Bill: OK. Let's see if I got it right. The expression: "Your video tape player gave up the ghost" means: my video player gave up the plot?. Yes, not? Just guessing here. Mayka
--- On Thu, 3/3/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 1:08 Yep! That's the movie - at least the part before you fell asleep and your video tape player gave up the ghost. (I'm purposely using a lot of American idioms to help you become more comfortable on the forum.) Later...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Bill: >  > I'm afraid I fall to sleep while watching the movie!. What a shame!.  It > was too late on and my video recorder is not working anymore. Don't know > who could fix it as DVD players have overtaken. >  > For the little I could see my thought is that characters were all crazy!. > It sounded to me as a very strong critic to a society swallow by consumerism > given as a result consumed people. I would like to watch it more than > once. This is that kind of movies that need to be watched more than once as > there is lot of detail on it not to be missed. It's also a movie opento > multi-interpretations. In that way is interesting. >  > Take for instance the scene in which one of characters go to the doctor to be > given sleeping tablets as he suffers from insomnia.  The zombie more > death than alive expression he has. The refusal of the doctor of giving him > those tables telling him that real pain was that of having cancer in > their wherever. And yet the man is in terrible mental pain. So what he > does to have attention is to pretend that he's also suffering for > several terminal illness and join the groups in which he will be able to > express out himself and anywhere else can do that. >  > The Fight Club what a crazy idea in order to have a sort of reaction as they > are all numb as human beings! >  > Mayka > --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 4:14 > > >  > > > > I watched The Turman Show last night. I thought it was just 'okay'. > > I did like the very last scene in the movie where the two uniformed guys who > always watched and seemingly made it the most important thing in their life, > upon figuring out that the Truman Show was now over turned to each other and > asked, 'Well, what else is on?' > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > Just in case anyone is interested > > The movie The Fight Club is on film4 UK right now. Yupiii!!!. > > >
