To: epicure who wrote (14030 ) 11/14/2007 10:44:20 AM From: Rambi Read Replies (1) | Respond to I don't think Seminole was even expressing his own opinion, but that of most of the reviewers. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a dismal 26%, and words like "inert", "pontifical", "hubristic", and "flat" are sprinkled through some really bad reviews. As one reviewer who obviously wanted to love it said, "I agree with the politics, but the presentation is robotic, blinkered, idiotic, alien.."...the movie consists mostly of people sitting around rooms, usually two at a time, debating the conflict in Afghanistan, the quagmire of Iraq, the arrogance (or is it stay-the-course courage?) of war-on-terror politicians, the superficiality (or is it muzzling?) of the press, and the complacency of everyone else. Iris and Her Friends , the second book by her husband, John Bayley, about her illness. This wasn't really about Iris, but more about him as she declined with her Alzheimers. He is a brilliant man and writer--and a very odd person. The book is painfully honest, though, and every page has a literary quote or allusion.
