Hi all,
Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.

Of course, it's JMHO.
Dick R.

"Dick R." > wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>
> Of course, it's JMHO.
> Dick R.

I found more to like than you did. Sideways is a movie about failed human
affairs, and the glimmer of redemption.

The wine stuff was really incidental, but satisfying in a way.

Tom S

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Tom S > typed:

> "Dick R." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all,
>> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
>> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
>> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
>> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
>> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>>
>> Of course, it's JMHO.
>> Dick R.
>
> I found more to like than you did. Sideways is a movie about
> failed
> human affairs, and the glimmer of redemption.


I just saw it a couple of days ago. Yes, I agree. And it did a
very good job of it. I liked it a lot.


> The wine stuff was really incidental,


Yes. Before seeing it, I had thought the movie was about wine and
wineries, but that's not at all true.


> ... but satisfying in a way.


Yes. It was accurate and not watered down. Very surprising for
Hollywood.

--
Ken Blake
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Dick R. wrote:

> Hi all,
> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>
> Of course, it's JMHO.
> Dick R.


It will live on forever Dick I'm afraid.

Every few weeks, then few months some new Sideways viewer will find
their way in here and say the same thing 100 people before them have said.

And every few months some new troll who likes to bait winos on the basis
they are like the guys in Sideways will find their way in here and say
the same thing 100 people before them have said.



How can you kill something that won't bleed? Needs a porterhouse
throught the heart.


Mat.

Dick R. wrote:
> Hi all,
> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>
> Of course, it's JMHO.
> Dick R.
Hi all,
I must apologize for this message. I'm an "older gentleman
(usually)" and I might post a highly opinionated and inane
message on occasion, but some of those brain cells aren't
working as well as they used to. :-)
Dick R.

In article >, says...
>
>Dick R. wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
>> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
>> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
>> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
>> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>>
>> Of course, it's JMHO.
>> Dick R.
>Hi all,
>I must apologize for this message. I'm an "older gentleman
>(usually)" and I might post a highly opinionated and inane
>message on occasion, but some of those brain cells aren't
>working as well as they used to. :-)
>Dick R.

Dick,
Actually, I thought that you did a good critique of the movie. I assumed that
your tongue was firmly in your cheek, but you were succinct and covered the
high points. While I found it to be an enjoyable little film-noir (a clone of
Pinot?), I would hardly base my Summer holiday on following the "Sideways
Road." As we've already hammered Merlot in the group, the only real
reservation that I have is that Pinot will befall the over production that
Merlot saw in the 90's. I also could not find enough meat in either the
acting, directing, or writing to suggest the Oscar Sideways craze. As I
watched it for the story the first go, I might one day rent it and study the
"wine" stuff a bit more closely, but I would hardly buy the DVD.

Hunt