television series Las Vegas (2003-2008).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Julianne Hough has acted in films like Burlesque (2010), Footloose (2011), and Rock Of Ages (2012). She is known for being a dancer, trainer and choreographer in the reality television series Dancing With The Stars (2007-2012).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(4) Cobie Smulders currently plays the role of Robin Scherbatsky in the television series How I Met Your Mother (2005-present) and guest starred in shows like Tru Calling, Smallville, and The L Word. She has also acted in films like The Avengers (2012), The Delivery Man (2013), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>Safe Haven</i> covers a very important topic and has the potential to be an excellent Nicholas Sparks adaptation. However, despite the easy-to-love characters, the acting chops and chemistry between Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough are still not enough to make it an all-time favourite. Still, the film will give you hope. Hope that you are not going to be alone and unloved for the rest of your life. And to give you the courage to step out from the darkness and strive for something better. (2.8 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Haven_(film)">Movie Poster from Wikipedia</a></span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-59817030678610580282013-05-17T16:56:00.002+08:002013-05-17T18:01:52.693+08:00Bend It Like Beckham (2002) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cast: Parminder Nagra (2), Keira Knightley (3), Jonthan Rhys Meyers (4), and Archie Panjabi (5)</span><br />
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(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ">Watch the trailer</a>)</span><br />
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My favourite quotes - <i>"</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Don't worry, Miss Bahmra. Our designs will make even these little mosquito bites look like juicy, juicy mangos!"</i>, </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>"</i></span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Look, Jessie. You can't plan who you fall for. It just happens."</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I've never been a fan of football. In fact, I'm more of an ice hockey kind of gal. But recently, I've been involved in a lot of football shows - the second season of MediaCorp's <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FirstXI?fref=ts">First XI</a></i> (a football reality show) and weekly live S-League matches at Jalan Besar Stadium. So I've learnt to appreciate the game a little more. Which led me to re-watch the film <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i>. </span></span><br />
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I'm Asian but I live in a western-influenced society. Do you know what that means? That means I am torn between my roots and my upbringing. Maybe not as much as Jess is in <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i>, but I can totally relate to her and her woes. My dad is quite a traditional guy, but my mum is more open minded. My dad loves watching Chinese and Hong Kong movies and Taiwanese soaps on television, while my mum would watch Hollywood blockbuster movies or any other English films on HBO or Star World. I grew up getting a very good mix of Asian culture and Western influence. But considering the fact that we speak English at home, I lean more towards the more modern western values and ideals.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jess: I'm joining a girls team.</i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mrs Bhamra: Huh?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: They want me to play in proper matches. The coach said I could go far.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mrs Bhamra: Go far? Go far to where? Jessie, we let you play all you wanted when you were younger. You've played enough. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: That's not fair. He selected me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mrs Bhamra: He? She said it was girls.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: The coach Joe.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mrs Bhamra: See how she lies. I don't want you running half naked in front of men huh. Look how dark you've become.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: But mum! I'm really good.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Mrs Bhamra: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What family will want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can't make round chapatis? Now exams are over, I want you to learn full Punjabi dinner. Meat and vegetarian.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: But dad!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Mrs Bhamra: No! This is how you spoil her. No. This is how it started with your niece. The way that girl would answer back. And then running off to become a model wearing small small skirts.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Mum, she's a fashion designer.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Mrs Bhamra: She's divorced that's what she is. Cast off after 3 years of being married to a white boy with blue hair. Her poor mother. She hasn't been able to set foot in that temple since. I </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">don't want this shame on my family. That's it! No more football.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Mr Bhamra: Jessie your mother is right. It's not nice. You must start behaving like a proper woman. Okay?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Thankfully my parents aren't as traditional as Jesminder's parents. But! I remember when I was in secondary school, I wanted to buy flannel shirts and jumpers to wear but my mum refused to buy them for me because she felt that it was too manly and as a girl I should only be wearing dresses and skirts. Which is ironic considering my colleagues call me Manly Monica or Gor these days. (See the post on the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/06/shes-man-2006_18.html">She's The Man</a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So from a young age, I was already wearing heels and long flowing dresses and skirts. </span>Now that I buy my own clothes, it's mostly t-shirts and jeans for me. </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Oh it'll be your turn soon ah? </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Do you want a clean-shaven boy like your sister, or a proper Sikh with a full beard and turban?"</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thankfully, my parents aren't rushing me to the alter. But as I get older, I really dread facing questions </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">during the Lunar New Year period </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">on when I'm getting married. Especially since the only cousin older than me on my mum's side is married with a 1 year old kid, AND my younger cousin is getting hitched this August. I mean, you can't rush these things okay. Chill!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe! I'm going! They said I could go! (</span><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe and Jess hug each other tightly)</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Men in Background</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">: Oi, oi, oi! </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I'm sorry, I forgot. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: That's okay now. I'm not your coach anymore. We can do what we want. </span><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(</span><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe leans in to kiss Jess. Jess wants to, but pulls back)</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe... </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(</span><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">quickly pulls away)</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Your dad's not here is he? </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I'm sorry Joe. I can't. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I thought you wanted... </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Letting me go is a really big step for my mum and dad. I don't know how they'd survive if I told them about you too. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I guess there's not much point with you going to America anyway. Is there? (Jess</span><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> shakes her head and they hug each other tightly)</span></span></i></span><br />
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My younger cousin is getting married in August, and her husband-to-be is a Caucasian. No, she's not Indian, but... she's muslin. So like Joe and Jess, it's an issue about race for my uncle and aunt. But on top of that, it's about religion as well. I don't know if her fiancé is converting to be with her, but my uncle did. He converted to Islam so that he could marry my aunt. He was a Catholic, and back in the day, my great grand parents were not just staunch Catholics, they were traditionalists too. But, that's buried in the past and everything worked out well eventually. But still, it's something that I really admire about my uncle and aunt. Their willingness to face the displeasure of their families to be with one another is really inspiring. </span><br />
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But of course, this is very telling of the difficulties one faces with regards to interracial marriages and relationships where religion and beliefs are affected. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Mel: So are you like promised to someone then?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Nah no way. My sister's getting married soon. It's a love match.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mel: What's that mean?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: It's not arranged.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hounslow Harrier Player 1: So, if you can choose does that mean you can marry a white boy?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: White, no. Black, definitely not. A Muslin, eh-eh!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jules: Guess you'll be marrying an Indian then.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Probably.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mel. Sorry. I don't know how you Indian girls put up with it. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: It's just culture that's all. Better than sleeping around with boys you aren't going to marry. What's the point in that?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hounslow Harrier Player 2: That's the best bit!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hounslow Harrier Player 3: Yeah. You should know.</i></span><br />
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Directed by Gurinder Chadha who herself is married to a <i>"white boy"</i>, <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i> is not the only film of hers to feature the theme of an arranged married vs a love match. In her next film <i>Bride And Prejudice</i>, also covers that topic and is my favourite film of hers. In fact, it was after watching <i>Bride And Prejudice </i>that I noticed Grinder Chadha's work. Which resulted in me following her other films like <i>The Mistress Of Spices</i> and <i>Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging</i>.</span><br />
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But arranged marriages don't just occur in the Indian community. My dad's parents were also married as a result of an arranged marriage. However, I don't think such matches would work very well in modern times. In the past, divorce is a taboo. But now, people have increasingly romantic notions of true love, and the concept of staying together without love present in the relationship is rare. That is probably why people choose divorce over living with someone in a loveless relationship. Perhaps now, vows should include a clause -<i> "I, _____, take you, </i><i>_____, to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife). To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part, <b>or when we fall out of love with each other</b>."</i></span><br />
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I've always felt that love isn't the only thing one needs to sustain a marriage. But loving your partner definitely helps make it a little easier to stay together and work through whatever issues you might face.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: Pinks, how do you know Teet's the one?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: Pinks, do you think mum and dad will still speak to me though if I brought home a gorah?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Pinky: It's that coach bloke isn't it. I knew something was up when he turned up here.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Pinky: Yeah, well you make sure that it doesn't alright! Look Jess, you can marry anyone you want. It's fine at first when you're in love and all that. But do you really want to be the one that everyone stares at. Every family do because you married the English bloke.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Pinky: Yeah well they all look the bloody same to them isn't it. And anyway why go through so much grief when there's so many good looking Indian boys to marry. It's not like before you know. Now they wear good clothes, got flashy jobs, even know how to cook and wash up.</i></span><br />
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Joe and Jess have a lot working against them. Besides the issue of race, the fact that Joe is her coach makes it worse. I'm not very sure how old Joe is supposed to be in <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i> but I think that its really no big deal to date your own coach. Well, I think it's okay as long as both parties are mature enough to be able to set their priorities straight.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jess: Why did you yell at me like that? You knew the ref was out of order!</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Joe: Jess you could have cost us the tournament.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Well it wasn't my fault! You didn't have to shout at me.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: Jess I am your </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">coach, I have to treat you the same as everyone else. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Look, Jess. I saw it. She fouled you. She tugged your shirt. You just overreacted, that's all. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: That's not all. She called me a Paki. But I guess you wouldn't understand what that feels like </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">would you?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess, I'm Irish. Of course I understand what that feels like.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Truth be told I've dated my coach before. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thing is, our age difference isn't very great. He's only 2 years older than me! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mr 7 was my archery coach and we dated officially for a week but unofficially, things were muddy for quite a while. And after we broke up, my training began to suffer. Not because of him. It was because I couldn't stay focused. Archery is very much a mental sport. Yes you have opponents to compete against. But ultimately, it's just you, your bow and arrow, and the target board. It's all you. If you can't keep your focus on your breathing, your stance, your release, or your aim, you can't shoot well. And that's what happened. Instead of focusing on improving my form, my mind would wander. I would think about whether he was falling for another archer on the team, or whether this on-off on-off thing was real or not and many other things BUT my form. Eventually, I decided that being in close proximity of him was not doing me any good. And that's when I packed my bags and left for Australia. </span><br />
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Don't get me wrong. I don't blame him. In fact, if it weren't for all this, I wouldn't have everything I have today. And I definitely wouldn't have learnt how to handle my emotions better. For 3 years I was a wreck. But damn it I let those 3 years go to waste and not learn something from it. And believe it or not, I'm still very good friends with him now. My friends who went through my ups and downs with me during those troubled 3 years would protest violently at my staying friends with him but I see no reason why I should end a friendship just because the relationship didn't work out. I'll explore more on this topic in the post on the film <i>What's Your Number?</i>, so look out for it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Look, I can't let you go without knowing. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What? </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">That even with the distance, and the concerns of your family, we might still have something. Don't you think? </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: I'm back at Christmas. We'll tackle my mum and dad then.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: I better go.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Okay.</i></span><br />
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Long distance relationships aren't easy. But they're not impossible. (See post on the film <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/07/like-crazy-2011.html">Like Crazy</a></i>) I think the thing is to try to make it work. If you really do love someone, won't you do anything and everything to try and make things work out?</span><br />
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Same with a sport I guess. If you really love football like Jules and Jess, despite the odds, you're gonna make it happen.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jess: It looks awful. That's why I can't wear shorts ever.</i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Jesus. That's a stunner. I thought I had a bad one on my knee but yours is gorgeous. Look, don't worry about it. No one's gonna care once you're out there. What happened?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: You don't want to know.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Joe: Look. 2 operations later and it's still useless. Yours affect your game?</i></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: Nah it just looks awful. I was 8. My mum was working overtime at Heathrow. And I was trying to cook beans on toast. When I jumped up to the grill to get the toast, my trousers caught light so my sister put me in the bath, poured cold water over me and pulled them off. About half my skin came off too. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: Sorry. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: I know - put me off beans on toast for life. </span></i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">Joe: Come on. Mine stopped me from playing outright. Yours </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">doesn't.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">So why let a scar prevent you from playing football? Joe makes a very good point here. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">But what I really like about the scene above is Jess' humour. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Paula: Alan, when are you gonna realise you have a daughter with breasts, not a son.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Alan: Paula please!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Paula: No boy's gonna wanna go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Alan: Why don't you just leave her alone.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jules: I'm not gonna give it up.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Paula: I'm just sayin' that I saw that Kevin last night in High Street with a blonde girl. And it didn't look like they were talkin' about match of the bleedin' day either. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jules: Kevin can shag whoever he bloody wants.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Paula: Honey, all I'm saying is, there's a reason why Sporty Spice is the only one without a fella! (Jules walks away) Sweetheart...</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Alan: See what you've done? Why don't you just get off her flamin' back? If she's more interested in playing football right now than chasing boys, well frankly I'm quite over the moon about that.</i></span></span><br />
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Paula is not the only mum who thinks that football should remain a boy's sport. Amanda Bynes' on screen mother in the film <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/06/shes-man-2006_18.html">She's The Man</a> </i>also disapproves of her daughter playing football. While Amanda Bynes' Viola Hastings pretends to be a boy to play the sport, Parminder Nagra's Jess needs to lie to her parents to play football. </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Jess: It's out of order. Anything I want is not Indian enough for 'em. I mean I never bumped off school to go dating like Pinky and Bubbly. I don't wear make up or tight clothes like them. Th</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">ey just don't see all those things.</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Tony: Parents never see the good things.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="fine" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: Yeah well a</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">nyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tony: Why </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">don't you just play and not tell 'em eh? Look. Pinky's been sneaking off to see Teets for years and now they're getting married. Nobody cares. What your parents don't know won't hurt. </span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: Well why should I have to lie? It's not like I'm sleeping around with anyone!</i></span></span><br />
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Living a lie, that can't be easy. Especially when you are lying to your parents.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jess: My mum doesn't want me to play anymore.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jules: That's bollocks! My mum's never wanted me to play. You just can't take no for an answer.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Yeah but my sister's getting married soon. So my mum and dad are totally stressed out. Anyway I won't be able to get out of the house for training and matches.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jules: Come on Jess. You can't leave me alone out there. Joe's got an American scout coming over. Anyway don't worry about your mum. Just say you've got a summer job. I could put in a job word with HMV with me. </i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">One of the reasons why I love <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i> is because it's about passion. It's a film about defying the odds and overcoming family disapproval to do what you really want to do. My parents never objected to my sport. But when I graduated from polytechnic, my mum was pushing me to get a job and to give up my sport. You see, I was training about 4 times a week because I had a shot at making it to the National Team. And I really wanted to represent Singapore in the SEA Games and maybe one day at the Olympics. So making it into the National Team would take me one step closer to that goal. But I'm not like Jess. I folded instead of going all in. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Jess: Nah! My mum and dad ain't got a clue.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Nope.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mel: Where do they think you are?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: At work. They think I've got a job at HMV.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mel: Blimey... That's not on.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Indian girls aren't supposed to play football!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mel: That's a bit backward ain't it?</i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Yeah. But it ain't just an Indian thing is it? I mean, how many </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">people come out to support us?</span></span></span></i><br />
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I've never had to lie to shoot. But I can totally understand the dilemma Jess is in. It's frustrating when your parents don't get it. When they don't understand how important something is to you and force you to ignore your passions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Joe: Your mum and dad didn't look too pleased yesterday. Suppose you've come to tell me you're off the team for good.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: It's not fair. I feel like I'm either going to let the team down or piss them off. And I don't want to upset anyone.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Why are they so frightened to let you play?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: They want to protect me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: From what?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: This is taking me away from everything they know.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Who's life are you living Jess? If you try pleasing them forever, you're gonna end up blaming 'em.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: What about you? I'm sorry.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: No you're right. I stopped talking to my dad because we had nothing to talk about. Spent a year getting pissed, trying to forget about the game. But I couldn't.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Yeah but I can't just stopped talking to them like you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: I don't talk to my dad because I know what he'd say. He'd piss himself if he found out I was coaching girls.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Well how do you know that? How do you know that he wouldn't be proud that you didn't just give up? You should be proud of what you've given all of us.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joe: Then why are you giving up?</i></span><br />
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But regardless of how much they can frustrate you and piss you off. They are family.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;">Jess: I'm sorry about the final. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: I got my results. I'm starting university soon I won't have time to train and stuff.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Joe: That's a shame. I could have seen you play for England some day. Jules still has a shot.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: She told me about the scout coming. I'm sorry I'm letting her down.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Joe: I asked that scout to come for you too. He's interested in both of you.</i></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: Me? Why are you doing this to me, Joe? Every time I talk myself out of it, you come around and make it sound so easy. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I guess I don't want to give up on you. So er, are you promised to one of those blokes in there?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: Don't be silly. I'm not promised to anyone.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">You're lucky... to have a family that cares that much about you. I can understand you don't want to mess with it. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe... </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Joe: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And I don't fancy being busted by your dad again. You better get back.</span></i></span><br />
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One of the other topics covered in <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i> is about same-sex tendencies and how it is regarded by Non-Resident Indians (NRI). Actually, Asians don't take to it well either. However, increasingly, we have become more open about it.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Paula: That's why she's been so depressed lately cos' that Jess broke her heart! She's in love. With a girl! </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Alan: You're jumping to all the wrong conclusions </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Paula: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But I heard her! No wonder she never looked twice at the Kevin or brought any boys home. I tried to get her nice clothes, you know we've had some lovely prints in this summer you know in swimwear and sarongs and that. She never wants to go shopping with me. It was terrible what they did to that George Michael going on about him and his private business in the papers like that! Oh No! </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Alan: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">George Michael is still a superstar and you still listen to Wham!</span></span></i></span><br />
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But of course there are some people who are still homophobic. Especially if your child is the one who is gay or lesbian.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Paula: How could you be such a hypocrite? How could you be respectful here with your lot when I know you've been kissing my daughter in broad daylight.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jules: Mum...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Paula: Hmm? (Paula recognises the shoes Jules lent to Jess.) Take your lesbian feet out of my shoes!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Wedding Guest #1: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Lesbian? Her birthday's in March. I thought she was a Pisces.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Wedding Guest #2: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">She's no Lebanese, she's Punjabi!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Pinky: Do you mind yeah? But this just happens to be my wedding.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jules: Get in the car. Get in the car. What is wrong with you? What are you talking about?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Pinky: What the bleeding hell's going on? Huh? What's that gori going on about you being a leba? I thought you fancied your coach? </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jess: I don't know what she's saying.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Pinky: Jess, don't you want all of this? I mean it's the best day of your life ain't it?</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: I want more than this. They've offered me and Jules a scholarship to go to America.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Pinky: Yeah, but there's no way dad will let you go and live abroad without getting married first.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jules: What the bloody hell were you thinking?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Paula: Juliette I saw you with my own eyes. You were kissing after your match. I'm not stupid you know. And anyway look at the clothes you wear.</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Jules: Mother, just because I w</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">ear trackkies and play sport does not make me a lesbian! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Me and Jess were fighting because we both fancy our coach... Joe. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Paula: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Joe, a man, Joe? </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Jules: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Yeah, as in male, Joe! Joe, our coach, Joe, man, Joe! </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Anyway being a lesbian's not that big a deal</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></i></div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Paula: Oh no of course not sweetheart no. I mean I've got nothing against it. I was cheering for Martina Navratilova as much as the next person. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And there are those who are partially accepting of it. As long as the person who is gay or lesbian isn't your child like Jules' mother. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Do you fancy me Tony?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: I like you yeah but...</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Well good... maybe we can go out yeah? </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: Jess! What's going on?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Just kinda need an Indian boyfriend.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: What is going on Jessie? You're acting all weird.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Sorry. You know my coach yeah. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: Yeah.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: I nearly kissed him in Germany.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: Wow! And that's why you need an Indian boyfriend?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: Well, Jules likes him too and now she hates me.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tony: Look, Jessie. You can't plan who you fall for. It just happens. I mean, look at... Posh and Becks. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess: Well, Beckham's the best. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tony:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Yeah! I really like Beckham too. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Well of course you do. No one can cross a ball or bend it like Beckham.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tony: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">No, Jess. I really like Beckham. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jess:</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What? You mean... </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But you're Indian! </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Tony: I haven't told anyone.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Jess: God what's your mum gonna say? My sister thinks you're mad about me.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tony: I am. I just </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">don't want to marry you.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: I wonder what all those tossers would say if they knew. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Tony: Jess you're not gonna tell anyone.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; line-height: 18px;"><i>Jess: Of course not! It's okay Tony. I mean it's okay with me.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Tony: Well you fancying your gorah coach is OK with me. Besides, he's quite fit!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></span>A friend once confided in me about his sexuality, and according to him, I was one of the few people he spoke to about it because he felt safe talking to me about it and that he knew I wouldn't judge him. Perhaps it is because one of my closest friends is gay, and coming from an all-girls school, I know quite a number of lesbians. And I don't see them any differently just because they like someone of the same sex. I mean, they're humans, they have feelings too. They're no different from you and me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"You can't help who you love Derek. You're not supposed to. When you love somebody, you love them. Look at me. At least you found somebody who loves you back."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While some people might feel this is a sensitive subject, for me, it's not so complicated. Who you love is not a reflection of how good or bad a person you are, and that is what matters more. But, this topic deserves a more in-depth exploration in another post. Look out for future posts regarding films like <i>The Kids Are Alright </i>and <i>Brokeback Mountain</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On top of the awesome content, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bend It Like Beckham</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is really well casted. But truth be told, I noticed Parminder Nagra in the film <i>Ella Enchanted</i> before I watched her in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bend It Like Beckham</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. And with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, it was after watching <i>The Tudors</i> that I really noticed him as an actor. In fact, I decided to watch </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bend It Like Beckham</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because Keira Knightly was acting in it. And thankfully I did because it opened my eyes to the work of Gurinder Chandha.</span><br />
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(1) Gurinder Chandha has directed films like Bride And Prejudice (2004), The Mistress Of Spices (2005), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snoggin (2008).</span><br />
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(2) Parminder Nagra is known for playing the role of Dr Neela Rasgotra in the television series ER (2003-2009) and also played <span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dr. Lucille "Lucy" Banerjee in the series Alcatraz (2012). She</span> has also acted in the film Ella Enchanted (2004). </span><br />
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(3) Keira Knightley has acted in films like Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Princess Of Thieves (2001), The Hole (2001), Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003), Love Actually (2003), King Arthur (2004), Domino (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Silk (2007), Atonement (2007), The Duchess (2008), London Boulevard (2010), Never Let Me Go (2010), A Dangerous Method (2011), Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012), Anna Karenina (2012), Jack Ryan (2013), and The Emperor's Children (2013). </span><br />
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(4) Jonathan Rhys Meyers has acted in films like Prozac Nation (2001), Vanity Fair (2004), Alexander (2004), Match Point (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006) August Rush (2007), The Children Of Huang Shi (2008), From Paris With Love (2010), Albert Nobbs (2011), and The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (2013). He is also known for playing Elvis Presley in the television miniseries Elvis (2005) and for playing King Henry VIII in the television series The Tudors (2007-2010). He is also playing Allen Grayson / Dracula in the television series Dracula (2013). </span><br />
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(5) Archie Panjabi is known for playing the role of Kalinda Sharma in the television series The Good Wife (20o9-present) and has acted in films like The Constant Gardener (2005) and A Good Year (2006). </span><br />
