@BlondeGoddess: But she's saying it in a kinda gross way. I think that's why. I think it's gross to smell a wet diaper like a "baked good", whether or love your children or not. It's pee, not perfume! :) #sarahjessicaparker
@kookla: Well she's commenting on changing her current childrens' diapers so... yeah, I do. Not all of them, but at least some of them. #sarahjessicaparker
Also, SMG? Listen. There are lots of "selfless" things a person can do. One can volunteer their time to helping others, advocating for a worthy cause, donating money to charity, or choosing to live in a socially-aware way. Having a child can also be one of them. Seriously, I'm glad you're happy, I wish you lots of happiness and love and all that good stuff, but having a baby =/= selfless. Having a baby = having a baby. Lots of people have kids and don't become selfless.
I shouldn't even post this comment - it feels really mean and self-centered, but it just pisses me off when people have kids, and then tell me how awesome they are for it. People donate time, love and goodness in all sorts of ways. You don't have to be a parent to be selfless, and you don't have to be selfless to be a parent. #sarahjessicaparker
@boxspelunker: I believe you do have to be selfless, in some ways, to have a kid and raise it. But on the other hand, in some ways, you have to be selfish. So yah, in this overpopulated world of ours, I am not going to praise the choice to have children.
I love SMG but that comment bothered me. Even just the idea of her saying that people aren't capable of being good parents in their 20's. You might have not have been but others are capable of that - we all grow at different rates. #sarahjessicaparker
@boxspelunker: Yes! And some people make very good, selfless parents even when they're in their twenties! If you're the kind of person who steps up to the plate you'll probably do it just as well in your twenties as in your thirties or beyond.
Good for her, she's happy with the choices she made. That's really wonderful. But I wish she didn't have to imply that people making different choices aren't as perfect as her. #sarahjessicaparker
@Elaken: I agree with your second point, I had a kid in my 20's and one in my 30's and yes, people do grow at different rates. People who want kids should have them when they're ready. I know many people in their late 30's, early 40's and they will never be ready and I know some parents in their 20's who are doing just fine. #sarahjessicaparker
@Elaken: I can't bear it when people who have been parents for all of, ooh, five minutes, start sharing their 'wisdom' with the world. I'm glad they're happy but, seriously, they know fuck-all.
As for the age thing... I've been a young mother and an older mother - had my first kid in my early 20s and my last kid in my late 30s. There are pros and cons to both, and a good parent works with what they've got. Yeah, I was more patient as an older mother but I had a lot more energy as a younger mother. I'm more stable now, I was more adventurous then. Different, not better. #sarahjessicaparker
@boxspelunker: and if you grew the thing in your own stomach using your own dna and body materials, it isn't really selfless anyway, as it's just a continuation of your own damn self. #sarahjessicaparker
@Elaken: I think to be a good parent, a certain amount of selflessness and selfishness is needed (in the appropriate amounts and times, of course!). But the act of being a parent alone is not selflessness nor does it necessarily create selflessness. That's really what I take issue with. I know lots of kindof crappy parents, who talk big talk about how magical, wonderful and selfless being a parent is, when they are unwilling to make very many sacrifices for their child. Maybe that's why it burns my butt so much? :)
@AnotherJenn: This is also true! Some 2o-somethings are great parents. I just didn't like how condescending it sounded, I guess.
@metalkate: In a way, having a baby is completely unmiraculous - it happens every day, around the world, it is needed for the continuation of the species, etc., etc. I know when it happens on a micro level, it's totally different, but I hate it when parents act like they are the only ones ever who have experienced such a thing. It's like, on a macro level, this is nothing. Don't start lecturing people just yet. :) #sarahjessicaparker
Michael Lohan is a huge douche, but I kind of love the idea of God looking down on Hollywood and deciding who will be smote with a role in 'Labor Pains' and who will be spared. #sarahjessicaparker
@NellMood: And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is given this day in the city of Los Angeles a Stinker, which is Labor Pains, the movie.
-Luke 2:9-11 #sarahjessicaparker
Yeah, but "A Beautiful Mind" and "American Beauty" took home Oscars, right?
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The last couple of movies about which I remember reading this type of rantage about someone's life getting "shoved in our faces" were Thelma & Louise and The Accused. Oh -- and Do the Right Thing.
@Penny: But how is an imagination cavernous? It's big but empty? It's hollow? It echoes? There are bears and bats? None of that matches the movie.
