Comments on: Film Review: Joyeux Noel (2005)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:22:00 +0000

Yup and they were yummy too. I don’t think the store ones would be the same.

Love the Netflix! Whoo hoo.

By: My Inner French Girl

My Inner French Girl — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:16:00 +0000

Dear Colleen,

Wow! You did??? Wonderful! Did you find it difficult? Were my instructions okay? It's super-easy to make, as I said, but sometimes I wonder if my directions are clear.

I bought a few commercially-made ones from an Asian market in Dallas earlier this week, but again, they tasted pretty flour-y. I've never tasted any as good as this recipe.

I'm so glad you like it!! One of these days I'm going to experiment and try a different flavor, say, with crushed cashews.

Oh, and thanks for the note about Joyeux Noel! I think you'll like it -- very good film. And yeah, it's totally on Netflix. Doncha love that?

Salut,
Marjorie

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:43:00 +0000

Oh BTW, I made your cookies! OH MY!!! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I didn’t wrap them individually, but they should keep well in an airtight container. Thank you so much for the recipe!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:22:00 +0000

Chere Marjorie,
I haven’t heard of this movie before. Because of your review, I added yet another to my netflix queue. Oh, will I ever get through it! It’s like a surprise in the mail! Love that.

By: My Inner French Girl

My Inner French Girl — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:02:00 +0000

Bonjour, Randal! Yes, you must! I too feel the same way, as I wonder, Uhm, you do realize that, no matter who wins this battle, ultimately no one wins the war, right? I mean, there's a bloody reason why it's a cliche. One of my graduate school profs did an enormous study on the question of whether or not democracies go to war, and why. Three of us assistants spent months poring through reference books in the library searching for democracies that initiated a war (as opposed to entering one in self-defense). Naturally, that gave rise to numerous questions such as, What is a democracy? and What is 'self-defense?' Neither is as easy to define as one would think, given the way the words are used and abused in the contemporary context.

I finished grad school before I learned the prof's final conclusion, but I suspected that, based on what I had read up to that point, the reality is that democracies do indeed start wars, often under the flimsiest excuses for self-defense (i.e., the scarcity of natural resources such as oil, which is vital to American commerce and everyday life, would be considered a legitimate excuse of self-defense used to wage war on a country that has an abundance of it).

Thank you for your kind compliment! I do love writing these reviews and doing the "work" required of them (i.e., reading and watching films). Wish I could get paid for doing them! Still, doing it on this blog on a regular basis allows me to hone my writing and analytical skills.

Dear Tessa, bonjour and merci for visiting my blog and your comment! I've heard of A Midnight Clear but haven't actually seen it. Thanks for the recommendation! My Netflix queue is about 400 titles long, but I'm always looking for great films to see.

Salut,
Marjorie

By: Tessa Pugh

Tessa Pugh — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:13:00 +0000

Hi Marjorie, I really enjoy your blog. I also liked “Joyeux Noel.” Another film with a similar theme is “A Midnight Clear.” It came out quite a few years ago.

By: Randal Graves

Randal Graves — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:38:00 +0000

Yet another movie I’ve been wanting to see but haven’t. I know they’re films and so, even with suspension of disbelief and humanity’s inherent and unbreakable nature to rise up and annihilate the fuck out of each other every now and then for whatever reason, I can’t help but wonder why do we even enter into conflict. It’s depressing. What a foolish species we are.

You should write reviews for a living, you certainly have the knack.