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The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i> is a must watch regardless of race, language, religion, or sexuality. It is a feel good movie that will remind you to fight for what you're passionate about. And to all the women out there who are manly like me, this film will remind you to just be yourself and try to help your loved ones understand and accept you the way you are. (4 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by: Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, and Sarah Gadon (6)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know? - Sarah Gadon was nominated for a Gemini Award for her role as Tasha Redford in this episode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x05-whos-george.html">'Who's George?', the fifth episode of Flashpoint</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Episode 6 - Attention Shoppers</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What does it take to push someone to want to commit suicide? The SRU doesn't just stop people threatening to hurt others, they also stop people from trying to harm themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This episode let's us see a different side of Jules and also does a great job of juxtaposing the difference between the noisy and lively guys locker room with Jules' quiet and lonely locker room. It also drops more hints about the blossoming relationship between Sam and Jules. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really like what Jules says to the subject Tasha. Compared to the world Tasha lives in, it makes me feel like my world really isn't all that bad at all. And it's touching and very inspiring, to someone fight against all odds to keep her life together and doing the best she can. It makes me grateful for what I have and the people who care about me and love me. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">What would make you want to go out on a ledge like this?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">I'm afraid of heights and just looking at this scene makes me nervous for her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Even if you're strapped in with a safety rope, would you go out on a ledge?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This is why I'll never have the guts to go bungee jumping.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: You up to intervention?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Copy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Okay. You're talking to a victim of an attempted rape. She was brutalised in retaliation for going to the cops. She's got no home support, but from what Luria says she was holding on. She was doing everything she could to keep her life together. Alright. And I'm here if you need me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Tasha. My name is Jules. Tasha, you don't have to talk to me, but I would really it if you would. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to help. I'm going to step closer so you can hear me better. I'm stepping closer. Good. So, thanks for not jumping. Are you thinking you might? (Tasha nods her head) Well I'm sorry to hear that. <b>You know I've never seen somebody who's ready to die put up such an awesome fight to stay alive. </b>Can you tell me what happened today? With those girls?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: Why don't you ask them?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Jules attaches a safety rope to the railing)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: They gave you quite a haircut didn't they.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Jules steps onto the ledge with Tasha)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: I thought they were gonna kill me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: I know, I know. You were really scared weren't you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: They think I lied to the cops about Brianna's boyfriend, about what he did to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: But you didn't did you? You didn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Tasha it matters. It does matter. It was so brave what you did. You told the truth about what happened to you. You stood up to that guy. You fought back. Same with those girls. Come on Tasha. Stay with me. Stay with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: I... I killed a girl today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Negative. The girl's in surgery, she's doin' fine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: No you didn't. You didn't. You did not kill anyone. The doctors are fixing her right now. She's gonna be okay. Yeah. Come on Tasha. Please... will you give me your hand? Let's climb over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: I can't. I can't. I can't. I'm dead anyway. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Tasha I know that it feels that way. I know, but you're not.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: It is. It's just how it is. I can't go to school, I can't go to work, I can't go home. For what? My mum? I got nobody. I have nobody. You don't understand. You don't know how it is...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: <b>Okay actually, Tasha, look at me, look at me... I do understand. Actually I do, I do, and that's why I'm standing right here. That's why I'm here. Okay. And I want you to take my hand and I want to help you over. And you are gonna get through this. It might feel impossible but you have the rest of your life, okay. And it's gonna be tough, but it's also gonna be really really amazing. If you get through this, you can get through anything. I promise. Will you give me your hand? Give me your hand okay. Come on Tasha. Come on. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Tasha turns to give her hand to Jules and falls off the ledge but Jules catches her in time.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: We're okay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Hey...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: Hey... Why did you do that for me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Cos I don't give up without a fight. Just like you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: I'm really sorry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Don't be. Okay. These guys are gonna fix you up. Right.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasha: Thanks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Hey Jules.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Urm, welcome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Sorry I, I knocked. Is this a curling iron?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Sam?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I er... I just wanted to say 'Nice save out there'. Didn't know you could fly. It was a long 4 seconds before we knew you were okay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: And I'm okay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Smashed hard against the side of that tower.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: And I'm okay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: You want a second opinion?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: How's it look?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Likes a double bacon burger.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Thanks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Anytime. So we're going to the diner for breakfast. You hungry? You can bring er... what's his name?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Scott.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Scott. If you want. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Are you riding with Wordy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Mini van express.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Will you save me a seat?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - "No visible weapon, just a girl, and the pavement 200 feet below." & <b>"Y</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>ou are gonna get through this. It might feel impossible but you have the rest of your life, okay. And it's gonna be tough, but it's also gonna be really really amazing. If you get through this, you can get through anything. I promise."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read about </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/flashpoint-episode-7-he-knows-his.html">'He Knows His Brother', the seventh episode of Flashpoint</a></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dillon has acted in films like Lone Hero (2002), and Assault On Precinct 13 (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Sarah Gadon has acted in films like Charlie Bartlett (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), The Moth Diaries (2011), and Cosmopolis (2012). She will also be voicing the character of Lana in the animation The Nut Job (2014). She has guest starred in television shows like Mutant X and Being Erica.</span><br />
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Cast: Cameron Diaz (2), Matthew Morrison (3), Jennifer Lopez (4), Rodrigo Santoro (5), Elizabeth Banks (6), Ben Falcone (7), Anna Kendrick (8), Chace Crawford (9), Brooklyn Decker (10), Dennis Quaid (11), Chris Rock (12), Thomas Lennon (13), Rob Huebel (14), Amir Talai (15), Rebel Wilson (16), Joe Manganiello (17)</span><br />
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(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2841223449/?ref_=tt_ov_vi">Watch the trailer</a>)</span><br />
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My favourite quotes - <i>"End of the day, family's all that matters. Not the races and the trophies and the endorsements. Not the money and the women, and the sex and the drugs, and partying with Jimmy Buffett at the back of Willie Nelson's bus. None of that means jack shit when I'm gone. But you guys, my kids, that's all we really leave behind."</i>, "</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's no such thing as ready. You just jump on a moving train and try not to die."</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, <i>"</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dude, you're gonna be fine. You just got to get over your fear of babies. They can smell fear, like bears or wives."</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>You just don't get it do you? We love being dads. When I was young, I used to think I was so happy. But now I know I'm happy. Exhausted, but happy. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i>, & <i>"</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You don't know true love until you wipe someone's butt."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - The film is based on a self-help book of the same name written by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.</span><br />
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In the past month, whenever I could spare the time in between my own work commitments, I've been on an 'Emma' binge with posts like <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/we-can-fly-away-by-emma-townshend-1999.html"><i>We Can Fly Away</i></a><i> </i>(Emma Townshend), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/aquamarine-2006.html"><i>Aquamarine</i></a><i> </i>(Emma Roberts), and <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/the-perks-of-being-wallflower-2012.html"><i>The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i></a> (Emma Watson). My baby cousin Emma turns 1 month old today and my uncle held her 'man yue' celebration over the weekend. But we Chinese have a special way of celebrating a baby's one month (man yue) celebration. If you're confused, think of 'man yue' as a Chinese version of the Western baby shower. </span><br />
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When a baby turns one month old, according to traditional Chinese customs, parents hold a party to celebrate the baby's first full moon (man yue). It is when both mother and baby are formally introduced after the end of the mother's confinement period. Part of the customs include the giving of red eggs and traditional cakes called ang ku kueh (a red glutinous cake with peanut fillings), shaving the baby's head (some people even shave off the baby's eyebrows), and selecting a Chinese name for the baby. Guest attending the celebrations give gifts of jewellery to baby girls and ang baos (red packets with money inside). If you want to know more about these interesting traditions, read about it <a href="http://www.babycenter.com.sg/a1026578/baby-traditions-chinese-first-month-celebration-full-moon">here</a>. </span><br />
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Truth be told, this year has been a year of many babies. Well, for me at least. in the last 4 months, there has been so much talk of babies around me. </span><br />
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Baby #1 - My friend and colleague, Gurmit, has a new baby girl named Mikeala (born February 26). Baby #2 - My little cousin Emma was born on 9th April. And Baby #3 will arrive any time now, in the month of May. Because another friend and colleague of mine, Alaric, is going to become a father to a baby boy. The baby's intended name starts with an 'E' too - Elijah. Actually, the name Elijah reminds me of the vampire featured in the television series <i>The Vampire Diaries</i> and new series <i>The Originals</i>. On top of that, I have a friend who is trying for a baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So for months now I've been wanting to write about my thoughts on the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was based on a pregnancy guide of the same name. I knew about the book even before the film was ever conceived because I used to work at the Children & Lifestyle department at the Kinokuniya in town so I know the book. I know it's cover and weight all too well actually. I had to shelve boxes and boxes of them! Needless to say, it was a very popular book for mums to be. So how does one turn a self-help book into a film with a storyline? Much like the film <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/08/hes-just-no-that-into-you-2009.html">He's Just Not That Into You</a></i> I guess - create an ensemble film. And with any ensemble film, you like some of the stories and characters but probably not all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">, we encounter 5 couples with various concerns about having children and parenting. And it covers various possible scenarios. There's Wendy & Gary, a couple trying hard to get pregnant, and that story is tied in with the concept of step-families and parenting styles with Skyler & Ramsey. Then there's Rosie & MArco, a couple who get pregnant after a one night stand and, to add to that complicated mess, also go through a miscarriage. Also, there's Holly & Alex, a couple who adopt because they can't have kids. Which leads to my favourite characters in the film - The Dudes. And the film also talks about the concerns and issues a couple faces when expecting a baby through couple number 5 Jules & Evan. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elizabeth Banks and Ben Falcone as Wendy & Gary</b><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Wendy: Ga!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>(Wendy's iPhone app shows a flashing sign with the words "You are ovulating" with Tarzan-like sound effects)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Yeah?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Ha!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Oh. Shoo...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: 2 minutes.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: I gotta go.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Honey.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Honey I gotta go. I got...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Honey. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(Wendy gives Gary a look and he relents)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Janice!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: Yeah?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I'm taking Gary in the back.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like Wendy & Gary, a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> friend of mine wants to start a family </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with her husband. Now </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wendy & Gary have been at it for 2 years, but my friend and her husband</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> haven't been trying very long. It's funny cos even before watching, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, my friends and I have already been talking about how there are apps that tell you when you're ovulating. So seeing an app pop up in the film really tickled me. Plus, this early scene between Wendy and Gary tells us a lot of the dynamics of their relationship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Gary: Oooh... what do you got?</span></i></span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Some wine, cheese and crackers, your favourite.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Oh that's a real treat. So what's the movie anyway?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Dirty Dancing.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Oh... alright. That's a good one. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Um-hmm.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Yeah. Whoa... what are you...?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I would like to propose a toast.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Okay... But you, you haven't had a drink in 2 years.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I just... I think we should take a break from trying. Just be us for a while. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Alright. I'll drink to that. Sure.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: To us. And if that doesn't work, we'll do 3 rounds of IVF. And if that doesn't work, we'll just adopt, which will be great cos I have no fears, genetic or otherwise. To us.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: To not snuffing out the flame. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Okay. What are you doing? Oh my God. You're gonna... Are you going to go for it? You're going for it. You did it. You just... You just... You crushed it. You crushed a glass of wine.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Oh my God I'm wasted.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Yeah. I bet you are.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: It's so good. Why have I wasted 2 years not drinking this?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another friend of mine </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">went through a lot to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">get pregnant. And she would get really sad each month when she had her monthly period, it was proof that she wasn't pregnant, even though they were seeing a doctor about it. After a while, they stopped the treatments and surprise, surprise, they got pregnant! Just like Wendy & Gary. So perhaps the point is that even when you're trying hard to get pregnant, you mustn't forget to have fun and not make the process of trying for a baby such a chore. I guess there's a reason why there's having sex, and there's making love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Making a baby should be a product of love, maybe that's how the phrase 'making love' came about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So now you're pregnant. What next? Parenting. I think besides the thought of the pain of child birth, the thought of raising a child scares me to death. I don't need a film to put me off having kids, I'm already apprehensive. My friends tell me that I feel this way because I'm single and that when I find someone I want to spend the rest of my life me, I'd feel differently. Well tell that to Sandra Oh's Dr Cristina Yang from the television series Grey's Anatomy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ramsey: Just get it off your chest son.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: I'm sick of competing with you okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ramsey: That's it. Just keep going. I'm listening.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: You named me Gary Cooper for Christ's sake.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ramsey: Get it all out.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: You're the reason that I got fat. You are the reason I got fat!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ramsey: Whoa! Ouch. That hurts! Slow down. Stop. Really? I guess I've made kind of a shit-sandwich in the old dad department huh? I saw every episode of your 'Lose It' season and I have the whole thing on DVD, Blu Ray. And sometimes, I stay up at night and I watch it over and over again.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Really?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ramsey: Yeah. This is hard for me. But there's something that I really want to tell you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Okay dad.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ramsey: Beat me home, we'll never have to race again.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: God damn it! This is not good parenting! I'm gonna beat you! You're ridiculous!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Raising a child is no easy feat. When I see how spoilt and naughty some children can be and how their parents handle them, I really question their parenting abilities. Then I stop myself and try not to judge. Because what if one day, my kid becomes like theirs. I have a great fear of becoming a bad parent. A parent that will be judged by her child's bad behaviour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is there a right or wrong way to raise your child? I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">don't know yet. Maybe when I've got grown kids of my own and they turn out okay I'd be able to comment on that question. But if I do marry and have kids, I am a firm believer of the phrase 'Spare the rod, spoil the child'. Although I have never been canned by my parents ever, and I think I turned out descent, I do feel that my parents didn't spoil me rotten. When my mum says 'No', no matter how many times you beg or try to get her to change her mind, 'No' means 'No'. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I'm sorry. I just... I didn't think about any of this stuff before I got pregnant. You know. I er... I just wanted the glow. The one that they promise you on the cover of those magazines with the pretty lady, looking down at her perfectly round belly with that sweet smile. Well... I'm calling it. I'm calling bullshit. I'm calling bullshit on the whole thing. Pregnancy sucks. Making a human being is really hard. I have no control over my body or my emotions. Care bear, I'm sorry. All I want to do is punch you in the face. But I love you so much so I don't mean it.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: I love you too squeaks. You're doing great.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I don't know about you. But I didn't get the glow. I just got back ache. And er... hemorrhoids. Have you ever seen those? Don't do it. Don't take the mirror down there. And then I have these purple stretch marks everywhere and pressure hanging from my uterus that makes me walk like I was kicked in the vag. I just...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: Okay. Maybe it's time to stop there.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Too far. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: That's the end.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: It's just I couldn't think of another way to describe it. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: That was really good. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: So...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: There we go.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Thank you. They say when it's all over, you forget the whole thing. And I for one really hope that's true. (Wendy farts) Like that. I really hope I forget that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Janice: Wendy Cooper everybody.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before you go get pregnant, think long and hard whether a child is what you want. And whether you want to be responsible for raising a child. Because <i>"making a human being is really hard"</i>. It's pretty amazing isn't it? How much a mother can endure to for her child. A lot of people think and worry about the pain of labour. But for some, labour pains isn't the only beating your body takes. As always, different people have different experiences with pregnancy. I guess Elizabeth Banks' Wendy Cooper got the short end of the stick. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: OOHHHH.... GA... </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Yeah?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I changed my mind. I want the epidural. I want it Ga.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: No no honey.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Yup.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: No no no...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Yes.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: You said you didn't want it. And you said that even if you did ask for it that that would just be the crazy talking... </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Oh....!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: Gary! Get me the juice.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: That seemed a little crazy. I will get you the juice. Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I need it Ga.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gary: Yeah. Uh-huh.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wendy: I'm sorry baby. Just don't come back without it okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During Emma's 'man yue' celebration, my aunts started talking about going into labour and whether they had a Caesarean or went for natural birth, or how long they were actually in labour for. Now that conversation freaked me out. I am now terrified of having kids. And I said so in front of them after hearing their stories. But my mum said that my brother and I were very easy births and only took 3 to 4 hours at most to come out. So she said I didn't have to worry because I'd be like her and have it easy. Well, when I have kids, I'll tell you if I agree on her theory or not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe its because I don't have kids. But at the moment, while I want a family of my own, I'm not too sure about having kids right now. Maybe my friends are right, when I find someone I love, maybe I'd want to have kids. I mean, who doesn't want that glow right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"I finally found it. He's my glow. He's my perfect, perfect glow."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elizabeth Banks was fantastic in this film! Although her character Wendy can be really grating on the nerves, Elizabeth Banks played her in a way that made her both intense yet rather adorable. And I love the chemistry between Elizabeth Banks and Ben Falcone. The characters Skyler & Ramsey really didn't make a big impression on me but I have to admit it was really fun watching Dennis Quaid play Ramsey. His cheeky and competitive streak was a little over the top, but still very fun to watch.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro as Holly & Alex</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wendy & Gary were able to get pregnant eventually. But there are some couples who can't. And this subject is covered in the film as well. Meet Holly & Alex. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: You lost the one steady gig and you didn't even tell me? Are you kidding me?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: I know. I'm sorry. I was just trying to get something else before you noticed.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Right.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: So it'd be like 'Hey I got some new jobs' and not 'Holy shit! We can't afford our life'. You know I know you've been so worried about saving and the house...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Yeah, but we're in this together. Here I am, trying to get ready for something that's gonna be...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: Oh my God! </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: What?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: I knew it! You... You're not even ready?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Look, I'm not like you okay. I can't just look at a picture and feel some magical bond. And you lying to me isn't helping.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: Look, I know okay. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: I screwed up.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: You did.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: I just... I... I just couldn't handle another thing being my fault. Okay. I'm the one with the bad eggs. I'm the one who made us spend the 401k money on IVF. And I'm the one who can't do the one thing that a woman is supposed to be able to do.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Holly. Stop. Stop.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: You don't even want this do you?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I never said that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: Not out loud.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From my friend's personal experience, I know that IVF isn't cheap. And it doesn't always work. But what if you really, really want kids. Actually, it's not that I never want to have kids, its just the thought of labour that really scares me to death. So maybe if I could afford it, I wouldn't mind adopting kids. But with adoption, I'm sure there's a whole different set of issues that one might face with adoption. </span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alex: That's the one thing you can count on with adoption right? Time. I need that time. To save. To get ready. </i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: There's no such thing as ready. You just jump on a moving train and try not to die.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Alex: Argh. Great.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love what Vic, the leader of the Dudes, says to Alex as he freaks out about the adoption - that <i>"There's no such thing as ready. You just jump on a moving train and try not to die." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've heard that the 9 months before the baby actually arrives gives the parents time to adjust to the big change that's about to happen in their lives. And the 9 months also gives both mother and father time to bond with the unborn child. Mothers feel their babies kick, and fathers watch as the product of their love grows inside the belly of their wives. So I guess Alex's meltdown is pretty understandable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I think his fear stems from the fact that he doesn't know if he's gonna be a good father or how to be one. I too dislike the unknown. Uncertainty is not my thing. And not knowing what lies ahead makes me nervous. But that's life isn't it. There no sure thing in the world. Anything can happen. Just do the best you can. Love the best way you know how. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: It's not that I'm not ready. I'm just... I'm scared.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: I know. Okay. I'm scared too. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. But we can be scared together. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: We just have to jump in. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Right.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Holly: All in.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: I know. I'm getting there. And I know I'm gonna love him cos I love the hell out of his mum. Let's go meet our son.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Holly: Okay.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Truthfully, the word 'adoption' always reminds me of Angelina Jolie. But she's not the only celebrity to adopt. Madonna, Sandra Bullock, Katherine Heigl, Jamie Lee Curtis, they've all adopted children as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holly & Alex's storyline contains the film's most touching scene. When Holly finally meets and holds the baby she's always wanted, that scene made me a little weepy when I first watched the film. Jennifer Lopez really did a good job as Holly. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In fact, in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Back-Up Plan</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Jennifer Lopez also acted as a woman who really wanted a baby of her own. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford as Rosie & Marco</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's not that easy to get pregnant, ask Wendy & Gary, they'll tell you its not as easy as you think to get pregnant. And for some, like </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Holly & Alex, they can't have their own children and turn to adoption to become parents. But for Rosie & Marco, all it took was 1 night of unprotected sex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Firstly, I have to say that Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford, in my opinion, is the best looking couple in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Okay, okay, Holly & Alex come really close as well but still, I like the pairing of Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford more. I've only watched a few episodes of Gossip Girl and don't really know Chace Crawford's acting range. I didn't expect </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">much, so I was very and pleasantly surprised by his performance in the film as Marco. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anna Kendrick, on the other hand, I've noticed for a while now. I loved her in the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/pitch-perfect-2012.html">Pitch Perfect</a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">50/50</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, so I was really looking forward to see how she'll hold her on in an ensemble piece. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Hey! What do you think you're doing?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: There's a line if you want to order.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: The only thing I'm ordering is for you to stop serving bacon. Okay. Pigs are turf.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Oh my God. Your turf? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Is this West Side Story? Are we going to rumble at midnight?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: You know what? Maybe I got a whole gang of backup dancers just ready to go.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Oh wow!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Okay, you're the cheese truck, so stick to cheese.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Customer: Can I order now?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: NO! Just give me one second please.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: That's funny. Cos I noticed that those jalapeño fritters that you guys are serving...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Are awesome right? They're my invention. I made them.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: They have ricotta cheese in them.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Oh come on. That's like a little bit of cheese. It's nothing compared to the bacon crutch you're propping these sandwiches up on.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: They're paninis. They're grilled peach and blue cheese paninis with a dash of bacon. Also awesome. Also my invention.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Alright you wanna go, let's go. Your special against my special. Whoever sells the most tonight wins.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Fine.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Fine. Alright if I win, you have to have a drink with me. And if you win, you may have 3 drinks with me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: That's cute. So you can stand me up again. No thank you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: That was like 5 years ago. But that's sweet that you still remember that. I'm, I'm impressed Rosie. I'll see you in the field alright.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: It doesn't keep me up nights!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Sure.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I could watch Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford flirt all day. I really love the way we first meet their characters Rosie & Marco. But I digress. Now with Rosie & Marco, they're a young couple who have to deal with getting pregnant after a one night stand. They decide to stay together and see the pregnancy through and truth be told, its a pretty common tale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know of quite a number of friends who got married because they had a baby on the way. When a child is the reason that brings 2 people together, it complicates things doesn't it? </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a film </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">about pregnancy, so I guess abortion is not an option. But with Rosie & Marco's storyline, it gives me the chance to think about the subject. As a Catholic I should be anti-abortion. However, if I were faced with the same situation Rosie & Marco are faced with in the film, I really wouldn't know what I'd do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can say that I will keep the baby, but when it really happens will I really keep it? I don't know, and maybe I'll never know the answer to that question. But one thing's for sure, if you are faced with the exact same situation as Rosie & Marco, you really need to ask yourself the right questions. Marriage should be a lifetime commitment. And raising a child <i>IS</i> a lifetime commitment. Are you ready for marriage? Are you marrying for the right reasons? Are you ready to bring a life into this world and care for the child? Will you be a good parent to the child? These are very important questions. And you need to find the answers to these questions first before moving ahead with any decision.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Well erm... Okay... Are you sure you took the test right?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: You pee on a stick. It's idiot proof.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Marco: No I know. It's just... one time.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Yup.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: So... What do you want to do?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: I don't know. What do you want to do?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: I don't know. I just found out. Okay. You're the girl, don't you get to decide?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Great, great. So then it's all on me?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: No I... No I didn't mean... Oh shit! Should we get married?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Shit should we get married. Yeah... No it's just when you put it like that, that's...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Oh, I'm sorry Rosie well I'm just trying to do the right thing here. I didn't mean to..</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Then don't ask the wrong questions. I... just erm... forget that I said anything. Just forget it cos I'll figure it out. Like whatever it is, it's not your problem. So...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Rosie...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: It's fine. I have to get back to the truck anyway.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Rosie miscarries early in the pregnancy and she distances herself from Marco after she loses the baby. Truthfully, I feel that Rosie & Marco's story is not given enough weight for such a serious topic. And Rosie just saying </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"I'll have another chance when the time's right"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> as the resolution to their storyline really doesn't do it justice. But that's gonna always be the problem with ensemble pieces isn't it? The lack of time to do each storyline justice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: If you want me to go, I'll go.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: What happened to your hand? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Look, I just want you to know that I get it. I'll probably never really understand what you went through. But I don't want that to be the reason we're not together. Okay you were right. I never even took you out on a real date. But I want to. Er... made these for you. Caramels. Piece of shit double boiler. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: I thought you said never again.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: I made an exception.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Urm... Marco the reason we're not together has nothing to do with the fact that we were gonna have a baby. It wouldn't have worked anyway.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: That's bullshit Rosie. Give me one good reason.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Okay... You don't have a car.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: What? Says the girl with the duct taped Civic. Seriously?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Okay fine it's not the car. You got me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Well then what Rosie? What? Cos we were great.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: You know, you have the worst taste in girls. You go for the most obvious, least interesting chef groupies ever. What does it say about me if that's what you're into?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Well they can't all be you now can they?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: You want to know what it is?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Every time I look at your face it kills me okay. Is that enough of a reason? Can we be done with this conversation please?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: Well yeah. Can be done.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Here. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Marco: No. My caramels. Just keep them. Take them. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Rosie: Fine.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the flip side, Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison's Jules & Evan, who were also surprised by the baby on the way situation, have a slightly less traumatic time with the pregnancy. But I didn't dig the pairing of Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison at all. