How is The English Patient?

"Nothing is written."

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"He likes your lemonade."

We could go on forever!

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"My mother mated with a scorpion"

"My name is for my friends. And none of my friends is a murderer."

"Yours?"
"His. I gave it to him."
"His?"
"Mine."
"Then I will drink from it."

I think that's pretty close.

"It was my privelege to know him, and to make him known to the world. He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior....He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey."

"I carry twenty-three great wounds, all got in battle. Seventy-five men have I killed with my own hands in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies' tents. I take away their flocks and herds. The Turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor. Because I am a river to my people!"

"Damascus, 'Awrence! Damascus!"

"Prince Feisal, in Feisal's tent."

"My mother mated with a scorpion."

"Who will walk on water with me?"

If I've read the book before watching the film, will I like it more or less?

I ain't read the book before but i've watched the film, and it's ridiculously overrated. It's probably the best definition of an overrated film. I couldn't stand it. I can't even say it's worth watching. It's just...empty. Avoid it.

Well, this thread is old. But true. Couldn't agree more with Holden's comments on this joke of an Oscar winning film. Shallow, empty and unpleasant. But you should see it, just to be ble to say it didn't deserve it. Secrets and Lies was robbed.

Well maybe it's empty because you...you have an empty space where your heart should be....yeah, how 'bout that...?

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Or maybe it's because there are no sympathetic characters in the film. Or because (spoilers) it's so obvious that they are all going to die that it doesn't allow you to form any sympathy for them (this is a similar problem to the one I have with horror movies). This film did not touch my heart at all, I have to say. As love stories go, it's no Brokeback Mountain, for example. You want Ralph Fiennes having an afair with a married woman which all ends tragically? Watch The End of the Affair instead. :\

But it...doesn't have Ralph Fiennes...>.>

Of course it has Ralph Fiennes.

I realize this is an old thread, and I haven't watched the film in years, but I like The English Patient. It's exotic and different enough to hold one's attention. It's got flying scenes, and my wife and I are suckers for airplanes. It's also ultimately very romantic. Plus, Kristin Scott Thomas gets naked. There's enough mystery and intrigue going on in the film to make it worth watching. I realize that it's fallen out of favor along with several other Oscar winners, and I also think it didn't deserve nine Oscars, but outside of Fargo, I don't think it had much competition for Best Picture.

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Oh wow. I had a brain spasm and though of Brief encounter for some reason. I think it's time to step away from the computer...

this coming from someone who doesn't like My Neighbor Totoro!!!!

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