Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Sounds like a good one. I had basicly the same idea, move to India and live like a king on my pension. However, after returning to India around '96, I thought, FTS! The difference between my visit in '73 and '96 was the remnant of the British Empire, relatively clean and orderly, to 3x's the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Yup, when I visited in 96 it looked like the Brits left and the Indians didn't know how to keep things up. But my understanding that is different now. And no your pension wouldn't go so far in today's India. I often pick up a copy of the free magazine India Currents at an Indian grocery

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 04/22/2012 08:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote: This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full of old people -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, etc. -- with nary a nubile,