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cameron Diaz was really great as Jules and Matthew Morrison was not horrible as Evan, but the lack of chemistry between the 2 actors made watching them as a couple really hard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Putting that aside, Jules & Evan's story talks about how a pregnancy can place a lot of stress on the relationship.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jules: Wow! Look at the wall!</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: No, no, no, no, no... I don't want to know about everything that can go wrong.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: Oh my God. Look at this. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: Oh...</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jules: Okay there's breast </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">feeding, we have to know about this. Cord blood banking, this is very important these days. And you need to know the Bradley Method.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: What?</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jules: And... what? Oh... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">circumcision, yes or no. </span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: Of course. How is that even a question?</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nurse: Actually a lot of couples are choosing not to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">circumcise these days.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: Interesting.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: Who said that? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: The expert honey, so clearly there's a question. That's why it says yes or no.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: Yes. My answer is yes, yes, yes.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: My answer is...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: No more...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: ...'I need to read about it'.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each parent has a different idea of what they think is best for their child so the 9 months it takes for the baby to arrive helps parents to work out those differences. I think the key is to communication and compromise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Jules asks if they will ever agree on anything about their baby, Evan replies <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The little stuff, probably not. The big things, yes." </i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is why the scene below is my favourite part of the Jules & Evan storyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Evan: Name - Emerson Jane Webber.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: Mm-um. No. Mm-um... Baxter-Webber.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: I hate hyphenated names.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: Ugh... Are we ever going to agree on anything? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: The little stuff, probably not. The big things, yes.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: I can live with that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Evan: Me too. Marry me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jules: No... I'm just kidding. I thought you'd never ask.</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chris Rock, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thomas Lennon, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rob Huebel, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amir Talai as The Dudes</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've saved the best for last. Le</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t's talk about The Dudes. Considering the fact that we have 4 comedians playing the dads in The Dude's Group, it's no wonder these boys are so funny! In fact, I wonder if the lines they say were improvised or scripted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rule #1</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Alex: Hey Craig.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Alex, Vic. Vic, Alex.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Welcome to happy hour. Let's walk. I sense your fear Alex. It's cool. He's still on the other side.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Stay on that side Alex. This is the side where happiness goes to die.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Don't mind Craig he's had a bad week. Kara just took a 3 day business trip and little Henry there just got sick. Here you go big boy, walk it off.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: By the way when we're around Kara, it's still Henri. Henry's on the DL.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Um-hmm.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Henri.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: You got that Alex? It's very important. That's the first rule: don't talk about what we walk about.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Rule number 1.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Got it. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: See Alex, women pretty much control the baby universe. And why not? They carried the damn thing, pushed them out of their vaginas. You know I never used to use that word for that part of the body, but trust me, once a baby comes out of it, it's a vagina.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All: Oh yeah.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: It changes.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Here we're free. No one's looking over your shoulders. You put the diaper on backwards or forget to heat the bottle up, you go with it. You want to ditch those carrot sticks and feed your kid McNuggets, you go for it.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All: Right.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: And if your wife names your kid Henri...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Argh!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: And you want to ignore that bullshit...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Bullshit!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: You're in a safe place. What's up Henry!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Henri... what is he a mime?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Craig, where does Henri come from anyway?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Cirque du Soleil.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: So dumb.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Dude, you're gonna be fine. You just got to get over your fear of babies. They can smell fear, like bears or wives.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: You need to practice. Here, hold Henry for a second.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All: No, no, no!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Do not do that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Do not touch that baby!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: What?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Shut up!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Come on Craig.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: That kid's a grenade and he will go off. You know what start with Evander here. She never cries.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Oh no I'm... I'm cool Vic.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Fell off a changing table last week, didn't make a sound.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: You dropped your kid off a changing table? How is that even possible?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Ho-ho. It's very possible.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: It's much more common than you think. But you know what, rule number 2...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: We don't judge.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: No judging.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Stuff just happens okay. Last week my kid ate a cigarette.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: I caught him playing in the dryer yesterday.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: I picked up the wrong baby from daycare. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: I found my baby swimming in the toilet.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: And for the record, the rolloff did not happen on my watch.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Oooh... dodged a bullet.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Right.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: No judging.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Come on. Come on.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: No really. That's okay.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Come on.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: That's alright.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Come on. Here you go. (Vic throws the baby at Alex to catch) Haha!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Whoa!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Good catch.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(Evander starts to cry)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Take her back. Take her back!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: I hope that adoption agency has a return policy.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Big help guys. Glad I came out.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Dude's Group is really a support group for the dads. And I think its a really cool idea. Maybe when I have a kid, I'll send my hubby to a Dude's Group. Everyone needs their downtime right? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: Freeze. Don't take another step. You told your wife that Craig likes to call Henri, Henry?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: She did not take it well.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Okay my bad. My bad. I'm sorry.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: We're here to let off a little steam, not break up families. Craig shouldn't have to see his kids only on the weekends cos you got a big mouth.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Hey I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Darn right you weren't thinking.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: You want to adopt? Adopt some new friends.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Alex: Come on guys. Really?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Unbelievable. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love this declaration of love scene by the dad's of The Dude's Group. And I like what Vic and Patel says. I don't feel the way they do, which probably has a lot to do with the fact that I don't have a kid, but I think it's real sweet what they say about their children. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: You just don't get it do you? We love being dads. When I was young, I used to think I was so happy. But now I know I'm happy. Exhausted, but happy. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patel: Yeah. You don't know true love until you wipe someone's butt.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Gabriel: Look at me man. I love my baby so much, I worry I'm gonna eat him.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: I am a lackluster husband, but an above average dad.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vic: You got to figure it out bro. You're on your own.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craig: Burn.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interestingly, in September 2012, the same year </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was released, a new television series titled <i>Guys With Kids </i>was introduced. Well, the titled of the series says it all, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Guys With Kids </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a comedy about guys with kids. I've only watched the pilot of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Guys With Kids</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, but considering the fact that</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">has to live up to the comedic standards of The Dudes in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What To Expect When You're Expecting</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, I'm not sure if they would survive my 5 episode rule. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Still, I'm happy to have The Dudes, who have really made this film an enjoyable one for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kirk Jones also directed the film Nanny McPhee (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(2)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Cameron Diaz has acted in films like The Mask (1994), She's The One (1996), Feeling Minnesota (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Vanilla Sky (2001), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Gangs Of New York (2002), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), In Her Shoes (2005), The Holiday (2006), What Happens In Vegas (2008), My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Box (2009), Knight And Day (2010), The Green Hornet (2011), Bad Teacher (2011), and The Counselor (2013). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She also voiced the character of Fiona in the animations like Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek The Third (2007), Shrek The Halls (2007), Shrel Forever After (2010), and Scared Shrekless (2010).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(3) Matthew Morrison has acted in films like Music And Lyrics (2007), Dan In Real Life (2007), and The Muppets (2011). He is better known for playing Will Schuester on the television series Glee (2009-present). He has also guest starred in television shows like Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Miami, and Numb3rs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(4) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jennifer Lopez is a singer but also acted in films like Selena (1997), Anaconda (1997), Out Of Sight (1998), The Cell (2000), </span><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/03/the-wedding-planner-2001.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Wedding Planner (2001)</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">, Maid In Manhattan (2002), Jersey Girl (2004), Shall We Dance? (2004), Monster-In-Law (2005), The Back-Up Plan (2010), and Parker (2013). She also guest starred in television series like Will & Grace and How I Met Your Mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(5) Rodrigo Santoro has acted in films like Love Actually (2003), 300 (2007), Che (2008), Post Grad (2009), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), The Last Stand (2013), and 300: Rise Of An Empire (2013). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He also played the role of Paulo in the television series Lost (2006-2007) and voiced the character <span style="background-color: white;">of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Túlio in the animation Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(6) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Elizabeth Banks has acted in films like Spider-Man (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Daredevil (2003), Seabiscuit (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Sisters (2005), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008), W. (2008), Man On A Ledge (2012), </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/09/the-hunger-games-2012.html">The Hunger Games (2012)</a>, People Like Us (2012), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/pitch-perfect-2012.html">Pitch Perfect (2012)</a>, Movie 43 (2013), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and The Lego Movie (2014). She has also acted as Dr. Kim Briggs in the television series Scrubs and as Avery Jessup in 30 Rock. She has also guest starred in television series like Sex & The City, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, and Modern Family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(7) Ben Falcone has acted in films like Bridesmaids (2011) and Identity Thief (2013). He has also guest starred in television shows like Gilmore Girls, Joey, Bones, Happy Endings, and Go On.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(8) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Anna Kendrick has acted in films like Camp (2003), Twilight (2008), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Up In The Air (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), Scott Prilgrim vs. The World (2010), 50/50 (2011), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/pitch-perfect-2012.html">Pitch Perfect (2012)</a>, End Of Watch (2012), and The Company You Keep (2013). She also voiced the character of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Courtney Babcock</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"> in the stop-motion animation ParaNorman (2012). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(9) Chace Crawford is known for playing the role of Nate Archibald in the television series Gossip Girl (2007-2012). He has also acted in films like The Covenant (2006), Twelve (2010), and Peace, Love, & Understanding (2011).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(10) Brooklyn Decker has acted in films like Just Go With It (2011) and Battleship (2012). She has also guest starred in television shows like Chuck, Royal Pains, Ugly Betty, and New Girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(11) Dennis Quaid has acted in films like Jaws 3-D (1983), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency (2000), Traffic (2000), The Rookie (2002), Far From Heaven (2002), Cold Creek Manor (2003), The Alamo (2004), The Day After Tomorow (2004), In Good Company (2004), Flight Of The Phoenix (2004), Yours, Mine And Ours (2005), American Dreamz (2006), Vantage Point (2008), G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra (2009), Legion (2010), The Special Relationship (2010), Soul Surfer (2011), Footloose (2011), The Words (2012), Playing For Keeps (2012), and Movie 43 (2013). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He also voiced the character of Roven in the animation Battle For Terra (2007).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(12) Chris Rock has acted in films like Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Dogma (1999), Down To Earth (2001), AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001), The Longest Yard (2005), Death At A Funeral (2010), Grown Ups (2010), 2 Days In New York (2012), and Grown Ups 2 (2013). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He also voiced the character of Rodney in the film Dr Dolittle (1998) and voiced the character of Marty in animations like Madagascar (2005), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), and Madly Madagascar (2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(13) Thomas Lennon has acted in films like Memento (2000), Le Divorce (2003), How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003), A Guy Thing (2003), Balls Of Fury (2005), Hancock (2008), 17 Again (2009), I Love You, Man (2009), Bad Teacher (2011), What's Your Number? (2011), A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and We're The Millers (2013). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He also voiced the character of Eddie the Computer in the film The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005). He has also guest starred in television shows like New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, and Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(14) Rob Huebel has acted in films like The Love Guru (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), The Other Guys (2010), Life As We Know It (2010), </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little Fockers (2010), Flypaper (2011), The Descendants (2011), Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012), and Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He has also guest starred in television shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, The Office, Happy Endings, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, and Hart Of Dixie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(15) Amir Talai has acted in films like Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), November (2004), The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006), and Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008). He has also guest starred in television shows like NCIS, Nip/Tuck, Gilmore Girls, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cold Case, Hannah Montana, How I Met Your Mother, Wizards Of Waverly Place, Modern Family, and Castle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(16) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Rebel Wilson has acted in films like Bridesmaids (2011), Bachelorette (2012), This Means War (2012), Struck By Lighting (2012), </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/pitch-perfect-2012.html">Pitch Perfect (2012)</a>, and Pain & Gain (2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(17) Joe Manganiello has acted in films like Spider-Man 2 (2002), Magic Mike (2012), and Ten (2014). He currently plays the role of Alcide Herveaux in the television series True Blood (2010-present) and has guest starred in shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Las Vegas, Scrubs, E.R., CSI: Miami, Medium, CSI: NY, One Tree Hill, Two And A Half Men, White Collar, and How I Met Your Mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>What To Expect When You're Expecting</i> is not really my kind of thing because I can't really relate to it personally. Like the book, it's probably more suited to those who have concerns about pregnancy. They are the ones who might like the film much more than I do. Still, I think there are some fantastic performances by a couple of actors and actresses. And although I'm not exactly their main target audience, I did enjoy some moments in the film. Oh and happy mother's day to all the mummies out there! (2.7 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Kate Mulgrew (1), Robert Beltran (2), Tim Russ (3), Robert Duncan McNeill (4), Roxann Dawson (5), Garrett Wang, Robert Picardo (6), Ethan Phillips (7), Jennifer Lien, and Martha Hackett (8)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/star-trek-voyager-episode-1x01-1x02.html">"Caretaker", the 2 hour long pilot of Star Trek Voyager</a></b>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Carey: She said "Sorry. Maybe you should go to sickbay."<br />
Doctor: At least she gave you some good advice.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this episode, we also get to know the Doctor and B'Elanna Torres a little better. After all, in the previous episode, all we saw was that the Doctor is abrasive and doesn't have a great bedside manner. The kind of tough love he dishes out reminds me of how Leonard McCoy aka Bones treated James T Kirk in the 2009 <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/05/star-trek-2009.html">Star Trek</a></i> film.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonder how she has the energy to act angry so often.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna's anger management issues will be an ongoing problem for her. It's something she will work on throughout the 7 seasons. But even in this one episode, we see her gradually calm down and see reason despite her anger issues. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One thing it does remind me is that one should always think before one acts or speaks. Words can hurt as much as actions, sometimes even more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: You might be interested to know that the impact fractures along his cranium were pretty severe. If you'd hit him just a little harder you could have driven some of those bones into his cerebellum. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: I didn't even come close to hitting him that hard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: So on the one side I'm facing a Vulcan who wants to court marshall you. And on the other, I'm facing all the Marquis who are ready to seize this ship over this. You've turned this into one lousy day for me Torres. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: So how long do I have to stay in here?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Rest of the trip. 75 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: I've never found your twisted sense of humour very funny Chakotay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Or I could send you back to work with the understanding that you'll apologise to Mr...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: Apologise!? He was the one who...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Not just a simple apology, a personal one. Over a hot cup of perjuta. Bond with the man.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: I am not gonna bond with him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: You're gonna need support from people like Carey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: I don't need support from anybody.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: You are if you're gonna be Chief Engineer of this ship.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: Ha! Right.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: This is not another example of my twisted sense of humour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: But Carey's next in line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: You're a better engineer than he is.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: What does the captain have to say about this?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: She hasn't said a word. Because I haven't told her yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This "power struggle" between Chakotay and Captain Janeway is interesting. After getting to know them individually and seeing them work together, I find myself rooting for the 2 to get together, if you know what I mean. This of all the great working relationships on screen like Lois & Clark, Mulder & Scully etc. Over time, I find that theirs is a pairing I wish could come true. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: We have a problem. And I think it's time we discuss it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Captain I appreciate your concerns about Torres but I promise you...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: You don't understand Commander this isn't about Torres. My problem is with you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Let me be blunt, what you tried to do just now, was out of line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: In what way?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: When you decided to call Torres in Engineering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: I've worked with her. I know what's she's capable of. We needed an answer right away and I knew she could give us one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Carey is the senior officer in Engineering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: If you look at that way none of my people will ever have seniority. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: That's the problem, right there. They're not 'your people'. You're treating the Marquis on this ship like they're still your crew.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: I'm doing everything I can to integrate them into your crew but frankly you're not making it easy for me captain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: I can't make it easy Commander. Surely you can understand that. They don't have the discipline, they don't have the training! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: But some of them like B'Elanna Torres have the ability!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: The Starfleet officers on this ship have worked all their lives to earn their commissions. How am I supposed to ask them to accept a Marquis as their superior officer just because circumstances have forced us together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: You're asking them to accept me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: You're qualified. You're a graduate of the Academy and you have Starfleet Command experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: Permission to speak freely. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Go ahead.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: I have no intention of being your token Marquis officer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Show me another qualified Marquis candidate and I'll consider him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: B'Elanna Torres.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Who cannot control herself and who could not make it through the Academy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: She's the best engineer I've ever known. She can teach at the Academy! You're right captain. I do consider them 'my people' because nobody else on this ship will look out for them like I will. And I'm telling, you're gonna have to give them more authority if you want their loyalty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Theirs or yours commander?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: I'm trying to help you. I'm sorry you don't see that. I strongly recommend you get to know Torres before you choose a new Chief Engineer. Permission to leave.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Dismissed.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Doctor also is a character that undergoes much growth throughout the 7 seasons and this episode raises some of the things that he is affected by. The way he is treated is a matter that comes up a lot, his choosing a name is also an ongoing personal project of his, and there is the matter of his bedside manner. But the scene between Kes and the doctor brings to light a budding relationship that was not established in episode 1 and 2. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: Computer, activate the Emergency Medical Holographic System.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: Please state the nature of the medical emergency.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: Actually there is no emergency. I'm creating a hydroponics bay. I was told you could provide me with some nitrogenated soil samples. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: That's it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: I'm sorry if...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: So it begins. The trivia of medicine is my domain now. Every runny nose, stubbed toe, pimple on the cheek becomes my responsibility.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: You are the only doctor we have.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: I'm not just a doctor. I've been designed with the information from 2000 medical reference sources and the experience of 47 individual medical officers. I am the embodiment of modern medicine. How much dirt do you need? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: 4 samples will be enough.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The doctor's name is an ongoing project for him and Kes is<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: I'm sorry I bothered you with this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: No trouble at all, just turn off the program before you leave.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: What's your name?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: What purpose would a name serve a hologram?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: I'd just like to know what to call you besides doctor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doctor: I guess they never thought I'd be around long enough to need one. What's your name?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: Kes.</span><br />
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Doctor: Kes. I'm glad I could help you today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: Computer end program. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Janeway & B'Elanna on a roll as they work together <br />
to figure out how to get unstuck from the event horizon.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides her temper, B'Elanna's other character flaw is her lack of confidence in herself and her abilities. And I think it's fascinating to see how she lashes out and tries to appear strong when really she has a sensitive and soft side she hides from everyone else. I really like the exchange between Captain Janeway and B'Elanna and how Captain Janeway takes into consideration Chakotay's suggestion despite her apprehension and doubts. It shows her depth of character and maturity and makes me understand how she could come to be a Starfleet captain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: Captain I want to apologise for losing my temper in your ready room. I think maybe you were hitting a little bit too close to home. You know. I respect Chakotay. But he's wrong, I'm not officer material and we both know it. The truth is I quit the Academy because I realised I couldn't make it in Starfleet. And believe me no one was sorry to see me go.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Professor Chapman was.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elan</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">na: What?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Captain Janeway: He put a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> letter in your permanent file saying that should you ever reapply he would support you. He thought you were one of the most promising cadets he'd ever taught.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: I fought with him almost every day. I was always questioning his... his methods, his assumptions, and he was always slapping me down like some upstart kid. I was surprised he didn't help me pack my bags.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Some professors like students who challenge their assumptions B'Elanna. And so do some captains. Professor Chapman wasn't alone. Many of your teachers thought you had the potential to be an outstanding officer. You had more friends at the Academy then you realised. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If you're wrong, we're gonna have a long time to debate it."<br />
B'Elanna finally learns to control her temper. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"In command school, they taught us to always remember that maneuvering a starship is a very delicate process, but over the years, I've learned that sometimes you just have to punch your way through. Mr Paris, full impulse power."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Captain Janeway</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite lines - <i>"Engine efficiency is down another 14%. If we don't get more power to the warp drive, we're all gonna have to get out and push."</i>, <i>"Feels like real ship to me. Let's get back to the bridge."</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, &<i> "We're almost to the rupture. Mr Paris is about to impress us with his piloting skills."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kate Mulgrew has acted in films like Star Trek Nemesis (2002) and The Best And The Brightest (2010). She also guest starred in television shows like Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Warehouse 13.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(2) Robert Beltran has acted in films like Zoot Suit (1981), Eating Raoul (1982), and Lone Wolf McQuade (1983). He also guest starred in television shows like Miami Vice, Murder, She Wrote, Lois & Clark, CSI: Miami, Medium, and Big Love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(3) Tim Russ has acted in films like Spaceballs (1987), Star Trek Generations (1994), and Live Free And Die Hard (2010). He also played the character of Frank in the television series Samantha Who? (2007-2009) and guest starred in shows like The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Star Trek: The Next Generation, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER, NCIS, Without A Trace, Hannah Montana, iCarly, The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, and CSI: Miami. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(4) Robert Duncan McNeill also acted in the film Masters Of The Universe (1987) and has guest starred in television shows like Quantum Leap and Murder, She Wrote. He has also directed episodes of various television shows like Star Trek Enterprise, Dead Like Me, One Tree Hill, The O.C, Las Vegas, Medium, Supernatural, Desperate Housewives, Samantha Who?, and Chuck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(5) Roxann Dawson has guest starred in television shows like Baywatch, Without A Trace, and Closer. She also directed episodes of television shows like Charmed, Star Trek Enterprise, Lost, The O.C., Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Hawthorne, Melrose Place, Heroes, Lie To Me, The Closer, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, Smash, Scandal, Touch, and Vegas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Robert Picardo has acted in films like Grelims 2: The New Batch (1990), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and Small Soldiers (1998). He is also known for playing Dr. Dick Richard in the television series China Beach (1988-1991) and guest starred in shows like The Wonder Years, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stargate SG-1, The West Wing, Stargate Atlantis, The Closer, CSI: NY, Smallville, Castle, Supernatural, Stargate Universe, No Ordinary Family, United States Of Tara, and The Mentalist. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(7) Ethan Phillips has acted in films like Bad Santa (2003) and The Island (2005). He also guest starred in television shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Bones.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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(8) <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Martha Hackett acted in the film <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/02/never-been-kissed-1999.html">Never Been Kissed (1999)</a> and has guest starred in television shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and NCIS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">* Poster from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Parallax/dp/B005HEWO44">Amazon.com</a> & screen grabs from the show</span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-85860436761287969082013-05-06T15:30:00.000+08:002013-05-07T01:18:23.963+08:00Star Trek Voyager: Episode 1x01 & 1x02 - Caretaker (1995)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Network: UPN</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Kate Mulgrew (1), Robert Beltran (2), Tim Russ (3), Robert Duncan McNeill (4), Roxann Dawson (5), Garrett Wang, Robert Picardo (6), Ethan Phillips (7), Jennifer Lien, and Alicia Coppola (8)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blink & Miss It - Alicia Coppola has a small speaking role in the first episode of <i>Star Trek Voyager</i>. I first noticed her when she played a murderer on <i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</i> so when I re-watched <i>Star Trek Voyager</i>, I noticed her straightaway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My interest in Star Trek began in the mid 90s when I started watching <i>Star Trek Voyager</i> late at night on cable TV with my mum. She was the one who was interested in science fiction space shows and she got me hooked on them too. Shows like <i>Babylon 5</i>, <i>seaQuest DSV</i>, and of course <i>Star Trek Voyager</i> was the staple for late night viewing at home. She would shoo me off to bed because it usually airs really late at night and I had school the next morning. So I would beg her to record them for me and I would watch it in the afternoon after school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even so, I missed quite a bit of the series and only saw parts of the series and never in its entirety. It was only in the early 2000s when I was studying in Australia that I rediscovered my interest in the series when I stumbled upon the Star Trek Voyager series on DVD! We didn't have Blu Ray theAll 7 seasons! We didn't have Blu Ray then. But it was still pretty pricey. But I never regretted spending money on the DVDs because I fell in love with the series and its characters. When I watched the final episode, I was pretty bummed and wish there was more to watch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strangely, I never got hooked on the other series under the Star Trek franchise like<i> Star Trek: The Original Series</i>, <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>, <i>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</i>, or <i>Star Trek: Enterprise</i>. I haven't tried watching them again but maybe one day I will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The reason why I decided to pull out my <i>Star Trek Voyager</i> DVDs and take them out of storage to watch is because of the soon to be released Star Trek film <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i>, a follow-up to the first J.J. Abrams' film in 2009 <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/05/star-trek-2009.html">Star Trek</a></i>. I thought, why not re-watch the series that got me sucked into the world Gene Roddenberry created before the film is released. That would be a great way to remember all the reasons I fell in love with the ethos of Star Trek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So here I am. Sitting back in the chair of my home "office", feet propped up on my bed, cold coffee beside me, on an enjoyable Monday afternoon, about to embark on a journey back into the Delta quadrant with Captain Janeway and her Voyager crew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Episode 1 & 2 - Caretaker</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It took 2 1-hour episodes just to set up the premise of the show. While the 2 episodes may be a little slow moving, I'm still glad they did it because it really allowed the audience to get to know the various players in the series better. And since Star Trek Voyager has a large ensemble cast, it had A LOT to do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a crew list for Season 1:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Kathryn Janeway played by Kate Mulgrew</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First Officer Chakotay played by Robert Beltran</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Security and Tactical Officer Tuvok played by Tim Russ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Helmsman and Medic Tom Paris played by Robert Duncan McNeill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres played by Roxann Dawson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Operations Officer Harry Kim played by Garrett Wang</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Emergency Medical Hologram Doctor played by Robert Picardo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cook, Morale Officer, and Ambassador Neelix played by Ethan Phillips</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nurse and Botanist Kes played by Jennifer Lien</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kanas anymore."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the film <i>The Wizard Of Oz</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stadi: Do you always fly at women at warp speed Mr Paris?<br />
