tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post3010355816040796623..comments2023-11-02T11:56:24.222-04:00Comments on DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog: REVOLUTIONARY ROADAlan Bacchushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828941303586018368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-28928491159304910082009-01-19T13:35:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:35:00.000-05:00This couple could've almost been my parents. My p...This couple could've almost been my parents. My parents were two years younger than this couple and I was a few months old in 1955. My mother was a former singer (and very talented) trapped in a suburban housewife life with my father, who was a selfish, cheating, white-collar alcoholic in the Washington, DC/Northern Virginia area. My mother even had two illegal abortions during her marriage (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-82984692211340830062009-01-14T07:40:00.000-05:002009-01-14T07:40:00.000-05:00Good observations with the Winslet laughter thing....Good observations with the Winslet laughter thing. I agree. Thanks,<BR/>AlanAlan Bacchushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828941303586018368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-14782994564186181052009-01-14T01:29:00.000-05:002009-01-14T01:29:00.000-05:00i couldn't agree more with most of the post, but I...i couldn't agree more with most of the post, but I feel like you let Winslet off the hook a little bit for the contrived heightened anger of the last argument. She lost her character a bit and went into the sarcastic laugh that we've seen her do in many other films, into an immediate, almost farcical switch to level 10 anger.<BR/>I actually believed DiCaprio a little more since his unnecessary Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947075480650666788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-91546312381112194092009-01-13T03:09:00.000-05:002009-01-13T03:09:00.000-05:00I suppose Mendes and co. were trying to be fateful...I suppose Mendes and co. were trying to be fateful to the book in regard to the film's time period.<BR/>I really could care less as I found the film a complete bore. It is as simple as that.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311470972635484335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-26001332756994724452009-01-12T20:10:00.000-05:002009-01-12T20:10:00.000-05:00No he doesn't Mr. Anonymous. But he let us know t...No he doesn't Mr. Anonymous. But he let us know that it might have a better connection with audiences if it was set in present day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631247712045277858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593801517891533127.post-14223452084877791972009-01-11T23:20:00.000-05:002009-01-11T23:20:00.000-05:00whoever wrote this review is a complete dissapoint...whoever wrote this review is a complete dissapointment. do you really think films must take place in the current day to be relevant? who hired you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com