CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY # 2

FOR MY SECOND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY I WENT TO FAMILY VIDEO AND GAVE HER MY LIST AND TOLD THE CLERK I WILL HAVE WHICH EVER ONE YOU HAVE. GUESS WHAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE ONE, SO I DROVE THROUGH TOWN AND WENT TO THE OTHER FAMILY VIDEO AND GAVE HIM THE LIST. LO AND BEHOLD THEY HAD ONE! IRIS... THE STORY IS ABOUT THE LIFE OF IRIS MURDOCH. IRIS MEETS JOHN BAYLEY A FELLOW STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. I THINK SHE WAS A LITTLE CRAZY FROM THE BEGINNING KISSING GIRLS ON THE LIPS. KATE WINSLET DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE ACCENT. I THOUGHT THAT IRIS WAS GOING TO END UP MARRIED TO MORRIS. NOPE SHE MARRIED JOHN, WHICH SURPRISED ME BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AS HANDSOME AS MORRIS AND HAD A STUTTERING PROBLEM. IRIS WOULDN'T LET ANYONE READ HER NOVELS UNTIL THEY WHERE PUBLISHED. SHE DID GIVE JOHN ONE OF HER NOVELS TO READ BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT JOHN HAD A CRUSH ON HER. SHE WAS VERY SMART AND BEAUTIFUL. SHE TOOK JOHN'S VIRGINITY, THE MOVIE DOESN'T SHOW THEM GETTING MARRIED BUT JOHN GAVE HER A WORE OUT RING. HE GOT FROM A PAWN SHOP. SHE LOVED IT SAID THAT SHE LOVES THINGS THAT HAD A STORY BEHIND THEM. YEARS PASS BY AND SHE IS SCHEDULED TO DO A ENTER VIEW AND FORGETS WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. DOESN'T REMEMBER WHY SHE WAS THERE. JOHN CALLS THE DOCTOR AND MAKE HER TAKE SEVERAL TEST AND THEY DETERMINE THAT SHE HAS ALZHEIMER'S. JOHN REFUSES TO LET HER GO TO A NURSING HOME. YOU SHOULD OF SEEN THE FILTH IN THE HOUSE, PAPERS, DISHES, CLOTHES EVERYWHERE. ONE DAY IRIS LEAVES THE HOUSE AND JOHN DOESN'T REALISE IT UNTIL HE HEARS HORNS HONKING, HE GETS UP TO SEE WHERE IRIS IS AND DIDN'T FIND HER IN THE HOUSE. HE GOES TO ALL THE PLACES HE COULD THINK OF AND DOESN'T FIND HER. HE CALLS THE POLICE AND THE OFFICER GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE HOLDING HER NOSE. JOHN FINALLY PUT HER IN A NURSING HOME, HE WAS OLD IN AGE AND GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED WITH HER. I REALLY LIKED THIS MOVIE IT KEPT YOU WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. I WILL HAVE TO CHECK SOME OF THE OTHER ONE'S OUT THIS SUMMER.