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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

TWO BIRDS with ONE STONE ...


What am I talking about? 
What do I mean by two birds and one stone ...?!
First the movie, MARY and MAX. 
I told you a little bit about it two weeks ago.

SYNOPSIS: An unlikely pen-friendship develops between Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and Max Horovitz, a 44 year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome, living in the chaos of New York. Their correspondence, the KEY-word here, over the years, reveals their fears, foibles and obsessions, including chocolate and a TV show. They are penpals of the seventies,  like we had, except here, the story's undertone, speaks about what is the essential quality of friendship: unconditional love! Stunningly frank and witty.


Second, if you decide to see it, you will hear two different and distinct accents ... (Ah! Ha! there's the second bird) which you can sample by clicking on the title. The link will automatically take you to the official TRAILER (bande annonce). 
TRY IT!
I'm sure you'll enjoy the movie, 
as we say in English, IT'S VERY ENDEARING!
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ONE of the questions that MAX asks Mary 
in one of his letters is: 
"Do you have a favorite SOUNDing word?
I have one,  L O V E L Y  and another,
S E R E N D I P I T Y 
What yours?


4 comments:

Huguette said...

I listen to video many times. I didn't understand all the text but I understood the story.

I don't understand the "sounding word"...

Is it a word pleasant to hear for the sound?
Is it a word pleasant for the "comprehensionways" ( is it a word?)?
Is it a word that we use often?

What is it?

Suzanne said...

A very endearing movie! I hope you get to see it.

For the sounding word, it's a word that you like because of the way it sounds. Yes! it has a pleasant sound.
When you say it or hear it you enjoy the sound.
You don't have to know the meaning ... you just like what you hear!

Huguette said...

After your explanation, I believe that me sounding word is "for ever".

Good evening

Suzanne said...

MY sounding word is forever!

Good one, Huguette!