Paris: Only when they're in visual range.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Reminds me of the scene when Bones and Kirk <br />first see the Enterprise from their shuttle.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lieutenant Stadi: That's our ship. That's Voyager. Intrepid-class. Sustainable cruise velocity of warp factor 9.975. 15 decks. Crew compliment of 141. Bio-neural circuitry. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: Bio-neural?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lieutenant Stadi: Some of the traditional circuitry has been replaced by gel packs that contain bio-neural cells. They organise information more efficiently. Speed up response time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that <i>Star Trek Voyager</i> is the only Star Trek series with a female captain as a main character. And I think Kate Mulgrew does a fantastic job as Captain Kathryn Janeway. She is able to inspire with her leadership abilities and to be empathetic to the needs of her crew. And the fact that Voyager has a female captain is lightheartedly addressed with this scene between Harry Kim, Tom Paris and Captain Janeway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Gentlemen, welcome aboard Voyager.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: Thank you Sir.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Mr Kim, at ease before you sprain something. Ensign, despite Starfleet protocol, I don't like to be addressed as Sir. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: I'm sorry... Ma'am. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Ma'am is acceptable in a crunch but I prefer Captain. We're getting ready to leave let me show you to the bridge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now the bromance between Tom Paris and Harry Kim is evident right from the moment Tom saves Harry from the Ferengi who is trying to talk him into buying a gift for his parents. And I love the way Harry stands by Tom despite knowing his history. It is very telling of both their characters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: There you see. I told you it wouldn't take long.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: Is it true?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: Was the accident my fault? Yes. Pilot Error. But it took me awhile to admit it. Urgh! 14 varieties and they can't even get plain tomato soup right. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: They said you falsified reports. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: That's right.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: Why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: What's the difference? I lied.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: But then you came forward and you admitted that it was your fault?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: I'll tell you the truth Harry. All I had to do was to keep my mouth shut and I was home free. But I couldn't. The ghosts of those three dead officers came to me in the middle of the night and taught me the true meaning of Christmas. So I confessed. Pft. Worst mistake I ever made, but not my last. After they cashiered me out of Starfleet I went out looking for a fight and found the Marquis. And on my first assignment I was caught.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: It must have been especially tough on you, being the son of an Admiral. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tom Paris: Frankly I think it was tougher on my father than it was on me. Look, I know those guys told you to stay away from me and you know what, you ought to listen to them. I'm not exactly a good luck charm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: <b>I don't need anyone to choose my friends for me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friendship is one of the core themes of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Star Trek Voyager</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. It is friendship that helped the Voyager crew to survive as long as they did in the Delta quadrant. And from friendship, it of course develops into a tight knit familial bond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok is the logical one of the group which as I understand from the special features is the least alike his character. You see Tim Russ, a fantastic actor who also guest starred in my favourite science fiction series seaQuest DSV, is very easy going and very much the joker of the group. While Tuvok is a character with the driest sense of humour. If not for the special features, I would have never know he was the comedian of the lot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the mere fact that Captain Janeway goes after Tuvok when he disappears in the Badlands, we know that she is someone who never gives up on a person under her charge, and that Tuvok is someone of importance to her. And we find that out in their discussion in the first 2 episodes of the season. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Janeway and Tuvok. What she lacks, he provides. <br />
What he lacks, she provides. Now that's what I call <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Captain. You require sleep.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Kim's mother called me just after he left earth. Delightful woman. He's her only son. He left his clarinet behind. She wanted to know if she had time to send it. I had to tell her no. Did you know he played the clarinet in the Juilliard Youth Symphony?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: I did not have the opportunity to meet Mr. Kim.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: I barely knew him. I never assumed to have the chance to get to know any of them. I have to urm... I have to take more time to do that. It's a fine crew. And I've got to get them home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: The crew will not benefit from the leadership of an exhausted captain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: You're right as usual. I have missed your counsel Tuvok.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: I am gratified that you came after me so I can offer once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: I spoke to your family before I left.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Are they well?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Well... But worried about you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: That would not be an accurate perception captain. Vulcans do not worry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: They miss you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: As I do them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: I'll get you back to them. That's a promise Tuvok.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another very fascinating relationship that exists in Star Trek Voyager is between 2 very opposite characters - Tuvok and Neelix. Not everyone has the affinity to become good friends. And it's really fascinating to see Tuvok and Neelix try to find a way to co-exist amicable. This relationship's roots form in this 2 episode pilot and already even without knowing what comes next, we can foresee a lot of issues between these two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: We'd appreciate any help you could give us in finding these Ocampa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: I, I, I really wish that I could help you. I do. But as you can see there's just, there's so much debris for me to investigate today. You'd be surprised the things of value some people abandon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Of course we'd want to compensate you for your trouble.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Ah! There's really very little you could offer me. Unless...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Yes?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Unless of course you had... water?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captian Janeway: If you help us find our missing crew members, you can have all the water you want.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: That sounds like a very reasonable arrangement.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Good. We're beam you over and tow your ship into our shuttle bay. Mr Tuvok, go to transporter room 2 and meet our guest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Beam?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: We have a technology which can take you instantly from your ship to ours. It's quite harmless. May we?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Energise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Astonishing! You Federations are obviously an advanced culture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: The Federation is made up of many cultures. I am Vulcan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Neelix. Good to meet you! Interesting. What? What exactly? What exactly does all this, all this do?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: I assure you that everything in this room has a specific function. However it would take several hours to explain it all. I suggest we proceed to your quarters. Perhaps you would care for a bath.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: A what?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh and I love the way Harry talks back to B'Elanna. It really changes our perception of his 'pushover' status from when he encountered the Ferengi. It also sets up a friendship between B'Elanna and Harry that promises much playful jabs and name calling. Mostly by B'Elanna calling Harry 'Starfleet'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: It's okay. It's okay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: Who are you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: My name is Kim. Harry Kim. I'm an Ensign on the starship Voyager. I was kidnapped from the array just like you were. I don't know where we are.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: What was Starfleet doing at that array?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: We were looking for you actually. I mean one minute we're in the badlands, the next we're...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: You mean you were trying to capture us!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: Yeah. Consider yourself captured. Oh I know I have a phaser here somewhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: I don't find this at all amusing Starfleet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: There's no point. It's locked. Hey! Hey hey hey what's that going to accomplish?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: What are they doing to us? What are these things growing on us?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: Look do you want them to sedate you again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: You're right Starfleet. It's the Klingon half of me. It's just hard to control sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: What's your name Marquis?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: B'Elanna. B'Elanna Torres.</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the pilot episodes, besides setting the scene and introducing characters, the show also takes the opportunity to address an environmental concern that was very big then and even now - Global warming and the importance of water conservation. Maybe I was thinking too much about what its trying to say, but still, if it was done on purpose then props to the scriptwriters to be able to fit in a moral story on top of introducing characters and setting the premise of the show. I mean, there might not be a water source running under the surface in every continent that can sustain our entire civilization for 500 generations!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: We're underground.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ocampan: Our society is subterranean. We've lived here for over 500 generations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna Torres: But before that you lived on the surface?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ocampan: Until the warming began.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Kim: The warming?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ocampan: When our surface turned into dessert and the caretaker came to protect us. Our ancient journals tell us he opened a deep chasm in the ground and led our ancestors to this place. Since then he has provided for all our needs. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethan Phillips is awesome as Neelix! Imagine the hours he<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Sir.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: Ah! Mr Vulcan. Come in. Come in. Please. I can hardly see you. I wanna thank you for your hospitality. I must admit I haven't had access to a food rebel, er er er, replicator before. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: I'd never have guessed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neelix: And to immerse myself in water. Oh do you know what joy this is? No one around here wastes water in this manner. Good sand scrub. That's the best that we can hope for.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Lien as Kes. An Ocampan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chakotay before he becomes Captain Janeway's First Offier.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: That's right. They don't understand. They have no way of knowing that the Ocampa have been dependent on the caretaker for so long that we can't even think for ourselves anymore. They don't understand that we were once a people who had full command of our mind's abilities. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Toskit: The stories of our ancestors. Cognitive abilities are </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">apocryphal. At the very least exaggerated. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: We lost those abilities because we stopped using them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Toskit: We should not dwell on what's been lost but on all that's been gained.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kes: We've gained a talent for dependance. For simply taking what we've given. I'm going to help them Toskit whether you like it or not. And I think my friends will join me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doc: Is the crew always this difficult?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry: I don't know Doc. It's my first mission.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doc: Doesn't anyone know how to turn off the program when they leave?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Doctor is also a source of much comedy that you will see in future episodes. And while you don't really know much about him yet, you already know the basics in this first 2 episodes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think part of the draw of Star Trek is the idea of exploration and the adventure of finding new worlds and meeting new cultures. That's why the travel industry is so huge isn't it? We all have this innate desire to explore and to discover new things. And I like that these first 2 episodes refresh our memory as to the core goal of the Federation. Along with the Prime Directive and the fact that evolution and technological advancement is as exciting as it is to explore space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Did you ever consider allowing the Ocampa to care for themselves?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Caretaker: They're children.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: <b>Children have to grow up. We're explorers too. Most of the species we've encountered have overcome all kinds of adversity without a caretaker. It's the challenge of surviving on their own that helps them to evolve. Maybe your children will do better than you think.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What works with Star Trek Voyager is that the series is given the opportunity to explore a new side of the galaxy. This means that it is able to encounter new species and the fact that they don't have an army to rely on means the stakes are higher for them to use all means necessary to find a way home. But does that mean they should compromise on their beliefs and what the Federation stands for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Shall I activate the program to get us back?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: And what happens to the Ocampa? After we're gone. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuvok: Captain, any action we take to protect the Ocampa would affect the balance of power in this system. The Prime Directive would seem to apply.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: Would it? We never asked to be involved Tuvok. But we are. We are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just like Dorothy, the Voyager crew just want to find a way home. But it's journey home that is where all the excitement is isn't it? It's not just about how to get home, but what you had to do in order to do so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: What do you think you're doing? That array is the only way we have to get back home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Captain Janeway: I'm aware everyone has families and loved ones at home they want to get back to. So do I. But I'm not willing to trade the lives of the Ocampa for our convenience. We'll have to find another way home. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B'Elanna: What other way home is there? Who is she to be making these decisions for all of us?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chakotay: She's the captain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It will be my job to anticipate your needs before you know you have them. And I anticipate your first need will be me."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"We're alone in an uncharted part of the galaxy. We've already made some friends here, and some enemies. We have no idea of the dangers we are going to face. But one thing is clear. Both crews are going to have to work together if we're to survive. That's why Commander Chakotay and I have agreed that this should be one crew. A Starfleet crew. And as the only Starfleet crew assigned to the Delta quadrant, we'll continue to follow our directive - to seek out new worlds and explore space. But our primary goal is clear. Even at maximum speeds, it would take 75 years to reach the Federation. But I'm not willing to settle for that. There's another entity like the caretaker out there somewhere who has the ability to get us there a lot faster. We'll be looking for her. And we'll be looking for worm holes, spacial rifts, or new technologies to help us. Somewhere, along this journey, we'll find a way back. Mr Paris, set a course. For home."</span><br />
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My favourite lines - <i>"We are their commanding officers, we are entrusted with their safety, they are our responsibility."</i> & <i>"We're alone in an uncharted part of the galaxy. We've already made some friends here, and some enemies. We have no idea of the dangers we are going to face. But one thing is clear. Both crews are going to have to work together if we're to survive. That's why Commander Chakotay and I have agreed that this should be one crew. A Starfleet crew. And as the only Starfleet crew assigned to the Delta quadrant, we'll continue to follow our directive - to seek out new worlds and explore space. But our primary goal is clear. Even at maximum speeds, it would take 75 years to reach the Federation. But I'm not willing to settle for that. There's another entity like the caretaker out there somewhere who has the ability to get us there a lot faster. We'll be looking for her. And we'll be looking for worm holes, spacial rifts, or new technologies to help us. Somewhere, along this journey, we'll find a way back. Mr Paris, set a course. For home."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about the other episodes in Season 1:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/star-trek-voyager-episode-1x03-parallax.html">Episode 3 - 'Parallax'</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kate Mulgrew has acted in films like Star Trek Nemesis (2002) and The Best And The Brightest (2010). She also guest starred in television shows like Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Warehouse 13.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(2) Robert Beltran has acted in films like Zoot Suit (1981), Eating Raoul (1982), and Lone Wolf McQuade (1983). He also guest starred in television shows like Miami Vice, Murder, She Wrote, Lois & Clark, CSI: Miami, Medium, and Big Love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(3) Tim Russ has acted in films like Spaceballs (1987), Star Trek Generations (1994), and Live Free And Die Hard (2010). He also played the character of Frank in the television series Samantha Who? (2007-2009) and guest starred in shows like The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Star Trek: The Next Generation, seaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER, NCIS, Without A Trace, Hannah Montana, iCarly, The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, and CSI: Miami. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(4) Robert Duncan McNeill also acted in the film Masters Of The Universe (1987) and has guest starred in television shows like Quantum Leap and Murder, She Wrote. He has also directed episodes of various television shows like Star Trek Enterprise, Dead Like Me, One Tree Hill, The O.C, Las Vegas, Medium, Supernatural, Desperate Housewives, Samantha Who?, and Chuck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(5) Roxann Dawson has guest starred in television shows like Baywatch, Without A Trace, and Closer. She also directed episodes of television shows like Charmed, Star Trek Enterprise, Lost, The O.C., Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Hawthorne, Melrose Place, Heroes, Lie To Me, The Closer, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, Smash, Scandal, Touch, and Vegas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Robert Picardo has acted in films like Grelims 2: The New Batch (1990), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and Small Soldiers (1998). He is also known for playing Dr. Dick Richard in the television series China Beach (1988-1991) and guest starred in shows like The Wonder Years, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stargate SG-1, The West Wing, Stargate Atlantis, The Closer, CSI: NY, Smallville, Castle, Supernatural, Stargate Universe, No Ordinary Family, United States Of Tara, and The Mentalist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(7) Ethan Phillips has acted in films like Bad Santa (2003) and The Island (2005). He also guest starred in television shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Bones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(8) Alicia Coppola acted in the film National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007) and has guest starred in television shows like NYPD Blue, Touched By An Angel, Chicago Hope, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ally McBeal, Dawson's Creek, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Monk, Las Vegas, NCIS, Medium, CSI: NY, Crossing Jordan, Bones, Jericho, Lie To Me, NCIS: Los Angeles, Revenge, and Two And A Half Men. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>Star Trek Voyager </i>will thrill you with exciting new aliens and countless new possibilities now that they're far away from home. And because of their unique circumstances, its a fascinating journey that has much potential for character development and growth over the years. Ultimately, with "case of the week" type series like <i>Star Trek Voyager</i>, the longevity of the series lies much on the audiences' love for the characters. Lose that and the series dies. With </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Star Trek Voyager</i>, I think it's off to a fantastic start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">* Poster from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Parallax/dp/B005HEWO44">Amazon.com</a> & screen grabs from the show</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Theme song for the TV movie <i>The Magical Legend Of The Leprechauns</i> (1999)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - Emma Townshend is the daughter of Pete Townshend from the band The Who. Roger Daltrey from The Who also played a role in the TV movie <i>The Magical Legend Of The Leprechauns</i>. Actor Kevin McKidd also had a role in the film, he is better known as Dr Owen Hunt in the television series <i>Grey's Anatomy</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My little cousin was born on 9th April and since I wanted to write entries that have something to do with her name 'Emma', I started looking out for actresses named Emma, singers named Emma, and films that have characters named Emma. It was then that I realised that although 2 of the biggest names in the film industry share the name 'Emma', I don't really know of many well known 'Emma's in the film and music industry! So I decided to get a little education about the name '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(given_name)">Emma</a>' (God Bless Wikipedia).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the film industry, we have Emma Watson, made famous by the Harry Potter films (See the post <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/the-perks-of-being-wallflower-2012.html">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</a></i>)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Emma Stone (whose real name is really Emily Jean Stone), Emma Roberts, niece of Julia Roberts (See the post <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/aquamarine-2006.html">Aquamarine</a></i>), Emma Thompson, think Nanny McPhee and Professor Sybill Trelawney, and Emma Chambers (an English actress who played Hugh Grant's sister in the film Notting Hill). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are also fictional characters like Emma Pillsbury played by Jayma Mays from the television series <i>Glee</i>, Emma Swan, daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming played by Jennifer Morrison in the television series <i>Once Upon A Time</i>, Emma Morley </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">played by Anne Hathaway </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from the film</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> One Day</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Emma Allen also played by Anne Hathaway in the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bride Wars</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Emma Dinsmore played by Kate Hudson in the film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alex & Emma</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Emma Woodhouse from Jane Austen's book Emma (a role played by Gwyneth Paltrow in the 1996 film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emma</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">), and the comic book character Emma Frost who has been played by actresses like January Jones in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">X-Men: First Class</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and Tahyna Tozzi in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">X-Men Origins: Wolverine</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And in music there's of course Baby Spice Emma Bunton, Emma Hewitt, and Emma Townshend. I remembered a song from a TV movie I adored as a teenager <i>The Magical Legend Of The Leprechauns - </i>'We Can Fly Away' by Emma Townshend. And I was thinking what an apt song it was for the TV movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emma Townshend's <i>We Can Fly Away</i> has a very uplifting and light-hearted tune that makes me smile every time I hear it. It has the perfect fairytale-like qualities to the music that not only fits the TV movie it was composed and written for but also the kind of music I love. It also helps that I really string instruments</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> like </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the violin and piano. I love the sounds the violin and piano produces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We Can Fly Away Lyrics:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have always been certain </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Things are not always what they seem </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Though the heavens stop turning </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I'll be holding on to our dream </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away, fly away </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">No more doubt or fear, nothing left to say </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Fly away, fly away </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">From the darkness to the sun </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Let our spirits be as one </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You heard </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My word </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My hope </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My call </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You gave </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your hand </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your heart </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your all </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over it all </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">In a magical moment </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You reached out and touched the real me </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Now there's no storm before us </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">As strong as the love we both feel </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away, fly away </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">If we give our love, love will come our way </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Fly away, fly away </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">From the darkness to the sun </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Let our spirits be as one </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You heard </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My word </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My hope </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My call </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You gave </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your hand </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your heart </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your all </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over it all </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We can fly away, fly away </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">If we give our love, love will come our way </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Fly away, fly away </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">From the darkness to the sun </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Let our spirits be as one </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You heard </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My word </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My hope </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My call </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You gave </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your hand </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your heart </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your all </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over it all </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">You heard </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My word </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My hope </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My call </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over (it all)</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">You gave </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your hand </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your heart </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Your all </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can fly away over it all </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I could not find an official music video for Emma Townshend's <i>We Can Fly Away</i>, the video to the ending of the TV movie is also quite lovely to watch anyway. It's a HUGE spoiler though. So if you want, watch the TV movie first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... Emma Townshend's <i>We Can Fly Away</i> will make you feel as if you can really fly away and do or achieve anything. It's a romantic song that I might put on my list of songs I'd play at my wedding, provided I can find a clean copy without the dialogue from the TV movie. Plus, it really reminds me of the kind of Irish songs sung by The Corrs, a band I really love. So it's definitely a song that gets played a lot on my iPod. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Legend_of_the_Leprechauns">Movie Poster from Wikipedia</a> & <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMovCb1sftc">Video from YouTube</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by: Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, and Nicholas Campbell (6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - Nicholas Campbell was nominated for a Gemini Award for the role of George Orston in this episode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read about </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x04-asking-for.html">'Asking For Flowers', the fourth episode of Flashpoint</a></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Episode 5 - Who's George?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This job isn't easy. And this episode drives that message home hard. Sam is trying to excel at the negotiation part of the job but finds it hard. How do you connect with the bad guys? Yes, how do you indeed? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After watching all 5 seasons of Flashpoint, I learned that the guy holding the gun is not always rotten to the core. Yes, some of them are. But sometimes, it's just a guy pushed by his circumstances that cause him to make really bad choices. There's always two sides to a coin. And there's always more to a story or situation than it seems. Because every word, every action, follows a reaction. Cause and effect. Episode 5's case of the week is one of those that makes me really emotional. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">This is a really funny scene. Ed and Lou make very convincing baddies though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">And Spike is hilarious!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Okay so obviously 'Samtastic' sucks at negotiating.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Whoa! Calm down Lou! Mark Taylor who plays Lou is a great actor methinks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">"Jackass? Did he say jackass?" Spike really is the comedian in this team.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: Why now? What do I got to lose?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: You sound very upset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: You damn straight I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Alright I hear what you're saying...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Stay in control. This is your negotiation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: What do we need to do so we can all go home?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: You can give me what I want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I'd like to try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: You know what I'd really like? I'd like some coke. How 'bout that? You give me an ounce, this is over. Hello...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: I'm gonna do it. Hello...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: A little help here. Hello!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Hello?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Hello!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: You hear me but you not doin' nothin' about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: He's a lying pig!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I'm not a liar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Don't argue. Just get him back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Okay look, you're obviously very upset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: Yes. Yes. You know what that means?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: You know I really wish a cop would negotiate us to safety.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Come on Sam, just talk to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: Dude! You know what I want!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I'm not giving you cocaine jackass!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Bang. Bang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: <b>Jackass? Did he say jackass?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Okay Sam let's talk this through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Just give me a minute Sarg. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Long way from Kandahar huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I was doing everything right wasn't I? Mirroring, emotional labelling, eye messaging, everything in the book but I just... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Need to listen. Look you can kick ass like nobody's business and you look great in the cool pants, but as long as you're out there and you're trying to talk to somebody you've got to be able to listen. You've got to be able to connect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I know. Okay, it's just...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>How do I connect to bad guys when I spend 4 years shooting them? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I just need to finish this review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>No, you need time. Field training. A little patience. Okay. Remember you got the cool pants down.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>Okay, okay, you figure out how to get into the impossible building and I'll go talk to the killer with nothing to lose.