Comments on: Lawrence of Arabia http://www.girldetective.net/?p=475 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 23:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=475&cpage=1#comment-4853 girldetective Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:56:47 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=475#comment-4853 Welcome back! LoA's length is intimidating, which is one reason I was glad to see it in the theater. We saw it at the Heights: http://www.heightstheater.com/ I agree that 90 minutes is about perfect for comedies, and have been annoyed by ones that go longer, such as Shanghai Knights. Yet The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a film that I liked better the more I thought about it, and remembering Paul Rudd in the closing sequence still makes me smile. I found Steve Carell was utterly charming and believable as a 40-year-old virgin, which is a pretty good acting job, I think. Welcome back! LoA’s length is intimidating, which is one reason I was glad to see it in the theater. We saw it at the Heights: http://www.heightstheater.com/

I agree that 90 minutes is about perfect for comedies, and have been annoyed by ones that go longer, such as Shanghai Knights. Yet The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a film that I liked better the more I thought about it, and remembering Paul Rudd in the closing sequence still makes me smile. I found Steve Carell was utterly charming and believable as a 40-year-old virgin, which is a pretty good acting job, I think.

]]> By: kirk http://www.girldetective.net/?p=475&cpage=1#comment-4822 kirk Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:34:58 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=475#comment-4822 I just visited Morocco a few weeks ago where some of LofA was filmed. There's this kasbah across the mountains east of Marrakech called Ait Bennadouh (or something like that) that they advertised as being a location for "Lawrence of Arabia", "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Gladiator". It was pretty cool and we were given a little tour by a 7-year old kid. Faux Guides seem to be a major source of income in Morocco. Then, when I got home I noticed LofA was on cable so I DVR'd it. But all I did was fast-forward it looking for this one kasbah (and couldn't find it). I know I should have watched the whole movie, but the length was too intimidating. I have trouble sitting through movies at home. Did you see it at the Oak St.? And I also just watched 40-Year Old Virgin yesterday via Comcast OnDemand. I wish I shared your appreciation of it. I thought it was alright and definitely elicited some good chuckles, but, again, the length got to me. Standard comedies should be no longer than 90- or 100-minutes in my opinion. I just visited Morocco a few weeks ago where some of LofA was filmed. There’s this kasbah across the mountains east of Marrakech called Ait Bennadouh (or something like that) that they advertised as being a location for “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Jesus of Nazareth” and “Gladiator”. It was pretty cool and we were given a little tour by a 7-year old kid. Faux Guides seem to be a major source of income in Morocco. Then, when I got home I noticed LofA was on cable so I DVR’d it.

But all I did was fast-forward it looking for this one kasbah (and couldn’t find it). I know I should have watched the whole movie, but the length was too intimidating. I have trouble sitting through movies at home. Did you see it at the Oak St.?

And I also just watched 40-Year Old Virgin yesterday via Comcast OnDemand. I wish I shared your appreciation of it. I thought it was alright and definitely elicited some good chuckles, but, again, the length got to me. Standard comedies should be no longer than 90- or 100-minutes in my opinion.

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