@PilgrimSoul: I know, that's where I went too. It's either a really obnoxious dig in an otherwise positive review, or a case of a reviewer not knowing what words mean. #preciousreviews
@yvanehtnioj: word nerd here. I think cavernous implies large, deep depths (see cave vs. cavern) which I suppose would emphasize the nature of her hidden world, aka vast and hidden and unexplored, like a cavern. Although maybe I am giving them too much credit. #preciousreviews
@clamme: I'll give you hidden, but I still submit that caverns are defined by the lack of content. They're basically negative space. The first connotations I get are empty, vacant, vast. #preciousreviews
@yvanehtnioj: Hmm, I think caverns are defined by being large and unexplored. I don't think it's a bad thing to say that she has a large and unexplored inner life, when it's followed in the review with 'fantasy', 'warmth' and 'beauty'. #preciousreviews
@yvanehtnioj: Of course, yes people explore caverns. Do most people? No. They're sort of connoted as unexplored (until we explore them) I'm just saying the connotations. Caverns are unlit, they are mysterious. Anyway we could argue about connotations all day I suppose. Sorry for getting off topic. #preciousreviews
@yvanehtnioj: You haven't been to Carlsbad Caverns I take it. It's a large deep place, with lots of beautiful stuff to look at. And yes, there are some bats as well. #preciousreviews
@circlegirl: I surely have. It's explored, it's mostly negative space (give or take a few stalactites/stalagmites), the pretty things to look at are essentially the walls, and there are more than a few bats. According to the tour I was on, it's the largest bat colony in N. America. Doesn't change my point at all.
Also I went to the dictionary to look up cavern and cavernous, and while the words vast and hollow made an appearance, nothing about being mysterious or unexplored popped up. #preciousreviews
@yvanehtnioj: I was referring to your stating the definition in the dictionary as part of your argument for cavernous. I don't think using synonyms is a good way to get at the connotations or the definition, though.
Anyway, I was sort of stating my point in stupid little tidbits, because my boss was over my shoulder. (Bosses!) I was trying to convey that 'cavernous' isn't always negative, esp. with the context clues. However, you are right, we disagree and that is okay. Farewell, fellow worder. Farewell. #preciousreviews
@clamme: As a fellow word nerd, I don't take cavernous to mean "big," but "grand." "Expansive" wouldn't quite work. It's too bland to describe the richness, the vastness, the grandness. "Vast" also doesn't mean "large." It's got a romantic quality to it. The universe is vast. The starry night is vast.
So, yes, I agree with you.
Full disclosure: I'm a writer. Words move me, and synonyms don't always mean exactly the same thing. #preciousreviews
Not to speak of how inside every woman there's a yawning maw housing a keening creature who's just ... so violently needy, you know?
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I think I'm going to start carrying a bucket with me through this film and related review-reading season, so that I'm always prepared. #preciousreviews
@PilgrimSoul: Fuck, I know. "I'm not judging girls who look like Sidibe in life" - except you are, asshole. Sidibe is a real-life woman, she's not some computer-generated cartoon created for this film. #preciousreviews
"New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta" These select cities are a little too select. I was really hoping it would come to Dallas, hell...I'd drive to Austin to see it. #preciousreviews
@TubOfTaft: When will Boston get on the list of big cities to open a film in? It's always frustrating to me that we have to wait like everybody else. I want to be first, wahhh! #preciousreviews
@bluetrain84: I’m grateful for Kendall Square Cinema. Where else can you watch Zombie Strippers one month and Slumdog Millionaire a few months later on the same screen? #preciousreviews
@bluetrain84: Because ... ah ... Bahstahn is a more ... ah ... intellectual town.
You don't watch films. You read books.
*spoken in William F. Buckley cadence* #preciousreviews
My complaint is that the commercials are about Oprah. I don't want to see this film because Oprah loved it. I want to see it because Push is an incredible book and it speaks volumes about the evil and the strength of humanity. #preciousreviews
@Lymed: Eh, the "Oprah's Book Club" label has gotten more middle-of-the-road people to buy books that otherwise wouldn't have. Middle-aged women are moved by Oprah in ways that few other people motivate them. #preciousreviews
@voteforme: Can't they somehow put the Oprah label on without showing Oprah talk about how moved she was? I'm sure it will get people to see the film, but it bothers me. I guess it bothers me that they probably focus grouped trailers and found that people would not see the movie based on a traditional trailer. #preciousreviews
@Lymed: The Oprah shit bugs me too, but they also want to make money. I am sure she's more concerned with motivating the masses to see it, though. In the end, at least she promotes decent stuff. #preciousreviews
@Penny: I've found some of my favorite books where her book club picks. I even read some classics because she brought them back to a new printing via her book club. But as I said in reply to voteforme, perhaps I'm more upset that this is what many people need to go out and see this film. #preciousreviews
@Lymed: Think of it as a necessary evil. I think many would agree that the more people who see this movie the better. Oprah helps, and she especially helps get people who would NEVER have watched this type of movie otherwise. It's not perfect, but it's better than the movie being ignored by the mainstream Oprah crowd #preciousreviews
@growler: You know, I find that review interesting. I'm not sure I agree with all of it and have to think about it, but something like this: "It sells materialist fantasy as a universal motivation—no wonder Perry and Winfrey like it." Well, this is what someone what Edelstein was reaching for, but he got distracted by her "squashed eyes" and we were off to the races. #preciousreviews
I'm excited to see this movie but I might wait until it comes out on DVD for fear that I might burst into laughter because I cannot separate Mariah Carey with Glitter. Regardless, I'm really glad that this movie will probably prove some (*ahem* Edelstein) critics wrong and shine some light on pressing/difficult topics. #preciousreviews
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Also, SMG? Listen. There are lots of "selfless" things a person can do. One can volunteer their time to helping others, advocating for a worthy cause, donating money to charity, or choosing to live in a socially-aware way. Having a child can also be one of them. Seriously, I'm glad you're happy, I wish you lots of happiness and love and all that good stuff, but having a baby =/= selfless. Having a baby = having a baby. Lots of people have kids and don't become selfless.