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: If you put it that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Sam you're with Ed, Jules you're my second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Let me be second Sarg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: <b>Easy cowboy. You know you can't blow or shoot anything up in the truck right?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I could use the field training. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So long as you're scared of blowing anything up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: No.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Okay we've got just over 2 hours. What do we do when he demands his money?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Refer to high authority, get concessions, try to keep him on the line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Good. So how do we make a connection with this guy? Can't talk anybody out of anything if he thinks you don't understand. So what do you understand?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I don't know, guy's a thief...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: You take pride in your job, so does he. Connection. Right? But remember what the point is Sam. It's not you. It's not him. It's those hostages. It's Ruth Skellar. She's the point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: I'm a line item on a budget, and that's about it. I'm George Orsten, 47 thousand dollars a year plus benefits. Hey wait! Way I figure it, we get some kid in here, pay him half that and no benefits cos he's part time. Hey! Where do I sign? I can't get there fast enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruth: You think I like firing people? You think I enjoy it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Yeah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: George, she's having a hard time she can't help you. You stay with me. I'm the guy who can get you out of this. You stay with me okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruth: Yeah right, yeah. Cos I'm the boss bitch. I'm the ice queen. Oh you think I didn't know the nicknames? Hear the whispers. I'm the first one in every day and the last one out so I know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Good for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruth: But a year ago they were gonna close this branch George, and 62 people were going to lose their jobs. 62. I came in and I worked everyone hard, yes. And I worked harder than I ever have in my entire life. And in the end? It still wasn't enough. It just wasn't. 7 people had to go. Those were the numbers. Not 62. 7. And I am sorry that you were one of the 7. I really am George.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: George? George can you hear me? We can talk about all of this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Talking's through. No more talk. No more talking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Where are you going George? Where are you going? What are you doing George?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Put your hands out put your palms together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Don't do it George. Team 1, standby for immediate action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: What's going on Boss?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Just stay ready.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Lean forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: He's gagging his hostage, he's dehumanising her so when the time comes he can kill her. You don't want to kill her George, you don't want to kill her. Standby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Wind's at 1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: More like 3 now. Flag down the street in front of the park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Thank you Sir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Is there a problem Braddock?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I was right you know about the proper procedure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Well that's the lead negotiator's call to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: But I was right, manual's clear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Ed: You know the boss wrote the manual? It's tough not being the best at something huh?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sam: I'm trying.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Ed: It's not something you can get out of a textbook, you got to learn how to make the...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sam: I know, I know, I got to connect. Sarg says it all the time.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Ed: Then how come you don't hear it?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">George: So what's going on? Where's my money?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: What I've got is 2 names. First name is George Orsten. Hardworking guy, he's done everything right his whole life. Married 25 years. Now here's the second name, Mary Orsten. A hairdresser or she used to be. Right not she's not doing so well, a few years she might not be able to do anything at all. And the kind of place that she needs to be in, doesn't come cheap. That sound right George?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Well you tell me Paker. Does that sound right to you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: No. No it doesn't sound right. Doesn't sound right that you lose your job and your insurance a month after you've found a home for her. You worked hard your whole life and something like </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Alzheimer's comes along and suddenly the most important </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">person to you can't even remember your name. That's not right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: No.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: Neither is what you're doing George and you know that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: I know. Look, I've tried Parker. I've tried. I've tried to look for another job, look for anything. It ain't happenin' okay. I've look at trying to get a loan. But what am I supposed to do at my age? It's not exactly easy out there to find a job. And then, let's be realistic about it, how am I supposed to pay anybody back? It's stupid. Okay so that's it. I'm at my wits end right here. This is my last chance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: I know you're feeling really alone right now George but...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Being alone, that's not what's scaring me here. I tell you what's scaring me, is my wife gets kicked out of that home and I'm not in the position where I can take care of her any more okay. That's what's scaring me okay. This woman here, my wife has always taken good care of me. Always. That's the least I can do. I gotta take care of her. I'm just trying to do what's right.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: There isn't anybody in the world who wouldn't understand that. I'll bet you Ruth's family will understand that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Okay. Parker look, I'll tell you what, let me talk to my wife and I'll just... I'll end this okay. It'll be over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: What do you mean over George?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: I mean if you let me talk to my wife, I'll come out and I'll bring Ms Skellar with me okay. So let me talk to my wife.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greg: Alright George I'll get her. You hold on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Greg calls Dr. Luria)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Luria: Luria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">George: Hey. So he's ready to come out once he talks to his wife. Now if I let him do it he'll probably kill himself. If I don't, he'll go off and I risk losing the hostage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Luria: Hard call.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Team 1, Sierra 1, I think he's coming out. Get ready. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: That's great, congratulations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Negative. Not good. He said good bye to his wife, he put his mask back on, he's coming out armed Ed. You understand? Loss of a loved one. Mask depersonalizes him and thus he's looking for direct confrontation. He wants us to kill him. Suicide by cop. Hold fire! Suicide by cop. Sierra 1 wait on my 'Scorpio'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Sierra 1 copy. Can't he give us 'Scorpio' now just in case this guy comes out shooting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: It's his call. He's got one more chance to talk him down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: And if he can't?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Then we do our job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Hey Sarg. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Hey. You okay?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yeah. You?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yeah?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">Read about <b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/flashpoint-episode-1x06-attention.html">'Attention Shoppers', the sixth episode of Flashpoint</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emma Roberts (2), JoJo (3), </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sara Paxton (4), Jake McDorman (5), Arielle Kebbel (6), and Dichen Lachman (7)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<a href="http://www.tribute.ca/trailers/aquamarine/2807/">Watch the trailer</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - <i>"Why go through life unnoticed?"</i>, <i>"I don't think they would have wanted you to be afraid of life, I think they'd want you to be friends with it."</i>, <i>"Who needs Raymond? I found 2 new men to love, their names are Ben and Jerry. Raymond... Who needs Raymond?"</i>, & <i>"I've been to lots of places. But I've learned it's not where you are, it's who you're with."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - <i>Aquamarine</i> is based on a novel of the same name written by Alice Hoffman. Alice Hoffman has also written the novel the film <i>Practical Magic</i> was based on and wrote the screenplay of <i>Independence Day</i>. JoJo is a singer who's real name is Joanna Levesque. Sara Paxton would go on to do another fairytale inspired film the year after Aquamarine was released titled <i>Sydney White</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Blink & Miss It - Dichen Lachman has a blink and miss it part in <i>Aquamarine</i> as one of Arielle Kebbel's sidekick. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Disney's <i>The Little Mermaid</i> is by far my favourite Disney fairy tale growing up. There's just something about Ariel's lust for life and ardent belief in true love that I adore. Perhaps growing up watching all those happily ever after Disney fairy tales is why I have an overly idealistic view on love and romance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While <i>Aquamarine</i> is not the first feature film adaptation of The Little Mermaid fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson (See the post <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/12/the-fairytale-reboot-tales-come-alive.html">The Fairytale Reboot: Tales Come Alive</a></i>), it is definitely the most updated version of the tale. And it does a good job of keeping with the times. The original Danish fairytale was given a bonafide Hollywood-teenage-film makeover and the result is <i>Aquamarine</i>.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: I have to find love. We don't have it where I'm from. And if I can't find it in 3 days I'm sunk.</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Claire: You don't have love?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: No. My dad says its just a myth. We marry who our parents pick. And my dad thinks I have bubbles in my brain because I believe in love. He says that the only way I can get out my wedding is if I can prove to him that love exists. But that means I only get 3 days. Or else I'll be swimming down the aisle with that... that blowfish. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: But if you don't have love, how do you know it exists? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I saw it once. And I want it. With him.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: Raymond?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Claire: Raymond!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Raymond...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Besides being set in modern times, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aquamarine</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> also takes a more down to earth approach to the idea of love.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: You know what I think of love? Love stinks. No wonder we don't have it back home.</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: Please don't give up yet.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Why because of your wish?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: Let me tell you something. My dad said he loved me. He said he loved my mother and then he left us. He left us for some other woman. But I guess that's just the way it is. And love doesn't always work.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I don't understand.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: That's life. That's how it is here. But when you find love I guess it's really beautiful, or at least that's what I read in magazines, and I don't know as much about it as I say I do but I know that there's a reason why everybody wants it so much.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Aquamarine: And what's that?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: It's the closest thing we have to magic. Don't give up yet. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Oh my God. What's happening to me? I'm leaking!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: Aqua, you're crying.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I'm leaking saltwater. I'm falling apart.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hailey: No they're tears. You body makes them when you cry. I guess you wouldn't have them living under water. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I like that while they recognise that<i> "love doesn't always work"</i>, it's still something you should fight for and keep hoping for because <i>"it's the closest thing we have to magic"</i>. I like that exchange between JoJo's Hailey Rogers and Aquamarine. Through Aquamarine, we are taught about the true nature of love and how love isn't always enough but still something worth having. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Raymond, do you love me?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Raymond: Well, I mean, we've had 1 date. But don't get me wrong. I like you, I really really like you. I think you're smart and beautiful and different than anyone I've ever met before. And I'd like to see a lot more of you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: But you don't love me.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Raymond: Wait a minute. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wait a minute.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wait, wait, wait. Hey, are you crying?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Yes. Apparently it's something I do.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Raymond: I don't understand. I mean why do I have to be in love with you today? Why can't we just work our way there?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think the words 'I love you' are too carelessly used these days. People say it without truly understanding what the phrase is actually meant to convey. That is why </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I like that </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aquamarine</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> has tried to be more realistic in terms of the whole 'love at first sight' thing. The way Sara Paxton's Aquamarine goes from a giggly love crazed mermaid to become a mature mermaid with a good head on her shoulders sits better with me. There's enough fantasy to swallow in having a mermaid turn up in real life, it would be hard to believe she is able to get her Prince Charming to fall in love with her in 3 days! And say 'I love you' as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I mean<i> "love is just love"</i> (See post on the film <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/search?q=the+wedding+planner"><i>The Wedding Planner</i></a>). Relationships require a lot of work. And if you just rely on the feelings of love, well sometimes, love just ain't </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But love comes in many forms. Love between friends, and of course love between family members. While our family members more often than not will drive us up the wall, at the end of the day, your family loves you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: 2 more days. Then my dad's making me come home. If he doesn't get his way it's always a huge disaster.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Raymond: Ahh... pretty controlling huh?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: You have no idea.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Raymond: Yeah I do. My dad, he's all dead set on me starting college next week but... I don't know... I want to take a year off to travel. I've never been out of Florida. So we've been arguing it all summer. And he'll probably win the argument, he always does.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: They just don't get it do they. Sometimes you have to leave home to figure out what you want. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do parents really know what you need? (See the post on the film <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/07/because-i-said-so-2006.html">Because I Said So</a></i>) I guess their life experiences make them sort of an expert doesn't it? But still, it's my life. And I'd rather make my own mistakes and learn from them than to regret later. But then again, my parents wanted me to go to Australia for further studies after junior college and I told them no. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"Why go through life unnoticed?"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You see, my friends were in Singapore. Australia seemed so far away, and it felt scary to be on my own. I was too happy in my comfort zone and I didn't dare to go into the unknown. Grand adventures were not on my to do list then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4 years later, after I finished my polytechnic diploma, I eventually did go to Australia to further my studies. I was still afraid of trying new things. But my fear were not comparable to my need to run away from Singapore and to start a new chapter of my life away from the things that hurt me and reminded me of the hurt. So I went. And I have never regretted leaving for Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So maybe parents do know what's best for you. If I had listened to them, things may be entirely different for me now. But, it's not something I regret at all - going later rather than sooner, because there's a lot of things right with my life that I wouldn't want to change it for fear of messing it all up. If I went back in time and changed anything, I wouldn't have gotten to know any of the 'jiemeis', I might not be in the media industry, and I wouldn't know any of my awesome colleagues who have become my family and friends. And who knows what else I might have missed! And all the wonderful people I wouldn't have gotten to meet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I can't believe you two, it's not safe out here. The storm's too strong.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Claire: Why is your dad pulling you back now?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Yes he can. That was our deal.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: Take our wish. And you can stay here.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I can't.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Clarie: Yeah. Take it. And you can call off your wedding.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: But there's no wish. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: What?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Raymond doesn't love me. My father was right. I couldn't prove love exists. </i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hailey: Ca</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">n't we do something? </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: Yeah. Anything.</span></i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aquamari</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ne: What more could you do for me? You jumped in the water to save me, and now you give me your wish? Why would you do that for me?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: I... I don't know, I guess it's what I would do for her and I know she'd do it for me and just because we love you Aqua. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: You do? </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Hailey nods her head in agreement)</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: I didn't know you leak when you're happy too. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hailey: Look. Your dad's letting you go.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: Because of you. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hailey: What?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: Don't you see? You just proved to him, that love exists. I guess you get a wish after all. Any requests?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: Can we wish for you to stay here forever?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: I'm a mermaid Claire. I have a family that needs me. As much as I want to stay, I belong in the ocean, most of the time. Save your wish okay. I promise I'll come back to visit. And if I have to swim against the Gulf stream from here to Australia, I'll do it. I'd circle the world for you two. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hailey: So I guess this is it right?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: Someone's gotta go back and return all those wedding gifts.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: We'll miss you Aqua.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: You can always call me on my my shell. Oh... I want you guys to have these.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: Thanks.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: Starfish may be big suck ups, but they never lie.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Claire: Aqua...</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: I love you guys too.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Raymond: Aqua... Aqua!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: Oh my God.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: Keep in touch fish butt.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Claire: We want a full report.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine: I'll see you soon.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Claire: Bye.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hailey: Bye.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Aquamarine: Bye.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aquamarine</i> borrows the premise of The Little Mermaid, but really it's a film about love. Love between a man and a woman, love between parents and their children, and of course love between friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe its the fact that I'm almost over 30. But <i>Aquamarine</i> wasn't a big hit with me. While I appreciate the changes made to the original tale, and I really think the modernisation of the classic fairytale was really tastefully done, I think the teeny bopper type of film doesn't interest me anymore. The cliche hot surfer dude as 'Prince Charming' and the typical selfish one-dimensional attention seeking <strike>bitch</strike> (oops I mean 'witch') that gets her just desserts is also way too predictable to enjoy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That being said, I think Arielle Kebbel did a very good job playing the bitchy,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> rich, and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> self absorbed Cecilia. It was after I saw her performance in the television series </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Vampire Diaries</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> as Lexi that I realised this though. And sadly, it seems she has been typecast in such roles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emma Roberts and JoJo both did a decent job in <i>Aquamarine</i> and didn't make me cringe at all. And Sara Paxton's bordering-on-ditsy turn as Aquamarine was also quite good. She was able to deliver cheesy lines </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">without making it seem too over the top and lame. Overall, Aquamarine is a typical feel-good film about life, love, friendships, and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Elizabeth Allen also directed the film Ramona and Beezus (2010) as well as episodes of television shows like 90210, The Vampies Diaries, Life Unexpected, and Gossip Girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Emma Roberts has acted in films like Blow (2001), Nancy Drew (2007), Wild Child (2008), Hotel For Dogs (2009), Lymelife (2009), Valentine's Day (2010), Twelve (2010), Memoirs Of A Teenage Amnesiac (2010), It's Kind Of A Funny Story (2010), Scream 4 (2011), The Art Of Getting By (2011), Celeste And Jesse Forever (2012), Adult World (2013), and Empire State (2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">JoJo is a singer who has also acted in the film RV (2006). She also guest starred in television shows like Kids Say The Darnest Things, The Bernie Mac Show, American Dreams, and Hawaii Five-0. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(4) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sara Paxton has acted in films like Liar Liar (1997) and Sydney White (2007). She has also guest starred in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">television shows like Lizzie McGuire, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Malcolm In The Middle, Will & Grace, Wizards Of Waverly Place, and Guys With Kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(5) Jake McDorman is known for playing the role of Evan Chambers in the television series Greek (2007-2011). He has also guest starred in shows like House, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, and The Newsroom. He has also acted in films like Bring It On: All Or Nothing (2006), Live Free Or Die Hard (2007).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(6) Arielle Kebbel has acted in films like American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), Dirty Deeds (2005), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/john-tucker-must-die-2006.html">John Tucker Must Die (2006)</a>, Vampires Suck! (2010), and Think Like A Man (2012). She has also guest starred in shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Gilmore Girls, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Entourage, CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Life Unexpected, 90210, and Hawaii Five-0. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(7) Dichen Lachman played the role of Suren in the television series Being Human 2012) and was a series regular on television shows like Neighbours (2005-2007), Dollhouse (2009-2010), and Last Resort (2012). She also guest starred in shows like NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-0. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks.... <i>Aquamarine</i> is a film that will attract the attention of young teenage girls but isn't really my cup of tea. However, I do like the modernisation of The Little Mermaid fairytale and it is a film that still manages to put across a few messages that I think are quite important. It is a film that reminds me to live, love, and be grateful for the friends who don't need me to be present 24/7 and can accept my friendship despite my inability to spend a lot of time with them. (2.5 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, Chandra West (6), and Kenneth Mitchell (7)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x03-element-of.html">'The Element Of Surprise', the third episode of Flashpoint</a></b>.</span><br />
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<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Episode 4 - Asking For Flowers</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A seemingly relaxing patrol night turns into a hot call. It's Wordy we get to know a little better in this episode. And I love that he's a family man who is so willing to watch a chick flick for his wife and his girls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The case of the week often times tell us more about the main characters in the series. And our characters' own personal experience often aids them in their job. Like in <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x02-first-in-line.html">episode 2</a>, when Greg connects with a man looking out for his daughter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In this episode, Wordy spots a battered wife even without her saying anything because he's seen it happen before, and he knows the signs. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spousal abuse.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week's story is about a cop who beats his wife and covers his tracks by telling lies to everyone else about his wife and his sister-in-law. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I like that this episode shows us that even cops are not above the law and that the SRU cops follow the law to the letter, even if the perpetrator is a fellow cop. They don't cut corners; a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">reoccurring</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> theme of the series as you watch on. It's not a great case, but it's a great character piece about Wordy with a little peek into the lives and personalities of the other team members.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Wordy is watching Lady In Waiting at the SRU gym while he's running on the treadmill.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: You do! You've awoken my soul.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Wordy, this is the SRU, you can't be watching Lady In Waiting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: It's a good movie. It's historical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Wow!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: I got 4 women in my house alright. Anything that helps me get closer to Shelly and my girls, I'm there. If this is what they're watching, I want to know about it. We got no secrets. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: I think you need to shoot something.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Well after you Siskel, you're the one who recognised the quote. Oh yeah!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Oh snap!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Hey, you know what? It's on friggin' Pay-Per-View every hour on the hour, alright?</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Well, maybe you and I should sit down, watch it together. Compare favourite scenes. I can braid your hair.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: That's tricky business.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Oh, not really. Do it for Allie all the time. She's got less hair than either of these two.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ow! It's okay. Bring it. Come on!</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: We got no calls yet, but tonight there's gonna be a full moon so... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sam: So? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: So full moons, they make people crazy, proven fact so... I'm gonna call tonight patrol night. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Wordy: Alright. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Spike: Whoo! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ed: Yes! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Alright, do a little Team One PR, let the city know we're here, keep the bad guys on their toes. Yeah Spike? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Spike: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Club district? Me and Lou? What? There's all kinds of troubles there, all the time. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Greg: Fine patrol happy hour, all those very threatening young women in tube tops, but just uh, button up. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Spike: Sorry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: You good to keep </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">talking?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Greg: If I can get her on the phone. There's only so much I can do with this thing.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Alright, well they can still hear you.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Greg: Okay. Till we get a better plan, give me Louis as my second.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Fine, I'll take Sam. Louis you copy that.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Louis: Copy.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Alright Spike. I need ears on that boat. Get the parabolic mike. Sam I need a canister of non pyrotechnic CS ready to fire and you might be going for a swim. Boss, I need you to talk this thing down so we don't need to go on a boat ride.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Greg: You got both cell numbers?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Louis: Yup.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Greg: Alright, start dialling.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">"I admit. I'm not the biggest fan of the water. I was raised in the desert."</td></tr>
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I love their budding romance and sizzling chemistry!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Spike: Dude, you can't swim in your gear.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Sam, I know it's a little unorthodox. No time for a wetsuit. You good to go?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sam: Ready Freddy.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: That side of the boat, hatch side of the cabin.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sam: This isn't a rookie thing is it?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: No Sir.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sam: So much for patrol night.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ed: Swimmer in the water. 2 minutes we'll have ears... but not exactly a fish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - <b>"Don't be a victim, don't be a perpetrator, and above all, don't be a bystander."</b>, "False alarm is my favourite kind of alarm.", "It's not like she's asking for the moon. You know. It's not like she's asking for flowers, or diamonds, or trips to Italy. She's just asking you to be nice.", & "</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You remind me of this girl, a girl from my neighbourhood growing up. She was smart, she was funny, she was beautiful. And then she got married real young, to this guy who beat the crap out of her. The thing about Shelley was that she's such a tough cookie, that it took us, I don't know, 2 years to figure it out. 2 years... before I realised why she wore turtle necks in the summer. Before I figured out why she's always looking so scared. 2 years before I could help her get out of that marriage, before anyone could help her get away. And you know what? If I'd been given half a chance, I would have killed him."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dillon has acted in films like Lone Hero (2002), and Assault On Precinct 13 (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chandra West has acted in films like White Noise (2005) and I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007). She has also guest starred in television shows like Picket Fences, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jack & Jill, NYPD Blue, 90210, Monk, Cold Case, Castle, The Gates, and Private Practice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(7) Kenneth Mitchell has acted in films like Miracle (2004) and Home Of The Giants (2006). He has also guest starred in television shows like NCIS: Los Angeles, Grimm, The Mentalist, Castle, Criminal Minds, Lie To Me, and Ghost Whisperer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by: Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, and Erick Knudsen (6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x02-first-in-line.html"><b>'First In Line', the second episode of Flashpoint</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second chances. This is what this episode is all about. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When a routine drug bust goes south, an innocent bystander gets killed. The bystander </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was only 21 years old, and he was trying very hard to turn over a new leaf</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. And even though he could have walked away, he chose to stay and help the undercover cop who was shot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With regards to getting to know the team better, we find out more about Sam, his time in Afghanistan, and learn about the baggage he carries. We also find out more about the rules of the job, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">how the rules affect the team members,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">prestige of being on the SRU,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and what it means for the only female team member in entire SRU. We also learn the importance of team work and trust between the team members of the SRU. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While this is not the best episode, it still has a powerful message about second chances and the importance of the choices we make every day. But, we also find out that serving warrants and making arrests are part of their job as well. On top of getting a hot call.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Ready Sam?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: I've cleared bad guys before.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: It's serving a warrant for the search of the gentlemen's premises for the highly corroborated presence of narcotics. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Speed, surprise, and aggressive action. Hey, so what about tonight?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Not gonna happen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: It's gonna be a long day, you're gonna get hungry. Dinner's a very important meal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Sam. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: A burrito and a couple of beers. What's the big deal?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Alright, you know I'm not trying to flatter myself. I know you're just being nice. I don't want to read into this. I've just worked way too hard to be here to screw it up by getting personal. It's not worth it. There's like 500 cops waiting to get into the SRU. 500 guys waiting for me to do something that I shouldn't. So I'm sorry, but the team comes first.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Jules, it was just a burrito. See you at practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: How else was it gonna end?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: I don't know. I don't know but that is not your call. And maybe I was wrong, Sam, maybe, but I need to know that my team is on my side.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Well then treat me like I'm on your team.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: What?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: You want to know what happened in Afghanistan? Is that what this is about? I was taking out targets in a stronghold 1500 meters away. The recce was done I was cleared to fire. When we went down and do the IDs, one of them was my buddy Matt. I was sniping with a 50 cal. He shouldn't have been there. I was cleared to fire. You just had to ask.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: You go in on my command. You keep entry formation and you don't go in without a shield. Are we clear?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Yes Sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quote - "<span style="text-align: left;">I've just worked way too hard to be here to screw it up by getting personal. It's not worth it. There's like 500 cops waiting to get into the SRU. 500 guys waiting for me to do something that I shouldn't.