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Oh no. It was a London setting? Why would they do it in NY?
Isn't Emily Blunt English anyway?!?! Why waste her accent? __________________
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Yeah the book was set in London....
Emily's characters in the book was supposed to be English so I guess that was okay....but I just didn't think it worked....they made it all shiny! __________________
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Did you mean Emily's charachter was supposed to be American Ekua?
I can't imagine why they would change that. Britain is the place where trains actually drive right past ppls houses ( I remember from when I was there) in America trains tend to almost always go through seedy neighborhoods or industrial settings. It would be very rare to go past middle class housing. That is disappointing. I can't imagine that story in America or it being shiny. It should have been very everyday type people and filming, lighting and sets. __________________
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No Emily's character was English in the book and in the movie All the houses were huge and even the flat she lived in looked like it was worth a half million or so!!
And yeah, the train going super close to the houses is not something I've seen in America. It's not awful; I enjoyed it and the acting was good...I guess I just expected too much! __________________
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So it is still worth a watch. Just not in theatres for me then.
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Oh yeah! It wasn't terrible by any means! The book was pretty gritty, and the film didn't really show that. And I couldn't stop thinking how awesome Jason would have been as the husband!!
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Another missed opportunity!
I thought that movie was set in the US too! Makes more sense being British. Our trains do go through the worst parts of every town, it's very depressing. I finally watched another movie - "Woman in Gold" with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds (funny, they don't look Jewish...) about a woman trying to get back family paintings stolen by the Nazis (and now 'national treasures' of Austria). Wonderful performances, and a story worth telling/reminding people about. Although it did feel like it ran a little long. You think it's over and then no, they try again (and again) and it runs on another hour or so! __________________
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The Train in the movie went through a very lovely area indeed!! Gorgeous big houses etc. Although the train intself looked like it was about to fall apart!
Oh that sounds interesting MyrnaLynne I like Helen Mirren and Ryan Renolds is nice to look at! I have to ask though, how does one look Jewish?! __________________
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Yeah I'm gonna wait for it on netflix i think.
Meh i don't really like ryan reynolds. and no he doesnt look jewish to me either (like woody allen or adam sandler), he looks canadian to me. which is like the canadians i know here, who's generations came here a long time ago so they're like a mix of different nationalities. __________________
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I think he's hot!
But....I don't know if I could tell if someone looked Jewish or not?! __________________
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Yeah i guess anyone could be Jewish! I just saw that Scarlett Johanson is jewish! no idea!
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Oh really?! No idea either!
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I know!! Me too!!! I usually am excited for a movie but nothing this year. Like nothing at all.
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Yeah it's been a very crappy movie year!! So much rubbish and so much of the same stuff over and over!!
Beauty and the Beast next year though!!! __________________
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I like Ryan
I'm excited to see the next Star Wars movie I'm still bugged they had that movie take place in America. The whole visual I had in my head while reading it was so British. Wow they had the train going past big beautiful houses is a bummer. I don't even think in England trains do that. Oh well...yea I'll Netflix it. __________________
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