Paolino

Let me tell you a FUNNY story...I have seen Cinema Paradiso God knows how many times over SO many years... last year, I decided, "Oh, I'll show this to my students before a vacation, we'll do some work on Sicily and geography, and they'll get a kick out of the movie." I never knew there were two versions of the film. So, there I am in the back of the room, grading papers, and I hear, "Uh, Profe G.... Profe G!" and I look up and there are two people SCREWING in a CHURCH... totally naked... just going at it... grunting, grinding... I thought I was going to black out. At least I remembered to fast-forward the scene towards the beginning of the film where the boys are jerking off in the front row of the theater LOL Naturally, I showed this movie because I felt La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), would be too upsetting for them, too mature and emotional a theme for my sixth graders to handle. Naturally, the sevenths and eighths saw La vita è bella--you know, the clean film! LOL The movie was incredibly dour... that was one of the comments I made to my friends is how depressing it is, start to finish, with like no ups at all.Yes, it is about how people process adversity, and I noticed that element in it, but I just couldn't help but identify with too many elements of the gay characters, being gay myself. As for the disturbing part, I imagined that what happened, because of the mention of the tire iron in Jack Twist's "accident", Ennis invisioned and felt throughout his body, the same reaction to the story he told in the beginning of the movie. My only other concern was that maybe Jack didn't have an "accident", and maybe it happened for the same reason as in the story Ennis tells in the beginning. But I can't think too much of that now... I'm truly spent... drained.

What gets me is that Caddy doesn't have a car that can compete with the 7-series, A8 or S-Class... why do people think a lesser luxury division, Buick, should get a car that competes with that?

Well, I saw the movie today... I am absolutely torn apart... I haven't felt like this in, well, a long time. Granted I'm kinda going through heartbreak right now, I was just absolutely destroyed over and over during the course of the movie, and almost felt like I could relate to a degree. I loudly gasped at the end when the story of what happened to Jack Twist, as told by his ex wife (are they called ex if they're separated?) I couldn't even talk for a while, and my friend Stacy knew what was on my mind, so she let me be. But here it is, 8 hours later, and I'm still as frazzled as I was before. And I felt SO bad for Michelle Williams' character, Alma... having tried twice to do the "straight" thing and force myself to be with women... just knowing I couldn't give "all" of myself, heart and soul, to the girl... I could feel her pain, and understood her reaction as I caused it to happen with two women before. And Ennis' shame he felt, when he got violent as Alma confronted him during dinner after they were divorced... the rage that wants to overtake you... it just hit too many nerves inside me. It took me to a place I never wanted to go back to again. Was a very difficult movie to watch. Incredibly powerful.

Another good example would be the new Enclave grille... as shown in my signature.

Wait, any news if the non-Super trims will get the newer grille as well? I mean, I'm just hoping the ovoid grille is gone after this year. I would imagine they would as it doesn't fit the newer style grilles.

Whoah... first we hear the `08 LaCrosse Super is coming out in `07, now this? COOL I was getting worried we were going to have a dull year! I'm VERY anxious to see production versions of both vehicles.

I agree... you need to be able to pick and choose some options... not to mention, everything else seems to have available V8's, and as nice as you make your 6, it's just not an 8.

That's great and everything, but I am hoping for more changes than just a grille and V8. We'll see.

orgasm (it's actually the second word that came to my mind but I couldn't put down the first)

Kelly

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I like that interior SO much more in person than I do in photos. It looks nice.

Is it really going to? Why did I think it was going to happen in 2008?

Comedy

John Candy

Thank God more people are saying it... it's relatively a pointless purchase in my opinion.

A LOT of factors contributed to the poor sales... it had little to do with the product, which, was actually good. Olds was going through a transitional point--much like where Buick is now, and unfortunately (which Buick isn't making the same mistake), they changed their product so radically, it abandoned their faithful customers before it had a new customer base to support it. Combined with some quality issues, and a few other things going on, as well as the declared demise of Olds, and there you have your craptacular sales.

Side impact and side curtain airbags are standard on all LaCrosse trims for 2006.I agree about offering Nav though.

Well, I think it'll help make it appealing to a few more. I know though with the addition of the 5.3, reviews will STILL boast the almighty HEMI in Chrysler's cars and call it inferior. Especially if it stays with the 4-speed auto.

That's just sad. The W-body LaCrosse is going to be around for at least 3 more years.

Well, the LaCrosse will get a revised grille as we've seen from the LaCrosse Super spyshot pinned at the top of this forum. I definitely want to see a few other changes... just some simple changes will go far. Out with the radio/hvac, in with the new tranny. Out with the plood, and in with the Lucerne's plood. Lower each trim's price by between 1000-1500. Then, I think we're talking.