<b> So I'm sorry, but the team comes first.</b>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Read about </span><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x04-asking-for.html" style="background-color: white; color: #107cde; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><b>'Asking For Flowers', the fourth episode of Flashpoint</b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dillon has acted in films like Lone Hero (2002), and Assault On Precinct 13 (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Erik Knudsen has acted in films like Saw II (2005), Saw V (2008), Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010), Beastly (2011), and Scream 4 (2011).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by: Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, and Henry Czerny (6)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know? - Henry Czerny won a Gemini Award for the role of Jack Swanson in this episode. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x01-scorpio-2008.html"><b>'Scorpio',</b> <b>the</b> <b>pilot episode of Flashpoint</b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Episode 2 - First In Line</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More often that not with a police procedural type series, I follow it diligently to get a glimpse of the story lines of the various cast characters on the show. However with <i>Flashpoint</i>, I find myself drawn into the case of the week as well. And more often than not, the case of the week is even more compelling than the characters stories themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the all important second episode, <i>Flashpoint</i> not only delivers a great case, it also continues to show us how the main characters are affected and expand on their personalities. Sam's continued education about what the SRU is all about continues meaning that we also continue to get to know more about what their job entails. In episode 2, a father pushed by unfortunate circumstances pulls a gun on everyone and demands that his daughter is given the heart instead of another man on the list. Is he right? Of course not. But is what he's doing wrong? Well that's a gray area isn't it? You can't help but empathise with him and understand why he's doing what he's doing. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Henry Czerny's compelling and heartbreaking turn as Jack Swanson<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hospital Director: Mr Swanson I'm afraid we've had a bit of a miscommunication.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: What's up?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: The transplant coordinator... The recipient list had been updated and she had not been made aware of that. I know this is distressing but the truth is another patient has had to be given priority.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: I'm sorry what?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: I'm so sorry Mr Swanson, but the next heart will be Phoebe's. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Urm maybe you don't know this but Phoebe has been on the waiting list for 14 months.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: I really have to apologise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: She's first in line, she's been first in line for months.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: This is not a deli counter Mr Swanson you know that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Oh Heather can you please explain to him. Look she was here once last week already. She was prepped and everything but the heart was flawed. Do you know what that's like?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: Considering the travel time of this organ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Yeah...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hospital Director: ...the window of survivability is shorter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: So then why are we standing here!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: In this situation, the computer selects the recipient closer to the hospital.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Closer to... Closer? The only reason we were at home was because you, because the hospital told us to go home to prepare ourselves to say goodbye. Did your computer tell you that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: Mr Swanson.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: And now you're telling me that if we had just stayed...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hospital Director: I'm telling you that you should not have been paged to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: I don't care. This is my daughter, this is my daughter!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">"Job's not about being a good shot. Job's about saving lives."</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Let's set command post on site.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Copy that. Jules you'll be my secondary tech and required.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Got it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Wordy, cover the boss. Spike, com links, explosives if we need them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: Copy copy. A bomb, make it a bomb. I never get a bomb. Explosive entry at least I would settle for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Lou you're less lethal. It's a hospital so no gas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lou: Less lethal?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Mr Braddock, you may observe from the command post.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sam: Observe?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>Job's not about being a good shot. Job's about saving lives.</b></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sam: We already know why the perp's here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: He's a subject not a perp.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: He's a gun with a gun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: <b>He's a father in trouble.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: <b>Ask questions Sam. Show him that you're listening.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spike: </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Harder to hurt someone you connect to.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heather: <b>Cos then they're real people too.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">While I really grow to like Sam Braddock a lot in the later seasons, he really<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Why don't you just tase his ass?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Muscle spasm he'll pull the trigger.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: So we go in hard tactical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: I was just getting to that. Look, something I need you to do. <b>Alright, see these stairs here it's where we came in right. I need you make a reverse entry. Go across this hallway, these doors here, I need you to go through them. Now be careful because this is a big road. I want you to cross it. I want you to make an entry into this Timmy's order the double double. Jules?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Cream no sugar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Spike?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spike: No I'm good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: You serious?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Went all coffee shop on his ass?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Nice shot! It also shows how Greg Parker puts in his all with every subject.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: You got kids?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Yeah I do. A boy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jules: What's he doing?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heather: What?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: <b>Negotiating 101. Never lie to the subject.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: He's not lying, he has a kid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Really?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Before your time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Dr Luria: Sam!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> Sending up the heart that was you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Sam: Yeah. It was running out of time. I assumed...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Dr Luria: <b>Never. Never assume Sam. If it looks simple, it's usually not. You tossed in a light match and you left your team to put out the fire.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Wordy: Boss, the heart, we're almost out of time. There's only 15 minutes left.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Greg: Alright I'm breaking the rules here Jack. But the truth is, they're not going to let Phoebe have that heart.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Jack: No! You said that they were working on it.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: That's what... That's something negotiators do. We stall for time, we pass the buck, we stretch the truth, but I don't want to lie to you Jack.</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: What's he doing?</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: He's know we're at the end of the line.</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wordy: Yeah but you just can't give it...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Yes, no, no, yes, they will. They will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>Jack, one guy walks into a place with a gun and gets what he wants, the next thing you know, a whole bunch of guys are thinking 'Hey maybe I can get the same thing'. It becomes a big problem Jack. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read about <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x03-element-of.html"><b>'The Element Of Surprise', the third episode of Flashpoint</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dillon has acted in films like Lone Hero (2002), and Assault On Precinct 13 (2005).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has goest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Henry Czerny has acted in films like Clear And Present Danger (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005), The Pink Panther (2006), and The A-Team (2010). He currently plays the role of Conrad Grayson in the television series Revenge (2011-present). He also played the role of Norfolk in the series The Tudors (2007) and has guest starred in shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ghost Whisper, and Monk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Logan Lerman (1), Emma Watson (2), Ezra Miller (3), Mae Whitman (4), Nina Dobrev (5), Johnny Simmons (6), Kate Walsh (7), </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dylan McDermott (8), Melanie Lynskey (9), Paul Rudd (10), Joan Cusack (11), and Nicholas Braun (12)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1460642329/">Watch the trailer</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I'd hate for her to judge me based on what I used to be like."</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"We accept the love we think we deserve."</i>, <i>"If you fail me, you get me next semester."</i>, <i>"Well, all the great writers used to wear great suits. So your last present is on a towel rack in the bathroom. Delve into our facilities, emerge a star."</i>, "<i>Well you know mom did say you have good friends now, and maybe if it does get bad again, just talk to them yeah."</i>, <i>"Do you think if people knew how crazy you were people won't talk to you?"</i>, <i>"We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there. I know its not all the answers but it was enough to start putting these pieces together."</i>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> "We are infinite."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Did You Know? - <i>The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i> is based on a book of the same title. Also, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the author, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stephen Chbosky,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> adapted the book himself and directed the film as well. The book is an epistolary novel which is a novel written as a series of documents like letters or newspaper clippings. Recently, electronic "documents" like recordings, blogs, and e-mails have also been used. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blink & Miss It - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Melanie Lynskey has a blink and miss it part in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. She played a minor role in <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/05/directedby-andy-tennant-1-castreese.html">Sweet Home Alabama</a></i> as well. See if you can spot her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hereby declare April to be the month of Emma, and maybe babies. You see, my baby cousin was just born, on the 9th of April actually. And I've been planning, in my head, a series of posts featuring actresses named Emma for the longest time. Well, ever since I knew my uncle was going to name her Emma at least. So I started with Emma Watson and the film highly recommended by my good friend and colleague - <i>The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i>.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr Anderson: You should learn to participate. Why didn't you raise your hand? They call you the teacher's pet, freak, that kind of thing? I used to get 'spaz'. I mean come on. Spaz? You know </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I heard you had a tough time last year, but they say if you make one friend on your first day you'll be okie. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Firstly, if I had a teacher like Mr Anderson, played by Paul Rudd, Secondary School might have been so much more bearable. I had favourite teachers of course. But none that I really connected with. But, I was well liked by teachers, and teacher's pet was often a term used to describe me by classmates in school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The urban dictionary describes a wallflower as someone who sees everything, knows everything, but does not say a word. They are not loners, they are introverted. They cannot handle having someone pay attention to them even though they crave it as much as the next person. I think the term wallflower could be loosely to describe me when I was in Secondary School. So at the start of the film, watching Charlie struggling on his first day of high school and feeling awkward and wishing it would fast forward to the day of graduation, all that I could relate to. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sam: Charlie just told me that his best friend shot himself. I don't think he has any friends.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patrick: You didn't do anything. We just want to toast to our new friend. You see things, and you understand. You're a wallflower. What is it? What's wrong?</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Charlie: I </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">didn't think anyone noticed me.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Patrick: Well we didn't think there was anyone cool left to meet. So come on, everyone, to Charlie.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've heard so much about how great a film </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is. But I didn't do much reading up on it besides finding out the cast of the film. So I didn't know what to expect. (I once picked up the book and read a few pages but walked out without buying it in the end.) So I was surprised to find that I really liked the film. I liked it so much I watched it twice, back to back. And both times, I still cried watching the film. (Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I get emotional really easily.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's a film about growing up, falling in love, and getting through high school. And it also approaches very serious, very adult, and real issues in a manner than young adults can connect with and understand. But also, the casting director chose an excellent group of actors to play the main characters in the film. The three leads Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">Ezra Miller each did a wonderful job of showing the </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">strengths and weaknesses of each character and made me love them all for all their good and bad. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"I'm sorry I hadn't written for a while but I've been trying hard not to be a loser. For example I am trying to participate by listening to Sam's collection of big rock ballads and thinking about love. Sam says they're kitschy and brilliant. I completely agree. I'm also writing essays and studying extra books outside of class. As it turns out Mr Anderson is a writer. He even had a play put up in New York once, which I think is very impressive. He and his wife might go back there after this year. I know this is selfish but I really hope he doesn't. My favourite time though is lunch because I get to see Sam and Patrick. We spend the time working on Mary Elizabeth's fanzine about music and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's called Punk Rocky. Mary Elizabeth is really interesting because she's a Buddhist and a punk. But somehow she always acts like my father at the end of a long day. Her best friend Alice loves vampires and wants to go to film school. She also steals jeans from the mall. I don't know why because her family's rich but I'm trying not to be judgmental, especially since I know that they were all there for Patrick last year. Patrick never likes to be serious so it took me awhile to get what happened. When he was a junior Patrick starting seeing Brad on the weekends in secret. I guess it was hard too because Brad had to get drunk every time they fooled around. Then Monday in school Brad would say 'Man I was so wasted I don't remember a thing.' This went on for 7 months. When they finally did it, Brad said he loved Patrick. Then he started to cry. No matter what Patrick did, Brad kept saying that his dad would kill him and saying that he was going to hell. Patrick was eventually able to help Brad get sober. I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he still had to keep it a secret. But he said no. Because now Brad doesn't have to get drunk to love him. I think I understand because I really like Sam. I asked my sister about her and she said that when Sam was a freshman the upper class men used to get her drunk at parties. I guess she had a reputation. But I don't care. I'd hate for her to judge me based on what I used to be like. So I've been making her a mix tape so she will know how I feel."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But of course, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ezra Miller had wonderful material to work with in the first place. The characters are well written and throughout the film, you understand each character just a little bit more. Be it through Charlie's letters or through the characters' interactions in various situations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Something Charlie says in the above quote really stuck with me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;">I'd hate for her to judge me based on what I used to be like." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everyone has a past. And I too believe that we should try to not be judgmental. It's human to err and everyone makes mistakes too. And I always think about this quote from the Bible "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her". Also, I think good friends will look past the flaws and be more tolerant. And true friends will sometimes scream and shout at you, and remind you of those flaws, especially if they are hurtful. </span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</i><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her best friend Alice loves vampires and wants to go to film school. She also steals jeans from the mall. </i><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't know why because her family's rich but I'm trying not to be judgmental, especially since I know that they were all there for Patrick last year."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also really like what he says here. Because he's like me. What I mean to say is that I am fiercely loyal to my close friends. I can tolerant it when someone bullies me or treats me badly. But if that same person bullies my friends, I will feel incensed and will want to stand up for them and kick the bully in the butt for them, only if it won't get them into more trouble of course. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well you know mom did say you have good friends now, and maybe if it does get bad again, just talk to them yeah."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Do you think if people knew how crazy you were people won't talk to you?"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If people knew how crazy I was, they would probably not talk to me. Well, not literally, but I'm hardly perfect. What I'm trying to say is that I am very grateful to my friends. They tolerate my craziness, they've seen me at my worst, and surprisingly, they're still my friends. They haven't run away from me yet! And for that, thank you. Thank you for listening to me rant and rave. Thank you for standing by me no matter how insane I was. And thank you for being understanding.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Let's go be psychos together."</i></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emma Watson is most known for playing Hermione in the Harry Potter films. And although </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is not the first film I've watched her in after the Harry Potter films, I also saw her performance in <i>My Week With Marilyn. </i>But </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is the first film I've watched her in where she's plays a lead character. And the role of Sam is really very different from Hermione. In fact, I think Emma Watson really nailed it as Sam in the film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I first noticed Logan Lerman in his role as Percy Jackson in the film <i>Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief</i>. And before </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, I watched him in <i>The Three Musketeers</i> as d'Artagnan. I love his work in </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so much more than in the other two films. But that may be because of the content of the film. </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">gives Logan Lerman a lot more to work with in the character of Charlie Kelmeckis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ezra </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Miller is a new face to me as I've never seen any of his previous films. However, he holds his own against Logan Lerman and Emma Watson and really lights up the screen whenever he's in a scene. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While Nina </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dobrev's Candace comes across as aloof and uncaring for her little brother Charlie. I totally get her seemingly sudden concern and her worried expression at the end of the film when she instantly knows Charlie is spiraling down into the rabbit hole. It kind of reminds me of my relationship with my own younger brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My brother recently had a health scare and since he was studying in Brisbane (we live in Singapore) I flew down when I could to keep him company at the hospital and find out more about his illness and how he's doing. This kind of brought us a little closer together. And now, he's probably the only family member who knows a full summarised version of my relationship failures. I am not used to showing that I care for and love my brother. I've only recently started expressing (through writing) that I worry, care for, and love him. I mean, he's my baby brother, and though we both lead very separate lives, like Charlie and Candace, deep down, even though we </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">don't show it, we will always stand by and stand up for each other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As for Nina Dobrev's portrayal of Candace, well, we know she can act both the bitch and the angel, so I wasn't very surprised that I found her performance pleasant. However, I have to admit that the Kelmeckis family feels like a little bit like patchwork or a jigsaw puzzle that doesn't really fit well together. Kate Walsh is lovely as 'Mom' though she doesn't get much to work with. Same with 'Dad' played by Dylan McDermott. Even though both 'Mom' and 'Dad' don't get many scenes in the film, their chemistry as husband and white didn't seem to be there. They are all great actors, and individually I see their performances and think they each did a good job with their roles, but as a family, I felt their familial bond was not very evident. It was present and sometimes you feel it, but not very often.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mrs Kelmeckis: She's on the phone right now? Charlie, you've got to break up with her. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: I can do that?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mr Kelmeckis: For Christ sake, I need to use the phone.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Part of growing up is about making friends, fighting with them, and then making up again. But the other part of growing up is falling in love, falling out of love and managing relationships. I was laughing out loud in the scene above between Charlie and his parents. I think it was his "I can do that?" that really did it for me. After all it is his first relationship and I remember my first relationship and truth be told, I wish I confided in my mum about the ups and downs of all my relationships. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Charlie: Mr Anderson. Can I ask you something?</span></i></span><br />
<i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mr Anderson: Yeah.</i><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mr Anderson: Hmm... Are we talking about anyone in specific. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mr Anderson: Well, we accept the love we think we deserve.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: Can we make them know that they deserve more?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mr Anderson: We can try.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"Every woman has the exact love life she wants." </i>This is a line from the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">film</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Wedding Date. </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think it's very similar to what Mr Anderson says here, that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"we accept the love we think we deserve"</i>. And it does make a lot of sense to me. Now that I'm older and hopefully wiser about relationships and love, I know what I want in a relationship and won't settle for less than that. In the past, maybe it was just that I was too young to know what I want, or maybe I didn't think I deserved to be treated better, but now, I can safely say that I know when I'm not getting the exact love life I want, and I now dare to do something about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course, I've also come to realise that you must take action and fight for what you want too. You can't just sit and wait for things to happen. I mean come on! Fate can only do so much. They can bring Mr or Ms Right within your sight, but if you don't reach out and grab it, he or she might still slip away. However, that being said, I am a little tired of making the first move. If Mr Right isn't man enough to ask me out on a date, then he's not all that right for me after all I guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sam: I had lunch with Craig today. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Charlie: Yeah?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sam: He said he was sorry and that I was right to break up with him. I was driving away and was feeling so small, just asking myself, why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Charlie: We accept the love we think we deserve. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sam: Then why didn't you ever ask me out?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: I, erm, I just didn't think that you wanted that.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sam: Well what did you want?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: Well I just want you to be happy.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sam: Don't you get it Charlie? I can't feel that. It's really sweet and everything but you can't just sit there and put everybody's life ahead of yours and think that counts as love. I don't want to be somebody's crush. I want people to like the real me.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Charlie: I know who you are Sam. I, I know I'm quiet. And I know I should speak more. But if you knew the things that are, that were in my head most of the time you'd know what it really meant... how much we're alike, and how we've been through the same things. And you're not small. You're beautiful.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When people read my "reviews" on Entitled To Opinion, they will probably get frustrated if they were traditionalists, looking for a straight up critique of the film. Cos they realise that all my "reviews" focus more on what I take away from the film in regards to it's message, how it makes me feel, as well as how it affects my way of seeing things and the way I think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think that there's usually something about a film that I can relate to and can appreciate no matter whether the graphics is not up to par or the story is boring and predictable. I try to look for the good things in a film. Besides, I think that everyone's preference and taste in anything, be it food, music, film, or books, is different. Who's to say what's right and wrong. Sure, some films have close to no redeeming qualities like <i>Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace</i>, but my point is that what I like or dislike, there is a very high chance that someone else might feel differently than I do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I went off track here a little. The reason why I mentioned this is because I process my thoughts and feelings better by writing them down. In fact, once upon a time, I actually did write a personal blog which always started with dear xxx. But that was a long long time ago and I have since deleted the blog. It's probably buried in a cemetery, where online content goes to rot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"I don't know if I will have the time to write any more letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last letter, I was in a bad place before I started high school, and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about, or know someone who's gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I know these will all be stories some day. And our pictures will become old photographs. And we'll all become somebody's mum or dad. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here. And I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive. And you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song, on that drive, with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I spend my weekends trying to write more instead of going out. And it's a good thing because I have a goal and I'm trying my best to achieve it. But I think I need to remember that I shouldn't forget to live a little sometimes. Go out with my close friends, chill out or do something fun together. Make moments and memories that I will look back upon and smile.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there. I know its not all the answers but it was enough to start putting these pieces together."</span></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">- Charlie </span></i><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kelmeckis</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Logan Lerman has acted in films like What Women Want (2000), The Patriot (2000), Riding In Cars With Boys (2001), The Butterfly Effect (2004), 3:10 To Yuma (2007), Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief (2010), The Three Musketeers (2011), Stuck In Love (2013), Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea Monsters (2013), and Noah (2014). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Emma Watson has acted in films like Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005), Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010), Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011), My Week With Marilyn (2011), The Bling Ring (2013), This Is The End (2013), and Noah (2014). She also voiced the part of Princess Pea in the animation The Tale Of Despereaux (2008).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Ezra Miller has acted in films like Another Happy Day (2011) and We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(4) Mae Whitman has acted in films like When A Man Loves A Woman (1994), Independence Day (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Hope Floats (1998), Nights In Rodanthe (2008), and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010). She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the television series Arrested Development and as Amber in the series Parenthood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(5) Nina Dobrev currently plays the role of Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in the television series The Vampire Diaries (2009-present) and is also known for playing the role of Mia Jones in the series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2006-2009).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(6) Johnny Simmons has acted in films like Evan Almighty (2006), The Spirit (2008), Hotel For Dogs (2009), The Greatest (2009), Jennifer's Body (2009), Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010), The Conspirator (2010), and 21 Jump Street (2012).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(7) Kate Walsh has acted in films like The Family Man (2000), Under The Tuscan Sun (2003), Bewitched (2005), and Legion (2010). She is known for the role of Dr. Addison Montgomery in the television series Grey's Anatomy (2005-2012) and Private Practice (2007-2013). She has also guest starred in shows like Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and King Of The Hill (2009). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(8) Dylan McDermott has acted in films like Steel Magnolias (1989), In The Line Of Fire (1993), Miracle On 34th Street (1994), Three To Tango (1999), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/01/runaway-jury-2003.html">Runaway Jury (2003)</a>, The Mistress Of Spices (2005), The Campaign (2012), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), and Behaving Badly (2013). He is well known for playing the role of Bobby Donnell in the television series The Practice (1997-2004). He also played Ben Harmon in American Horror Story and guest starred in television series like Ally McBeal, Will & Grace, and American Horror Story: Asylum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(9) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Melanie Lynskey</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> has acted in films like Ever After (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/05/directedby-andy-tennant-1-castreese.html">Sweet Home Alabama (2002)</a>, Shattered Glass (2003), Flags Of Our Fathers (2006), Up In The Air (2009), and Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012). She is currently plays the role of Rose in the television series Two And A Half Men (2003-present) and has guest starred in shows like The Shield, The L Word, Psych, and House. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(10) Paul Rudd has acted in films like Clueless (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Object Of My Affection (1998), 200 Cigarettes (1999), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Night At The Museum (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Dinner For Schmucks (2010), How Do You Know (2010), Wanderlust (2012), This Is 40 (2012), Admission (2013), and This Is The End (2013). He has guest starred in shows like Veronica Mars and Parks And Recreation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(11) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Joan Cusack has acted in films like Sixteen Candles (1984),Working Girl (1988), Say Anything... (1989), Addams Family Values (1993), Nine Months (1995), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Runaway Bride (1999), Where The Heart Is (2000), School Of Rock (2003), Raising Helen (2004), Ice Princess (2005), Friends With Money (2006), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/confessions-of-shopaholic-2009.html">Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009)</a>, and My Sister's Keeper (2009). She voiced the character of Jessie in the animation Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010), the character of Verushka the Witch in the animation Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011), and the mission control elf in the animation Arthur Christmas (2011). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(12) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nicholas Braun has acted in films like Sky High (2005), Princess Protection Program (2009), and Chalet Girl (2011).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i> surprised me at every turn when I first watched the film. The film made me think about children who grew up in abusive homes or were sexual abused and how it affects them. And watching the effect it had on Logan Lerman's Charlie and Emma Watson's Sam brought me to tears. But </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Perks Of Being A Wallflower</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">also gives me hope. It reminds us that we are more than our past.<i> </i>And while <i>"we can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there"</i>. (4 of 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Enrico Colantoni (1), Hugh Dillon (2), Amy Jo Johnson (3), Sergio Di Zio (4), David Paetkau (5), Michael Cram, and Mark Taylor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know? - Majority of the cast members of Flashpoint are Canadians. Of the main cast, only Amy Jo Johnson is American.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Last year in September when the new season was about to begin for American television series, I was itching to get the season started and was eyeing new pilots to watch and looking forward to the returning series I enjoy. That was when I discovered Flashpoint. Unfortunately, before I can fully enjoy the hype of the show, I find out that 2012's Season 5 was to be their last season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stumbled upon this series when I was checking out the filmography of Amy Jo Johnson who played the Pink Power Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, a television series that I really enjoyed during my childhood. I went to Wikipedia and checked out the synopsis of the series and it was a procedural cop show, which you might know by now is something I really enjoy. So yay! It's right up my alley! So I went and watched the pilot of the series. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now if you don't already know, I tend to give a series at least 5 episodes to hook and keep my attention, with <i>Flashpoint</i>. I was hooked from the get go. I love the premise of the show and I fell in love with the characters right from the start. Now all that's left is to see if they can continue, for at least 5 episodes, to keep me hooked on the series through its "case of the week" stories. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's just say from episode 1 of Season 1, I was so taken by this series that I consumed all 4 Seasons' episodes even before Season 5 began, and in a span of just under a week. Now what's so great about <i>Flashpoint</i> you ask? Well, I've always been fascinated by psychology, and the 'why' not just the 'how'. I think that life is never just black or white, and I believe in cause and effect. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now before I go off course rattling on and on about why I like it, first let's look at the basics. <i>Flashpoint</i> is about an elite team of sharpshooters and negotiators who 'keep the peace' in the city. They get called in if someone is threatening to kill himself or herself or others by whatever means. It could be a bomb, a knife, a gun. They first try to talk the person down and if all else fails, should they not be able to apprehend the person or resolve the situation, they will shoot to kill to save the victim(s). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why I love <i>Flashpoint</i>? Because each episode makes you ask serious questions about what or who is right and wrong, and what could have been done differently so that it didn't have to get to the point where violence was "required". But as with any series that I really enjoy, I love <i>Flashpoint</i> because the series focus isn't <i>just</i> about the case of the week, it's about the men and women who have the very difficult job of shooting to kill, if necessary, and how do they handle that. I am drawn to each character in the team and I have a great interest in following their growth, both in their personal and professional lives on the show. In fact, even the case of the week characters make me care about whether they survive the ordeal. And that is why I am so in love with this series. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gregory "Greg" Parker - Sergent aka boss (Leader & crisis negotiator of the SRU - Strategic Response Unit)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Edward "Ed" Tucker Lane - Team Leader (Tactical leader, secondary negotiator & sniper for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Julianna "Jules" Callaghan - Constable (Intel gatherer, secondary negiotiator & sniper for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samuel "Sam" Braddock - Constable (Sniper & new kid on the block for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti - Constable (Demolitions and tech expert for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kevin "Wordy" James Wordsworth - Constable (Entry Tactics, close quarters combat expert & less-leathal weapons specialist for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lewis "Lou" Young - Constable (Less-leathal weapons specialist for SRU Team 1)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">He's our POV. As he observes, we observe too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: What am I supposed to do?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: Well, maybe what you do is you get the big picture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: What big picture?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: It's your in-laws, 40th anniversary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Come on!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: I'm just saying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Did she pay you to say that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg: <b>Hey! Hey, you know what? There's a cop who retires every week. And one day it's gonna be you, so who you gonna come home to when the day comes?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: Hey. I saw the whole thing. I'm Sam. Sam Braddock.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jules: Good for you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sam: <b>You don't see lady snipers too often, that's kind of sexy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Luria: I know. You're fine. You did a great job out there but you need somebody to talk to. It's strictly confidential.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed: Doc, if you want a date just ask.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Luria: Oh you know what, screw it. I forgot who I was talking to for a minute. You're not that guy. You're not going to wonder if you did the right thing. You're not gonna have any sleepless night, flashbacks, memory loss, time distortions, you're not gonna feel alone, feel guilty, feel guilty about not feeling guilty. That's what happens to other people. You'll be fine. You know where to find me. Not that you'll need to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite quotes - <b><i>"You know why we're all here? It's about helping you. Do you understand? Help. But first, you have to put the gun down. Gun down."</i></b>,<i> </i><b><i>"Let's keep the peace."</i></b>, & <i>"Nice post-incident reflexes guys."</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x04-asking-for.html">Episode 4 - 'Asking For Flowers'</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/flashpoint-episode-1x05-whos-george.html">Episode 5 - 'Who's George?'</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/05/flashpoint-episode-1x06-attention.html">Episode 6 - 'Attention Shoppers'</a></b></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/06/flashpoint-episode-1x08-never-kissed.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Episode 8 - 'Never Kissed A Girl'</span></a></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1) Enrico Colantoni has acted in films like Stigmata (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Contagion (2011). He has also played Veronica Mars' father Keith Mars in the television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007), and he has also guest starred in television series like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Brothers & Sisters, Bones, and Person Of Interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(3) Amy Jo Johnson has acted in films like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997). She played the role of Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1995), and as Julie Emrick in the series Felicity (1998-2002). She also guest starred in television series like ER and Spin City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(4) Sergio Di Zio has acted in films like National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), and Just Buried (2007). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />(5) David Paetkau has acted in films like Final Destination 2 (2003), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), Goon (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He has guest starred in television series like Smallville, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Dexter.</span><br />
