Got mine too! Yipee!! 
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Posts: 4408 16/07/2008 00:12 Existing just to kiss you
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Posts: 144 16/07/2008 01:09 |
I just bought "Penelope", too! I'm so excited to have a new James movie to watch.
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Posts: 2005 16/07/2008 02:01 Official News Gatherer
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Are there any good extras on the DVD?
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Posts: 3571 16/07/2008 05:16 Canadian Sweetheart
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I picked up my copy today as well. Its still in my bag too since I didn't get home until 10pm.
 Was happy to see the price rather cheap, since tomorrow I expect the price to
go up at least $4-5. I love having a metropass for the subway. It allowed me to go East to get info about Arena then head back West to downtown area to go to
HMV then back to work all in about an hour! haha
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rorysgirl riedel |
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Posts: 2622 16/07/2008 05:39 Writer of James
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I have to wait til tomorrow to get mine!
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Posts: 4 16/07/2008 21:18 |
I saw this two weeks ago and bought it for myself last week. It's a great story as well as a great cast.
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Posts: 1741 17/07/2008 06:19 Making my heart skip a beat |
Mylan, the only extras are "The making of a modern fairy tale" that talks about making Penelope. A sneak peak at Twilight and a
preview for a new animated film.
I wish some standard extras would be bloopers and deleted scenes. They always make the dvd extras better. 
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TXbluebonnet |
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Posts: 144 21/07/2008 08:26 |
I found these "Penelope" Behind the Scenes videos:
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Posts: 1741 22/07/2008 02:40 Making my heart skip a beat |
TX....Those are amazing!!! Thank you so much for posting! Now, why couldn't they put those on the DVD?
They could do a nice commentary or two and be done w/ it. Would that have been too hard?!? Do I ask too much 
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Posts: 2005 22/07/2008 04:09 Official News Gatherer
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Absolutely not Six!! In fact.... I would ask for more!! I want more!! Not only do I want those behind the scenes with commentary... I want to see every
outtake and blooper that involved James!!
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Posts: 226 23/07/2008 14:39 |
I saw it for the first time last night. I thought it was cute, CR did such a great job as Penelope, and James, of course. I also really liked her mother,
Catherine O'Hara. I thought the characters needed a bit more development, but it was light, cute, and funny. I am going to go back and watch Max singing
'You are my sunshine'. Adorable!!
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Posts: 226 26/07/2008 00:28 |
Ok, so, after the 1st time I watched it, I thought it was cute and I didn't think I would put it up on the same level, as say, LKOS or Atonement. But,
I've watchd it a few times and it is really growing on me. No, it's not Oscar quality like the other two...To think that James wasn't even known
really when this was filmed and was unknown even to the producer...he didn't have any expectations to live up to yet He plays every part so well, he puts
so much feeling, intensity etc into everything.
I am truly amazed at his talent. AND he's a nice guy. Although sometimes I wonder if it's the real person I like or just his characters that he plays....but I don't think that a big jerk in real life can play such good hearted people so sincerley (Tom Cruise, for example...he doesn't have me fooled!) Just thought I'd share 
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Posts: 85 09/08/2008 04:08 |
Ok finally saw Penelope today. Cute movie and like how it was different sort of fairy tale. I think would be very empowering to young girls (or grown women for
that matter). Contentment can not always be found in a prince charming.
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Posts: 8633 10/08/2008 23:06 Master of the House (Owner)
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I thought the moral of the story was (despite being a bit lame) brought quite well in this film.
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You need to love yourself first, and not wait for others to love you instead. Still it was shocking that apparently her mother didn't love her enough
to break the spell because she didn't love her the way she was.. and still didn't after she got her normal nose...
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Posts: 589 21/08/2008 07:08 |
I watched this yesterday... and just as I figured, I didn't like it. At all. There was nothing redeemable about this movie. Not even James with that horrid
hair could save it. Well, I guess I liked the styling of the movie - the set design and characters' wardrobes. Other than that, I felt that this movie
offered nothing to the viewer. I didn't care for the 'love' between Max and Penelope, it didn't make me laugh, cry, empathize with the
characters, it was just blah. It felt very empty.
I think it was a mistake on James' part to be in this... he can do so much better than that. I'm pretty sure this is his worst movie to date. Yes, even Bollywood Queen is better than this movie.. at least it was actually somewhat entertaining and made me laugh (maybe not in the ways it intended), which is not something I can say about Penelope. And that hair... that horrible horrible hair. Let's not speak about it ever again.
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Posts: 6242 22/08/2008 04:41 Queen of Green
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Very qwerty wrote:  I am totally with you on that one, Qwerty.
The relationship between Max and Penelope does come across as empty. They barely know each other and yet the audience is expected to care about their "romance" after they've only chatted on-screen for about 10 minutes?! 
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Posts: 2622 22/08/2008 06:41 Writer of James
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The one thing I want to know is, screen time, how long was James even IN this!? Mister Tumnus was seen more then Max!
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Posts: 20 22/08/2008 07:33 |
Very qwerty wrote:  Yikes! Bollywood Queen better than
Penelope?! Don't know that I'd go that far. I actually could empathize with the Max-Penelope romance. I thought James actually made that romance
believable and that they connected because they were both trapped by different things--Max by his addiction and Penelope by her looks.
Have to admit I liked his hair too. What can I say? I like that shaggy look. 
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Posts: 150 22/08/2008 12:30 |
rorysgirl riedel wrote:
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Posts: 150 22/08/2008 22:53 |
 Although in delay, Thanks TX, I just saw
"The behind the scenes" and they are awesome!
The second one, at 2:29, the woman fixing James hair - what I wouldn't do to replace her....  and she is getting paid to do so? 
Once again, sorry, Qwerty, this haircut totally does it for me... 
And the way he thanks her, boy, this guy is so sweet, my heart can take it... 
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Well, I actually finished watching the movie
especially for you (I hope that you appreciate the sacrifice, I had to watch James again...
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The movie is 1:35 and James is in it for about 35
min...
