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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 12:17 AM Feb 2014

The Iron Lady

My wife and I watched this on Netflix streaming a few nights ago when we were up to our earlobes in snow up here in Maine.

Let me preface my very brief remarks by saying that I remember Margaret Thatcher's reign of terror and I have NOTHING positive to say about her politically and very close to nothing positive to say about her personally except for the fact that I'm quite certain that she made sure to pick a very flattering shade of lipstick to apply whenever she was going to kiss Saint Ronald Reagan's pruney, wrinkled and leathery old ass for him.

That being said, I can highly recommend this movie simply for the wonderful performances by Meryl Streep and by Jim Broadbent. Bravo, because they were each superb, as I've learned to expect from both of them.

Kudos to 2 very fine actors for the job they did in the film biography of someone that I consider to be an ENORMOUS walking turd!

PEACE!

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The Iron Lady (Original Post) MarianJack Feb 2014 OP
Thanks for the rec. I'm going to check it out tonight. nt rdharma Feb 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author rdharma Feb 2014 #3
I also enjoyed it quite a bit! Agschmid Feb 2014 #2
Thanx! MarianJack Feb 2014 #6
Quite good! Not what I expected at all! nt rdharma Feb 2014 #4
No harm no foul! MarianJack Feb 2014 #5
I liked the movie. cbayer Mar 2014 #7
You may well be right, but... MarianJack Mar 2014 #8

Response to rdharma (Reply #1)

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
7. I liked the movie.
Sat Mar 1, 2014, 07:50 PM
Mar 2014

I found her to be a very sympathetic character and came to believe that her public and personal personas were probably really quite different.

Performances were great, I agree.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
8. You may well be right, but...
Sat Mar 1, 2014, 09:38 PM
Mar 2014

...the public persona and her actions are really all we can use to evaluate. After all, remember when we were told that George W Shithead was really OK because he was the kind of guy you'd love to sit down with for a beer?


PEACE!

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