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The Eclectic Reviewer thinks…<i> </i><i>Flashpoint</i> is all about looking at both sides of a story. Life is almost never black or white. And from the first episode of <i>Flashpoint</i>, you get the sense that nothing is ever going to be straightforward (read: black or white). Besides seeing people getting shot or blown up each week, this is a series that will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. And what I love most about <i>Flashpoint </i>is the story and character growth of the main characters, as well as the wonderful character development and stories that you get each week through the cases. <i>Flashpoint </i>is definitely a must watch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cast: Vera Farmiga (1), Freddie Highmore (2), Max Thieriot (3), Nicola Peltz (4), Mike Vogel (5), Keegan Connor Tracy (6), Nestor Carbonell (7), and Olivia Cooke</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do you ever think about the backstory of all the infamous killers in film and television? Were they ever normal? Did they go to school? Did they have friends, or even a best friend? Is there a turning point in their life that made them become killers and what was it? All these questions are sometimes never addressed in slasher flicks or suspense thrillers. I mean you can only put in so much detail and backstory in 90 to 150 minutes. But it is this curiosity to fully understand a character such as Norman Bates that will make this series a hit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't do well with suspense horror films. That's my excuse for not ever watching Psycho. I have watched Hitchcock's Vertigo though, in class. But watching <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/hannibal-episode-1x01-aperitif-2013.html">Hannibal</a></i>, and now <i>Bates Motel</i>, and actually liking them has made me reconsider my self imposed embargo on suspense thrillers. Maybe I just need to muster up the courage to be open to watching suspense thrillers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's interesting that there are so many recent television series that build on or expand on the universe of already well known characters. Just this year alone there are shows like <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/11/arrow-2012.html">Arrow</a></i> that build upon the universe of the Green Arrow. <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/10/beauty-and-beast-2012.html">Beauty And The Beast</a></i> featuring of course the title characters, <i>Elementary</i> with Sherlock Holmes, <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/hannibal-episode-1x01-aperitif-2013.html">Hannibal</a></i> featuring Dr Hannibal Lecter and the characters from Red Dragon, <i>Ripper Street </i>which is linked to the universe of Jack the Ripper, and of course <i>Bates Motel</i>. But I love majority of the shows mentioned here, because whether I previously knew of the characters or universe they are based on or not, there's always something new and fascinating to discover about them. I see it as a new point of view. Or a new insight to an already well loved character. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With <i>Bates Motel</i>, much like in the new series <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/04/hannibal-episode-1x01-aperitif-2013.html">Hannibal</a></i>, I think it gives a new dimension to the character of Norman Bates. He is no longer just the creepy guy with a split personality and a violent streak. This is an updated version, set in the modern world. And it's beginning to look like it's gonna be a really interesting world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our experiences shape who we are. Maybe if Norman Bates never witnessed his mum killing the man who raped her he wouldn't have become a psycho killer? And if they never tried to cover up his murder, Norman Bates would have never found the book with graphic images which may or may not have put those sadistic thoughts in his head? We will never know if the absence of these incidents would have made a difference, but still it's interesting to think about. And this is what draws me into the series. The characters. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's all grown up now. And I think Bates Motel is his golden ticket to fame.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And what an excellent performance by young Freddie Highmore here as Norman Bates! He makes me want to watch the transformation of Norman Bates, the typical shy awkward kid to Norman Bates, the adult psychopath with a split personality disorder. In fact, even in the first episode, we can already clearly see the path of destruction that we know is in store for Norman Bates. And it is this detail that is fascinating. It is these nuances that will work for <i>Bates Motel</i> and give the series some legs. I am looking forward to more excellent performances by Freddie Highmore. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The way she stares him down is creepy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is one momma I don't want to cross... </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then there's Vera Farmiga. Wow! She's done an amazing job here as Norma Bates. Her performance is just the right balance of crazy-over-protective mum and struggling-single-mum-doing-the-best-she-can. I really wonder if she's bipolar. She is so chirpy, childlike, and hyper active in one scene, then in another she becomes controlling and bitchy. Oh, and when she gives you the 'crazy eyes' type of stare, she really is very intimidating. And that rape and murder scene. Wow! It's really sets the tone of what to expect in the series. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While watching the first episode, I find that their relationship is <br />
more like a husband and wife thing than a mother and son thing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or am I reading too much into it?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This first episode really establishes who Norma and Norman Bates are, and we see their connection with each other. Both Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga do an amazing job as the two main characters of the series. Their mother and son relationship really jumps off the screen and we immediately feel for both characters and want to know more about them, which is a really good start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So far in the first episode of <i>Bates Motel</i>, we only hear Dylan's voice. Dylan is Norma Bates' son and Norman Bates' half brother. Played by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Max Thieriot, I am really looking forward to see him in future episodes. I first noticed Max Thieriot in the film <i>Catch That Kid </i>and he again ca</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ught my eye in the film <i>Nancy Drew </i>when he played Nancy Drew's boyfriend Ned Nickerson. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm very intrigued by this budding relationship between Emma and Norman.<br />
Be it as just friends or more than that.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are other characters like Nicola Peltz's Bradley Martin, Olivia Cooke's Emma Decody, Mike Vogel's <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Deputy Zack Shelby, </span>Nestor Carbonell's <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sheriff Alex Romero, and </span>Keegan Connor Tracy's Miss Watson. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But </span>we really only get a sneak peek at how they all fit into the story, so I'm very excited to see what the writers have in store for them in the series. Needless to say I'm slowly warming up to <i>Bates Motel </i>and will see how far I get before I lose my interest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Norma: This is the part where you say, "Mother, this is beautiful. I am so happy we're moving here. You are so smart to have thought of this."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Norman: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mother, this is so beautiful. I am so happy you're making me move here. You are so smart to force me to do things I have no say in. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: You're an ass. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: Norman, we've been through a lot. This is our chance to start over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: Maybe some people don't get to start over. Maybe they just bring themselves to a new place.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: But they do start over, but they have to try. Yeah? Norman please. For me. It's all gonna be good. You'll see. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An exciting first episode and a very impressive performance by Vera Farmiga. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: I suck.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: Mum, he attacked you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: I'm not even talking about him. I found out today that the city is building a bypass on the far side of town. It's gonna be the new main road. I bought a motel that no one is ever gonna know is even there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: Why didn't the real estate guy tell you that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: Because Norman, people suck. Tell you, everyone I have ever known has sucked. Except you. You're too good for me. I am the worst mother in the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: Mother.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: Look at what we're doing Norman. You deserve so much better. You know when you were born it was like God gave me a second chance. And all I ever wanted was for life to be beautiful for you, and look at it. Look at what your life has been. I mean what good am I doing you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: Mum you're everything. Everything to me. And I don't ever want to live in a world with you. You're my family. My whole family, my whole life, my whole self. You always have been. It's like there's a chord between our hearts.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: Honey that's, that's from Jane Eyre. Yeah. Orsen Welles says it to...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: ... Joan</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fontaine. Right. But you know what I mean. It's you and me. It's always been you and me. We belong to each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norma: I love you Norman. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norman: I love you too Mum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favourite lines - <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Maybe some people don't get to start over. Maybe they just bring themselves to a new place."</i>, <i>"I know everything about this place. Every nook and cranny. Every dirty secret. You </i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>don't know how this place works. This town, you know nothing about this town. What makes you think you can run this place by yourself?"</i>, <i>"I think people who are different don't know they're different because they have nothing to compare it to."</i>, <i>"Who is gonna book a room in a rape slash murder hotel?"</i>, & <i>"What's important is that we're together. You know as long as we're together then nothing bad can really happen. Right Norman?"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Vera Farmiga has acted in films like Autumn In New York (2000), 15 Minutes (2001), Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Departed (2006), The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (2008), Up In The Air (2009), Henry's Crime (2010), Source Code (2011), and Safe House (2012).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(2) Freddie Highmore has acted in films like Finding Neverland (2004), Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005), A Good Year (2006), August Rush (2007), The Golden Compass (2007), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and The Art Of Getting By (2011). He also voiced the character of Astro Boy in the feature animation Astro Boy (2009). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(3) Max Thieriot has acted in films like Catch That Kid (2004), The Pacifier (2005), Nancy Drew (2007), Jumper (2008), and Chloe (2010).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(4) Nicola Peltz has also acted in the film The Last Airbender (2010). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(5), Mike Vogel has acted in films like The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants (2005), Havoc (2005), Rumor Has It... (2005), Poseidon (2006), Cloverfield (2008), Blue Valentine (2010), She's Out Of My League (2010), The Help (2011), What's Your Number? (2011), and McCanick (2013). He also played the role of Dean Lowrey in the television series Pan Am (2011). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(6) Keegan Connor Tracy has acted in films like Duets (2000), 40 Days And 40 Nights (2002), Final Destination 2 (2003), The Women (2008), and Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010). She also played the role of the Blue Fairy and Mother Superior in the television series Once Upon A Time (2011-present). She has also guest starred in shows like Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Psych, Battlestar Galactica, Life Unexpected, and Eureka. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(7) Nestor Carbonell has acted in films like Smokin' Aces (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He has played the role of <span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Luis Rivera in the television series Suddenly Susan (1996-2000), acted as Richard Alpert in the series Lost (2007-2010), and also played </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Victor Machado in the series Ringer (2011-2012)</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. He has also guest starred in shows like LAw & Order, Veronica's Closet, Ally McBeal, Monk, Scrubs, House, Cold Case, and Psych.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... that watching <i>Bates Motel</i> will give you an uncomfortable and unsettling feeling. But that's how you're supposed to feel when you're watching a television series based on one of the most iconic suspense thrillers ever I guess. While I am not a fan of the genre, <i>Bates Motel</i> has surprised me because I actually like this first episode. What's even more surprising to me is that I am looking forward to watching the next episode to see how Freddie Highmore's Norman Bates becomes the infamous Norman Bates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Created by Bryan Fuller (1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have never watched any of the films or read the books about Dr Hannibal Lecter. I can hear some of you crying foul saying that I have no business commenting on films, or books, if I have never seen <i>Silence Of The Lambs</i>, <i>Hannibal</i>, <i>Red Dragon</i>, or <i>Hannibal Rising</i>. But the truth of the matter is, I dislike gore and horror and I barely tolerate thrillers. Which is really quite odd because I love crime shows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Television shows like <i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</i>, <i>CSI: NY</i>, <i>Dexter</i>,<i> The Mentalist</i>, <i>Flashpoint</i>, <i>Grimm</i>, <i>Elementary</i>, <i>NCIS: Los Angeles</i>, <i>Hawaii Five-0</i>, <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/10/beauty-and-beast-2012.html">Beauty And The Beast</a></i>, <i>Lie To Me</i>, <i>Murder, She Wrote</i>, <i>Bones</i>, they all fascinate me. Even though sometimes the scenes get a little bloody or if they use those kind of creepy music and sudden, loud, and high pitched sound effects. I enjoy playing the 'whodunit guessing game' while watching the episode. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I know all the series I mentioned above aren't really creepy. <i>Hannibal</i> probably goes more along the lines of series like <i>American Horror Story</i>, <i>Alcatraz</i>, <i>666 Park Avenue</i>, and probably the new series <i>Bates Motel</i>, a series that I'm going to watch next. And honestly, when I first heard of the series <i>Hannibal</i>, it was on my 'avoid-at-all-costs' list. Just because I'm chicken and scare easily. What changed my mind? 2 words. Hugh Dancy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since watching him in the film <i>Adam</i>, I have been a resolute fan. He piqued my interest when I first watched him in the film <i>Ella Enchanted</i>. And I've been following his work since then. But <i>Adam</i> was the film that really sealed the deal for me. It was his performance in that film as a man with Asperger Syndrome that really impressed me. And you know what, I would love to see Hugh Dancy and his wife (Claire Danes) both go home with an Emmy each for acting. It's his turn to shine because he deserves it for his performance as Will Graham. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">An </span><span style="background-color: white;">alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer. That is the definition of a</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">péritif</span><span style="background-color: white;">. How apt it is that this first episode is titled </span><span style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">péritif because the pilot is most definitely a tasty introduction to the series. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">And it is delicious.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">It stimulates my brain and my appetite for more. In fact, I for one, am dying for more </span></span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Hannibal</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Without knowing much about Hannibal Lecter besides the fact that he is a serial killer, <i>Hannibal</i> the series has a very interesting style, if the opening scene of the first episode is anything to go by. The way director David Slade chose to feature the way Will Graham gets into the mind of the serial killer in the pilot is really cool. And I love the way you immediately get a sense of who Hugh Dancy's Will Graham is. The various levels of pain he manages to convey throughout the first episode really makes me look forward to how he performs in the 12 remaining episodes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mads Mikkelsen's ascent makes it hard to discern some of the things he says. But he is makes a very creepy yet awesome Hannibal Lecter methinks - disturbing but not too eerie that you don't want to turn away from his performance. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knowing what it is he's putting in his mouth makes me feel sick.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've done a food show for work called Meat & Greed. And the show <br />
features a lot of nice food shots. This is a very nice food shot. <br />
But seeing as it is suggested that its part of a human on that plate <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Laurence Fishburne's performance as Jack Crawford is also wonderful. And I'm looking forward to the appearance of Gillian Anderson's Hannibal Lecter's psychotherapist Dr Bedelia Du Murier. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's good to see Laurence Fishburne on television again.<br />
He has this unique quality that never fails to put me in awe of him.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was also pleased to see Caroline Dhavernas back on television. I first noticed her in the Shonda Rhimes series <i>Off The Map</i> where she played Dr Lily Brenner. In Hannibal, she plays Dr Alana Bloom, a psychology professor and consultant profiler for the FBI.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truth be told, I like her in her Off The Map outfits more. LOL</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So far so good and I am eagerly waiting for the next episode to be aired. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These scenes really creeped me out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course the music didn't help me feel less uncomfortable.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: It's not about all of these girls. It's about one of them. It's like Willy Wonka. Every girl he takes is a candy bar. Hidden in amongst all of those candy bars is the one true intended victim which, if we follow through on our metaphor, is our golden ticket.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: So is he warming up for his golden ticket or just reliving whatever it is he did to her?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: Well the golden ticket wouldn't be the first taken or the last. He would hide how special she was. I mean I would. Wouldn't you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: I want you to get closer to this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: No. You have Heimlich, and Harvard, and Bloom at Georgetown. They do the same thing I do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: That's not exactly true is it? You have a very specific way of thinking about things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: There have been a lot of discussion about the specific way I think.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: You make jumps you can't explain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: No, no, no. The evidence explains.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Then help me find some evidence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: That may require me to be sociable.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laurence Fishburne is scary when he's loud. I wouldn't wanna cross him..</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: What are you doing in here?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: I enjoy the smell of urinal kay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Me too. We need to talk. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(A guy walks in to pee) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Use the ladies room! (The guy leaves them alone) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Do you respect my judgement Will? Hmm?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: Yes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Good. Because we will stand a better chance of catching this guy with you in the saddle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: I'm in the saddle. Just, erm, confused which direction I'm pointing. I don't know this kind of psychopath. I never read about him. I don't even know if he's a psychopath. He's not insensitive, he's not shallow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: You know something about him. Otherwise you wouldn't have said this is an apology. What is he apologising for?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: He couldn't honour her. He feels bad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Well feeling bad defeats the purpose of being a psychopath doesn't it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: Yes it does.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Then what kind of crazy is he?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: He couldn't show her he loved her. So he put her corpse back where he killed it. Whatever crazy that is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: You think he loves these girls?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: He loves one of them. And, and, yes, I think by association he has some form of love for the others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: There was no semen, there was no saliva, Elise Nichols died a virgin. She stayed that way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: That's not how he's loving them, he wouldn't disrespect them that way! He doesn't want these girls to suffer. He kills them quickly, and to his thinking, with mercy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: Sensitive psychopath. Risked getting caught so he could tuck Elise Nichols back into bed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: He has to take the next girl soon. Cos he knows he's gonna get caught, one way or the other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jack: What about the copy cat?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will: An intelligent psychopath, particularly a sadist, very hard to catch. No traceable motive. There'll be no patterns. He may never kill like way again. Have Dr Lecter draw up his psychological profile. You seem very impressed with his opinion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. And are we not created in his image?" This line is from next week's teaser. And I'm really excited to see what episode 2 has in store for us. I just need to be mentally prepared for scenes that gross me out like the lungs. Oh, and I think eating red meat will never be the same again for me. Not unless I ignore all that I've seen in this series. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When he put the breakfast Hannibal Lecter prepared for him into his <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again with a gun. For 'real' this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hugh Dancy was sooo good in this scene!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This shot is really interesting. Hannibal is in the darken portion, holding<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite lines - <i>"Everyone has thought of killing someone. One way or the other. Be it your own hand or the hand of God."</i>, <i>"My thoughts are often not tasty."</i>, <i>"Eyes are distracting. You see too much, you don't see enough. And it's hard to focus when you're thinking, are those whites really white, or he must have hepatitis, or is that a burst vein. So yup, I try to avoid eyes whenever possible."</i>, & <i>"I'm sorry Will. Observing is what we do. I can't shut mine off any more than you can shut yours off."</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) Bryan Fuller has written for television shows like Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Heroes. He has also created shows like Dead Like Me (2003-2004) and Pushing Daisies (2007-2009).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(2) Hugh Dancy has acted in films like<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> like Black Hawk Down (2001), King Arthur (2004), Ella Enchanted (2004), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Evening (2007), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/confessions-of-shopaholic-2009.html">Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009)</a>,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> Adam (2009), and <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/07/hysteria-2011.html">Hysteria (2011)</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">(3) </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mads Mikkelsen has acted in films like King Arthur (2004), Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Clash Of The Titans (2010), The Three Musketeers (2011), and The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman (2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(4) Laurence Fishburne has acted in films like Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Mystic River (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Assault On Precinct 13 (2005), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Akeelah And The Bee (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Bobby (2006), 21 (2008), Predators (2010), Contagion (2011), and Man Of Steel (2013). He is known for playing the role of Dr Ray Langston in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008-2011). He also guest starred in television shows like M*A*S*H, Miami Vice, CSI: NY, and CSI: Miami. He also voiced the character of the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (2007).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(5) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caroline Dhavernas has acted in films like Hollywoodland (2006), The Switch (2010), and Wrecked (2010). She is also known for playing the role of Dr Lily Brenner in the television series Off The Map (2011) and as Jaye Tyler in the series Wonderfalls (2004).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(6) Hettienne Park has acted in films like Bride Wars (2009) and Young Adult (2011). She has also guest starred in television shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Numb3rs, Damages, The Good Wife, and Mercy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... <i>Hannibal</i> is going to be a big hit! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know, I know. You think its too early to say</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannibal</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a series that will be a success after watching just 1 episode. But I really think that NBC has a potential hit with</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannibal</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. It's well casted, the style is pretty awesome, and the plot moves along at the right pace. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bear in mind, this is coming from someone who isn't a fan of the Hannibal Lecter series or of thrillers or horrific scenes. So for me to actually be impressed by the series just from its pilot says A LOT!</span><br />
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Cast: Anna Kendrick (2), Skylar Austin (3), Anna Camp (4), Brittany Snow (5), Rebel Wilson (6), </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Alexis Knapp</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"> (7), </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Christopher Mintz-Plasse (8), Elizabeth Banks (9)</span><br />
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My favourite quotes - <i>"</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Look honey, college is great. You get to create memories here. I see it every day. You just have to give it a chance."</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>How do you not like movies? Not liking movies is like not liking puppies."</i>, <i>"You guys are gonna get pitch slapped so hard, your man boobs are gonna concave."</i>,<i> </i>& <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Even though some of you are pretty thin, I think that you all have fat hearts. And that's what matters."</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Bumper: You are probably the grossest human being I've ever seen.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Fat Amy: Well you're no panty dropper yourself.</i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bumper: So I have a feeling that we should kiss. And, but is this feeling a good feeling? Or an incorrect feeling?</i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Fat Amy: Well, I some times have a feeling I can do crystal meth, but then I think... ummm... better not. </i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jesse: What's up weirdo! </i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: Oh! What's this?</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: As much as I love spending time with you stacking CDs. And I do. I love it. Like more than life. I figured we can do some other fun things that don't make us wanna kill ourselves right?</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: Yeah. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: So, I brought some movies. Jaws, E.T., The Breakfast Club, Star Wars, and Rocky. Best scored and soundtrack movies of all time. That's what I wanna do when I grow up. I wanna score movies. Bring people to tears, you know, blow their minds. I feel that only music can do that. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: Yeah. You must really sweep your girlfriend off her feet.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: Oh I don't have a girlfriend.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: What? </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: Yup.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: You have juice pouches and Rocky!</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: Okay. So, what do you want to watch first?</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: Can we do something else? We could relive my parents' divorce, visit a gynecologist. </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: What do you not like movies or something? Like any movies? What the hell is wrong with you! How do you not like movies? Not liking movies is like not liking puppies.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: They're fine. I just get bored and never make it to the end.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: The endings are the best part.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: They're predictable. Like the guy gets the girl, and that kid sees dead people, and Darth Vader is Luke's father.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: Oh right, so you just happen to guess the biggest cinematic reveal in history.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beca: 'Vader' in German means 'father'. His name is literally Darth Father. </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jesse: Huh. So you know German. Well, now I know why you don't like fun things. You know, you need a movie education. You need a moviecation. And I'm gonna give it to you.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did You Know? - The film is loosly based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Mickey Rapkin. </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: No one was more surprised than me. But I really liked those girls.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Seriously? You can say that to me?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dr Mitchell: Oh come on Bec. That's so unfair. Look, your mum and I, we didn't work. But I tried so hard to make things right between us. But you just shut me out.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Well I shut everybody out. Don't take it personally. It's just easier.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: What do I do?</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Mitchell: Well that's up to you.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No man, or woman, is an island. And that is especially so with a cappella. Besides showcasing the wonderful world of a cappella, Pitch Perfect tells the story of Beca Mitchell, played by the talented Anna Kendrick, who is forced by her father to attend college. All she wants to do is to be a DJ and produce music, but her father </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">doesn't feel that there is a future to being a DJ. So he </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">insists that she attend college, get a proper education, and experience college life. </span></span><br />
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What Beca learns through the course of the movie is that letting people in isn't the end of the world. </span><br />
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Once upon a time, I was like Beca. I got burnt before, so I closed myself to other people and didn't trust anyone enough to form strong bonds or any kind of friendship or relationship. That was during my secondary school days. So for 3 years, I was a loner. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dr Mitchell: Beca? Beca, wake up. Funny, this doesn't look like your Intro to Philosophy class.
