tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post113456607445480448..comments2023-06-28T18:30:16.182+10:00Comments on Silent Speaking: A tiara and a tree stump: the bittersweet tale of the Virgin SuicidesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1134863114489167972005-12-18T10:45:00.000+11:002005-12-18T10:45:00.000+11:00Wow, I'm glad there are some people out there that...Wow, I'm glad there are some people out there that agree with me!<BR/><BR/>Katharine - 'tis a pity you missed it the other night; it is definitely worth the drive to the local blockbuster and the $4.00 it will cost you to hire it.<BR/><BR/>Erin - That is what I think, however other people just won't listen to me.<BR/><BR/>Ladybug - I haven't read the book, but I'll definitely put it on the reading list. I don't know why people would criticize it for being misogynist as, ultimately, the girls die from their repression - a clear condemnation of misogyny if you ask me.<BR/><BR/>T - I looooovvvvee Lost in translation. I like it so much that I go all nonsensical and extend words like loooovvve when I talk about it.Don Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291358604872256004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1134771046500682842005-12-17T09:10:00.000+11:002005-12-17T09:10:00.000+11:00I loved this movie too, and I loved the book it is...I loved this movie too, and I loved the book it is based on. The main criticism I heard about both was that they are voyeuristic and mysogynist in the way they portray the female characters as objects. But I mean, isn't that the point? That the boys really didn't understand the girls as whole beings but just in these little fragments- in pieces of hair, threads of dresses, bits of conversation... I remember as a younger girl, being completely awe struck by the world of boys (I grew up in a house of women) and imagining their world to be almost alien in how different it seemed compared to mine... <BR/><BR/>Anyway, Jeffrey Eugenides is great. The other book that I have read by him is Middlesex and it is just amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1134714428968934612005-12-16T17:27:00.000+11:002005-12-16T17:27:00.000+11:00Other people are wrong. It is an incredible movie....Other people are wrong. It is an incredible movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1134701546647307742005-12-16T13:52:00.000+11:002005-12-16T13:52:00.000+11:00I haven't seen it before, and I had to work the ni...I haven't seen it before, and I had to work the night it was on SBS :( I think I'll have to borrow the DVD....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com