I shouldn't even post this comment - it feels really mean and self-centered, but it just pisses me off when people have kids, and then tell me how awesome they are for it. People donate time, love and goodness in all sorts of ways. You don't have to be a parent to be selfless, and you don't have to be selfless to be a parent. #sarahjessicaparker
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I love SMG but that comment bothered me. Even just the idea of her saying that people aren't capable of being good parents in their 20's. You might have not have been but others are capable of that - we all grow at different rates. #sarahjessicaparker
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Good for her, she's happy with the choices she made. That's really wonderful. But I wish she didn't have to imply that people making different choices aren't as perfect as her. #sarahjessicaparker
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As for the age thing... I've been a young mother and an older mother - had my first kid in my early 20s and my last kid in my late 30s. There are pros and cons to both, and a good parent works with what they've got. Yeah, I was more patient as an older mother but I had a lot more energy as a younger mother. I'm more stable now, I was more adventurous then. Different, not better. #sarahjessicaparker
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@AnotherJenn: This is also true! Some 2o-somethings are great parents. I just didn't like how condescending it sounded, I guess.
@metalkate: In a way, having a baby is completely unmiraculous - it happens every day, around the world, it is needed for the continuation of the species, etc., etc. I know when it happens on a micro level, it's totally different, but I hate it when parents act like they are the only ones ever who have experienced such a thing. It's like, on a macro level, this is nothing. Don't start lecturing people just yet. :) #sarahjessicaparker
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is given this day in the city of Los Angeles a Stinker, which is Labor Pains, the movie.
-Luke 2:9-11 #sarahjessicaparker
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*eyeroll*
The last couple of movies about which I remember reading this type of rantage about someone's life getting "shoved in our faces" were Thelma & Louise and The Accused. Oh -- and Do the Right Thing.
I can't imagine any of that is an accident.
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What the heck does "Precious' cavernous inner world" mean? How is an inner world cavernous? #preciousreviews
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@PilgrimSoul: I know, that's where I went too. It's either a really obnoxious dig in an otherwise positive review, or a case of a reviewer not knowing what words mean. #preciousreviews
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Also I went to the dictionary to look up cavern and cavernous, and while the words vast and hollow made an appearance, nothing about being mysterious or unexplored popped up. #preciousreviews
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We just do not agree. And that is okay. #preciousreviews
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alveolate, broad, chambered, chasmal, commodious, concave, curved inward, deep, deep-set, echoing, gaping, huge, resonant, reverberant, roomy, sepulchral, socketed, spacious, sunken, vast, wide, yawning
And the only antonym? Filled.
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Anyway, I was sort of stating my point in stupid little tidbits, because my boss was over my shoulder. (Bosses!) I was trying to convey that 'cavernous' isn't always negative, esp. with the context clues. However, you are right, we disagree and that is okay. Farewell, fellow worder. Farewell. #preciousreviews
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So, yes, I agree with you.
Full disclosure: I'm a writer. Words move me, and synonyms don't always mean exactly the same thing. #preciousreviews
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Not to speak of how inside every woman there's a yawning maw housing a keening creature who's just ... so violently needy, you know?
*turns a faint green*
I think I'm going to start carrying a bucket with me through this film and related review-reading season, so that I'm always prepared. #preciousreviews
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This has a listing of where and when it opens. It opens in Dallas next week. It doesn't open in the Boston area until the week after! #preciousreviews
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You don't watch films. You read books.
*spoken in William F. Buckley cadence* #preciousreviews
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