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: I'm posing an important philosophical question. If I don't actually go to that class will it still suck?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dr Mitchell: Look honey, college is great. You get to create memories here. I see it every day. You just have to give it a chance. You've been here, what, a month now. Do you have any friends?</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Kimmy-Jin is my friend.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kimmy-Jin: No.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dr Mitchell: You gotta get out there Bec. You gotta try something.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: I got a job at the radio station.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dr Mitchell: Oh great that place. Yes. Dark and dirty, has like, what, those 3 weirdos who work there.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Well 4 now.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Mitchell: You gotta try something new Bec. Join one club on campus. And if at the end of the year, you still </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">don't wanna be here, you still wanna go off to LA and be P Diddy, well then, you can quit college. And I will help you move to LA.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Seriously?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Dr Mitchell: Yes seriously. But I really need to see it Beca. This is college. Join in. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since doing <i><a href="http://video.xin.msn.com/browse/catch-up-tv/school-days">School Days</a></i>, a recent television series I worked on, I have been thinking a lot about my own school days. And looking back, I really don't have many fond memories of my primary or secondary school. For the first 10 years of compulsory education, I can count the number of friends, from those school days, I still keep in touch with regularly today. (PS: I'm excluding those on Facebook). Zero. Well, maybe 1. But I know her through Sunday classes rather than school, so to me, that doesn't really count. </span><br />
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I don't have many fond memories during my primary or secondary school days, so after many years of being <i>mostly</i> friendless and keeping to myself, I decided that I needed to make a change and make friends. You see, I got lonely. I think it was my secondary school prom that made me wake up and decide that I need to break out of my shell and trust people again. On a side note, my prom experiences have <i><b>never</b></i> been good. Something bad always happens during my prom. But I'll save that story for another post on a film like <i>Drive Me Crazy</i> or <i>Wish Upon A Star</i>. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Truth be told, I would say that my college years were the most eventful and fun, yet heartbreakingly painful. My polytechnic years were the most pleasant and memorable, with a healthy dose of suffering. And my university years were the most driven and educational period of my life. But I agree with Beca's father, there's much to experience when you are a student. If you can afford it, slow down and enjoy every minute of your school days. Don't be in such a hurry to get into the real world and work. </span></span><br />
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You might think you know what you want, and you may actually end up doing what you love and want you think you want now. But who knows, all that could change over the years. In college, I wanted to be a Literature teacher and teach at my alma mater Catholic Junior College. But look where I am today! I'm a writer. I'm fulfilling a childhood dream.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This prayer is a favourite of one of my ex boyfriends, Mr 4.</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">God, give me grace to accept with serenity </span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the things that cannot be changed,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Courage to change the things </span></i><i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">which should be changed,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and the Wisdom to distinguish </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the one from the other.</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Living one day at a time,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Enjoying one moment at a time,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Taking, as Jesus did,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">This sinful world as it is,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Not as I would have it,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Trusting that You will make all things right,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">If I surrender to Your will,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And supremely happy with You forever in the next.</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Amen.</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This prayer always reminds me that change is the only constant. But also that we must know what we can or cannot change. And remember that there are some things we cannot change no matter how hard we try.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I applaude how Beca dreams big and is such a go-getter. But I'm glad she eventually learns to slow </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">down and smell the roses. It makes it all worth while to know that she realises that some people are worth being around and fighting for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Beca isn't the only one who had to learn to be open to new things and change. Anna Camp's Aubrey also had to learn to let go of her need for control and accept that change isn't always a bad thing. Control. We can't always control the situation or people around us. And I'm glad Aubrey, played by Anna Camp, learns to let loose and go with the flow by the end of the film. And I loved the way Brittany Snow's Chloe finally took control of how she wanted to be treated by Aubrey and stood up for herself. These two wonderful actresses did a fantastic job as Aubrey and Chloe. Especially Anna Camp. She was able to play the "</span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">villain" without us writing her off as a total b***h.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aubrey: Nothing! Nothing. This is a Bella's rehearsal.</i></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beca: I know. I just wanted to say I'm sorry. What I did was a really dick move, and I shouldn't have changed the set without asking you guys. And I definitely </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">shouldn't have left. I let you guys down and I'm really sorry. And Aubrey if you would have me, I want back in.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aubrey: Wait!</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: Thank you. That would have been embarrassing. </i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>(Beca leaves the chair and walks back towards them)</i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Aubrey: Beca I know I have been hard on you. Okay. I know that I have been hard on everyone here. But I am my father's daughter. And he always said, if at first you don't succeed, pack your bags.</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: Jesus.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Chloe: It's really crazy.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: I get it. Mine gets on me too. Not like that but, er, I guess we don't really know that much about each other. About most of you really.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Stacie: Well, I'll confess something that none of you know about me. I have a lot of sex.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: Yeah, we know Stacie.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Stacie: Only cos I just told you.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: This is a good idea. That was a bad example, but this is a good idea. Why don't we all go around the room and we can all say something about ourselves that nobody else knows.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Cynthia: Okay. I got something. This is hard for me to admit to you guys.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: I think we all know where this is going. Let's be honest.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Cynthia: Well, for the last 2 years, I've had a serious gambling problem.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: What?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: What?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Cynthia: It started when I broke up with my girlfriend.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: Whoop! There it is.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Denise: I still love you. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: Anyone else?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Lily: I ate my twin in the womb.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: What?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: Okay. Fat Amy?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Fat Amy: I'm an open book. I mean for god's sake you guys all call me Fat Amy. See, I guess I'm just not really living if I'm not a 100% honest. And my real name is Fat Patricia.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Beca: Okay, I've never been one of those girls who had a lot of friends who were girls. And I do now. And that's pretty cool. So that's me. Someone else please go.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Chloe: Okay. Over spring break, I made the courage decision to remove my nodes. I know. The doctor said that I can't sing above a G-sharp, maybe ever. I thought this season was over. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was really nice to get to know all the main characters in the Barden Bellas a little better in that brief but effective get to know you session in the training room. This scene </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">helped the film become</span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> more than just an a cappella showcase. It gave us something to really think about. About life, about friendships, and about the experiences that shape us. All of us has a past. Some of us may have had it easy, and some have it really hard, but regardless, everybody has a different story to tell. Our past shapes us to become we are today, but remember that its how we react to the present that determines who we become in the future. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(1) </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jason Moore has also directed musicals like </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Les Misérables, Avenue Q, and Shrek The Musical. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">(2) Anna Kendrick has acted in films like Camp (2003), Twilight (2008), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Up In The Air (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), Scott Prilgrim vs. The World (2010), 50/50 (2011), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), What To Expect When You're Expecting (2011), End Of Watch (2012), and The Company You Keep (2013). She also voiced the character of </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Courtney Babcock</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"> in the stop-motion animation ParaNorman (2012). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">(3) Skylar Austin has performed in musicals like Spring Awakening and Rent. He has also acted in films like Taking Woodstock (2009) and 21 And Over (2013). He also voiced the character of Roy in the animation Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and acted in television series like Girls and House.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">(4) Anna Camp </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">is known for her role as Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus. She is</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"> also known for playing Sarah Newlin in the television series True Blood and the role of </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Gwen Grandy in the series The Mindy Project. She has</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"> guest</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"> starred in series like Roswell, The Office, Glee, Numb3rs, Covert Affairs, Mad Men, The Good Wife, and House of Lies and also acted in the film The Help (2011). </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">(5) Brittany Snow has acted in films like The </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Pacifier (2005), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/john-tucker-must-die-2006.html">John Tucker Must Die (2006)</a>, Hairspray (2007), Finding Amanda (2008), and Syrup (2013). She also played </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Margaret "Meg" Pryor in the television series American Dreams (2002-2005) and has guest starred in series like Nip/Tuck, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Gossip Girl, Mad Love, and Ben & Kate. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">(6) Rebel Wilson has acted in films like Bridesmaids (2011), Bachelorette (2012), This Means War (2012), Struck By Lighting (2012), </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012), and Pain & Gain (2013). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">(7) Alexis Knapp has acted in films like Couples Retreat (2009), Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief (2010), and <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/02/so-undercover-2012.html">So Undercover (2012)</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">(8) Christopher Mintz-Plasse has acted in films like Superbad (2007), Year One (2008), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/10/kick-ass-2009.html">Kick-Ass (2009)</a>, Fright Night (2011), Movie 43 (2013), The To-Do List (2013), and Kick-Ass 2 (2013). He also provides the voice of Fishlegs Ingerman in the animation How To Train Your Dragon (2010), and again in How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014). He has also voiced Giuseppe in Marmaduke (2010), and Alvin in ParaNorman (2012).</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;">(9) Elizabeth Banks has acted in films like Spider-Man (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Daredevil (2003), Seabiscuit (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Sisters (2005), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008), W. (2008), <a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/09/the-hunger-games-2012.html">The Hunger Games (2012)</a>, Man On A Ledge (2012), </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012), People Like Us (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and The Lego Movie (2014). She has also acted as Dr. Kim Briggs in the television series Scrubs and as Avery Jessup in 30 Rock. She has also guest starred in television series like Sex & The City, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, and Modern Family.</span></span></div>
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Cast: Luck Durack (Elle Woods), Rob Mills (Warner Huntington III), David Harris (Emmett Forrest), Helen Dallimore (Paulette Bonafonte), Cameron Daddo (Professor Callahan), and Erika Heynatz (Brooke Wyndham)</span><br />
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My favourite songs - <i>Omigod You Guys</i>, <i>Ireland</i>, <i>Chip On My Shoulder</i>, <i>So Much Better</i>, <i>Take It Like A Man</i>, <i>Legally Blonde (Remix)</i>, & <i>Find My Way/Finale</i>.</span><br />
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Have you ever done anything drastic for love? Or even changed your hair colour or hairstyle because of love? It's funny cos one of my recent posts <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/03/the-wedding-planner-2001.html">The Wedding Planner</a> </i>was about how failures in love have made me who I am today. </span><br />
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I recently caught <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i> in Brisbane Australia. It's on at the Lyric Theatre until 21 April and it'll be showing in Melbourne from May 2013 at the Princess Theatre. If you haven't gone to see it, you MUST GO! I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I think it's even better than the <i>LEGALLY blonde</i> film! As you can tell I throughly enjoyed the musical. Why you might ask?</span><br />
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I feel that the musical did a great job with the character building. There are of course rather significant differences between the film and the musical. Some characters have been combined with others for the stage, which is totally understandable. But the changes applied to the characters made the story work better. Also, I love the fact that the musical expanded on the backstory of two well-loved characters in the film - Emmett and Paulette. Paulette even has her own solo song titled <i>Ireland</i>. And for Emmett, through the song <i>Chip On My Shoulder</i>, we find out more about what drives him to be a lawyer and his backstory makes us fall for him more than we do in the film. </span><br />
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The musical is also hilarious! If you thought <i>LEGALLY blonde</i> is funny, you will love the musical even more. Yes, as with most stage productions, the actions and acting is more dramatised and over the top. But in the case of this musical, it works for it and not against it. The witty dialogue between songs adds flavour to the musical so that it becomes a great stand alone performance from the film, and without taking away what we love about <i>LEGALLY blonde</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I feel that Resse Witherspoon's Elle Woods gives the audience more to chew on with regards to Elle's lovely nuances, Lucy Durack is a wonderful more comedic version to the film's Elle Woods. Reese Witherspoon's emotional performance is not seen as much in the musical, but due to the nature of stage performances, I think giving the musical's Elle a more lighthearted (read: Blonde) personality suits it perfectly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I first heard Rob Mills perform in Sydney, when he was playing the role of Fiyero in the musical <i>Wicked</i>. Maybe it was an off day for him when I saw him perform in Sydney, cos he went off key and was pitchy during the performance. While it didn't ruin my entire <i>Wicked</i> experience, it did make me take note of who he was, just in case I see him name come up again at any other musicals. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hearing him in <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i>, I have to applaud him for his performance. It was flawless and I really wanted to slap him, well not him but Warner, for being such an ass. And comparing to the film version of Warner, I think that the character is evenly matched. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the Australian and Asian tour of <i>Wicked</i> came to Singapore I went to watch the musical again. But before I watched the show, I had bought the tickets of course, I was a little worried knowing that it was the Australian production because of Rob Mills' performance as Fiyero. I was thrilled to find out that Fiyero was played by another actor. A fact I only realised on the day of the musical. The performer for Fiyero in Singapore was none other than David Harris. He plays the beefed up role of Emmett Forrest in <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i>, and he did a fantastic job. </span><br />
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Emmett Forrest gets a backstory in the musical, something lacking in the film. And I enjoyed the fact that he has a bigger role in pushing Elle to be a better person. <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i>'s Emmett also more outwardly (at least to the audience) believes in Elle's abilities and I think that was a very smart move. This also enabled the audience to actually see Elle and Emmett gradually fall in love with each other. </span><br />
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Professor Callahan's nasty personality shines right through from the first time we see him on stage and I think this version of the character, though stereotypical, is more credible and less of a surprise. Props to Cameron Daddo for playing a wonderfully mean and utterly heartless Professor Callahan. </span><br />
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I love Selma Blair's Vivienne to bits. Even though she was such a b***h almost all throughout the film. She played in well. Ali Calder's Vivienne was more aggressive so I find her change from foe to friend rather abrupt. But I suppose it had to be someone within the team of lawyers to remind Elle of the right she has to be legally blonde. </span><br />
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I have to do a shout out for Erika Heynatz and stage debut as Brooke Wyndham in <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i>. She has great stamina! In the musical, she is introduced through a very funny and well staged video workout, but in it, she has to sing and skip at the same time. Then, to make things more interesting and harder for her, she has to 'pause' while the lawyers talk about her case while she's halfway through her routine (she was doing a pelvic lift). Omigod you guys! A-mazing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The musical assembled a wonderful cast of actors and the adaptation from book & film to musical was awesome! I am now crossing my fingers in the hopes that <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical </i>will make its way to Singapore so I can watch it again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Before I saw the musical, I was wondering how on earth were they going to turn the film into a musical. There wasn't any singing at all in the film. And I have to say that the songs written for the musical is pretty awesome. Having watched Spider-Man on Broadway, which sadly disappointed me as a musical, I was apprehensive as to whether <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical </i>would be disappointing as well. Well, it didn't. In fact, it nailed the essence of the message and did one better than the film. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />The show opened to a very upbeat song titled <i>Omigod You Guys</i>. So right from the beginning its shows great prospect. I love majority of the songs in <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i>. One of my favourite songs is<i> Take It Like A Man</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Emmett: Whoa. I look like Warner.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Elle: That's the best part. The outside is new, but now it reflects what's already in you. Couldn't change that if I wanted to. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />This is the scene that continues to develop the feelings and relationship between Elle and Emmett. The scene also reminds me of two scenes in two different movies, both of which I really like - <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/confessions-of-shopaholic-2009.html">Confessions Of A Shopaholic</a></i> and <i>Drive Me Crazy</i>. In both films, they take the male lead shopping at the department store. Hugh Dancy's Luke Brandon in <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2012/04/confessions-of-shopaholic-2009.html">Confessions Of A Shopaholic</a></i> has curly hair like David Harris which makes the connection uncannily similar. And they both don't see the need to dress the part of a successful man. And in <i>Drive Me Crazy</i>, Adrian Grenier's Chase Hammond, who by the way also has curly hair, is dragged to the department store to get a major make over from Melissa Joan Hart's Nicole Maris. But in terms of the song and the scene, I think it was hilarious and the song is really quite catchy.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paulette: See my mum was three quarters italian, and my father I never knew. But my grandfather came from Ireland. The land where dreams come true.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Paulette: Yeah, Ireland. He said all Irish men are like heroes. They're descended from poets and kings. So I swore I'd get married in Ireland. In a wedding like Lord Of The Rings. And my red headed groom I can see him. As we stroll past the churches in thongs. He's a sailor named Brandon or Liam. He can dance without moving his arms...</i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Lyrics from Ireland</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The song <i>Ireland </i>sung by Paulette not only tells us develops her backstory more, it is absolutely comical yet sweet and I love how they make the Irish connection throughout her storyline with the UPS guy. They even do a bit of Irish stepdancing later in the show. I watched Riverdance and loved it, so when the Legally Blonde cast started stepdancing I was laughing so hard. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I was living in ignorant bliss, till I learned I could be more like this. And you know in a way I owe it all to you. I thought losing your love was a blow I could never withstand, but look how far I have come without having to cling to your hand. I had to find my way. The day you broke my heart, you handed me the chance to make a brand new start. You helped me find my way. There's still so much to learn, so many dreams to earn, but even if I crash and burn 10 times a day I think I'm here to stay. I'm gonna find my way.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another highlight of the musical is the special appearance of 2 characters. These 2 made such an entrance that everyone in the theatre was laughing so hard, myself included. So don't hesitate no more! Grab your tickets today! I got the CD of the musical which was recorded by the Original London Cast. And truth be told, I like the voices of the Australian Cast members better. Here is a clip of the Legally Blonde Australia Behind The Scenes footages to wet your appetite. </span><br />
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The Eclectic Reviewer thinks... that when one door closes, another opens, that is one of the themes of the musical. But mostly, <i>Legally Blonde: The Musical</i> is about girl power and will remind us that anyone can do great things and not to judge a book by its cover. Watching a musical in Australia again after nearly 3 years has also made her realise that she actually knows the Australian </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">musical scene</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> better than she does the one at home in Singapore. </span><br />
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* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(musical)">Musical's Poster from Wikipedia</a></span><br />
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the eclectic reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952064851902665215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982536295575465454.post-16240113599065231812013-03-29T23:57:00.000+08:002013-03-30T21:00:04.995+08:00The Script (Live @ Singapore Indoor Stadium)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What an awesome night! Watching The Script live in concert was mind blowing. I may get flogged by many for saying this, but personally, I think The Script beat Lady Gaga's concert hands down. (Although it's probably cos I'm more of a Script fan than a Lady Gaga fan.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No distractions or theatrics.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3 LED panels, 2 huge screens and a stage. That's all The Script had, and needed, to give their Singapore fans something to scream about. It all boiled down to pure musical entertainment and simple interaction with the audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Local band The UnXpected opened the concert for The Script and their first as yet untitled song was really catchy and upbeat. It's a song I'd definitely look out for when they finally name the song. The other songs they sang like <i>Thunder</i> was nice, but I felt it was a little too slow for my liking. Especially in terms of getting the crowd hyped up. I wish they sang more songs like the first one. But still, lead vocalist <a href="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/musicscene/shirlyn-tan-gets-her-comfort-zone-20110225-014840-905.html">Shirlyn Tan</a> has a great voice and the songs had a pretty decent tune. Can't say too much about the lyrics as the music was a little too loud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* Check out The UnXpected's Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unxpectedrock">here</a>. At the moment, they play at Wala on Thursdays and Saturdays and at Sky Loft on Fridays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although the ticket stub said 8pm, it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">closer to 9pm when The Script finally took to the stage</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. I expected to wait, but not that long! However, all that is forgotten the minute the band walks onto stage. Right from the start of the concert, I knew it was going to be a night of pretty lights and soulful music. Most of the songs that I love was performed during the concert and it was fun singing along with The Script and the rest of the crowd at the Indoor Stadium. The crowd really helped make the concert an unforgettable one. Everyone sang along, swayed along, and screamed. A lot. They sung their big hits like <i>The Man Who Can't Be Moved</i>, <i>Six Degrees Of Separation</i>, <i>Breakeven</i>, <i>For The First Time</i>, <i>Nothing</i>, <i>If You Could See Me Now</i>, <i>Science & Faith</i>, and of course <i><a href="http://entitled-to-opinion.blogspot.sg/2013/03/hall-of-fame-2012.html">Hall Of Fame</a></i>.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Man Who Can't Be Moved</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is the song that put them on my radar so when they sang it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">acoustically, I was floored and very very happy. And I knew that the song </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If You Could See Me Now </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was a tribute to Danny O'Donoghue's father and guitarist Mark Sheehan's parents so it gave me a context that helped me appreciate the song so much more. That, and the fact that the lyrics always reminds me of my grandmother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were many high points during the concert. My favourite moment was when the band members each started drinking a bottle of beer and talked about drunk calling. Then Danny O'Donoghue asked the audience in the mosh pit to call their ex on the phone. When one of the calls got connected, he took the phone and started to sing to the person on the other line. Someone called Elaine. Lucky girl! Though I wonder if she hung up even before the song ended. Does anyone know? LOL! I guess it's something I might never find out. The mention of Danny's habit of drunk calling is not new, but I haven't seen any videos of him actually singing to someone on the phone while singing that song. Yet. Maybe after tonight's concert there'll be videos of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The audience sitting at the right side of the stage had a real treat when Danny O'Donoghue turned up at the top of the stairs and ran down from the top back to the stage. It was probably planned for already, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for the security personnel who had to fend off the fans when he did that. Still, I think it was a really nice thing that they did for the fans who were at the side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Danny O'Donoghue went close to the audience to interact with them quite often during the concert, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">even guitarist Mark Sheehan went towards the audience area once.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Although I wasn't one of those who managed to get really close to them or shake their hand etc., I think those in front really appreciated their attempts to connect with their fans. In fact, I think plenty of Irish nationals attended the concert. I saw an Irish flag being held up by someone in the mosh pit area. Pity I didn't think to take a photo of that at the time. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like constellations in the night sky. <br />
That's what the lights on the LED panels remind me of.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Eclectic Reviewer thinks.... All in all, The Script gave me a night to remember, and I'm eagerly waiting for them to come back to Singapore!</span><br />
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