Comments on: What the Manolo Is… http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Running With Heels http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567853 Running With Heels Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:18:12 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567853 wait until my sister hears that the manolo listens to Goldfrapp...she will have your respect in an instant and never leave your site! wait until my sister hears that the manolo listens to Goldfrapp…she will have your respect in an instant and never leave your site!

]]> By: Ami Addison http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567839 Ami Addison Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:48:21 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567839 I love the book so much that I can't help but feel the movie is a cheap imitation. The characters in the book are so much more complex and passionate--and a lot more juicy stuff happens (in the book, Scarlett has three children--one from each husband). That being said, every once in a while I get a hankering to see this flick and I do enjoy it for what it is--Good Old Fashioned Hollywood. I love the book so much that I can’t help but feel the movie is a cheap imitation. The characters in the book are so much more complex and passionate–and a lot more juicy stuff happens (in the book, Scarlett has three children–one from each husband).

That being said, every once in a while I get a hankering to see this flick and I do enjoy it for what it is–Good Old Fashioned Hollywood.

]]> By: oakling http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567823 oakling Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:55:46 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567823 I think it's like "trashy" books - sometimes we enjoy being emotionally manipulated, if it's done well! Like the Greeks with their cathartic plays. I think it’s like “trashy” books - sometimes we enjoy being emotionally manipulated, if it’s done well! Like the Greeks with their cathartic plays.

]]> By: Cherie http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567821 Cherie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:37:49 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567821 I so agree, it is so contrived, and yes I cried and still do! Somehow, though, my husband is immune to the emotional tugging and sees only the contrived melodrama. Oh well, he actually watches "What Not to Wear" with me, and all those decorating shows! I so agree, it is so contrived, and yes I cried and still do! Somehow, though, my husband is immune to the emotional tugging and sees only the contrived melodrama. Oh well, he actually watches “What Not to Wear” with me, and all those decorating shows!

]]> By: Poochie http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567809 Poochie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:02:04 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567809 I think it is because underneath you know they (Scarlett and Rhett) are both so vulnerable and need/crave the love the other could give. But they just can't bring themselves to admit it or ask for it. Rhett gets close once but Scarlett has made herself all hard to him to protect herself. They never get on the same page. Luv Poochie I think it is because underneath you know they (Scarlett and Rhett) are both so vulnerable and need/crave the love the other could give. But they just can’t bring themselves to admit it or ask for it. Rhett gets close once but Scarlett has made herself all hard to him to protect herself. They never get on the same page.

Luv
Poochie

]]> By: Glinda http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567808 Glinda Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:20:06 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567808 I love Goldfrapp! They trip me out sometimes, but I love them anyway. I love Goldfrapp! They trip me out sometimes, but I love them anyway.

]]> By: salemwench http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567800 salemwench Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:09:28 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567800 I completely agree, so very melodramatic but it works! I completely agree, so very melodramatic but it works!

]]> By: Irene Done http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567794 Irene Done Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:18:41 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567794 It's funny. From the first sentence of the book, we know that Scarlett is not pretty. But if a less-than-pretty actress had played that role, it would have ruined the movie. I think Vivien Leigh's cute, subtly expressively little face goes a long way to making us love that character even as she does terrible things. It’s funny. From the first sentence of the book, we know that Scarlett is not pretty. But if a less-than-pretty actress had played that role, it would have ruined the movie. I think Vivien Leigh’s cute, subtly expressively little face goes a long way to making us love that character even as she does terrible things.

]]> By: La Petite Acadienne http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567785 La Petite Acadienne Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:28:36 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567785 I love the homage that the great Carol Burnett did of Scarlett O'Hara's whipping up of that dress from the green drapes. I love the homage that the great Carol Burnett did of Scarlett O’Hara’s whipping up of that dress from the green drapes.

]]> By: Saumaya http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567782 Saumaya Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:18:49 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2008/02/27/what-the-manolo-is-135/#comment-567782 I love the dress Scarlett O'Hara whips out from the green drapes I love the dress Scarlett O’Hara whips out from the green drapes

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