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The Thomas Crown Affair.


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#1 Icephoenix

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Posted 30 August 2003 - 04:36 PM

Just a shout, The Thomas Crown Affair is on this Friday, 8:30 on channel seven.

#2 brendan007

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Posted 31 August 2003 - 11:05 AM

And my local tv guide gives this as its description
"An eccentric millionaire plots and executes the perfect bank robbery. Pierce Brosnan **1/2"
Jeez, did they even bother to watch it :)

#3 ChandlerBing

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Posted 31 August 2003 - 01:25 PM

**1/2 my ***! I doubt they saw it. It's easily a ***1/2 or even a **** movie. It's a lot of fun to watch.

#4 Blofeld's Cat

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Posted 31 August 2003 - 10:17 PM

Originally posted by brendan007
And my local tv guide gives this as its description
"An eccentric millionaire plots and executes the perfect bank robbery. Pierce Brosnan **1/2"
Jeez, did they even bother to watch it :)

Bank robbery!? :)

0 stars to the reviewer.


#5 BONDFINESSE 007

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Posted 31 August 2003 - 10:42 PM

and here i thought that reviewers were supposed to be smart

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Posted 31 August 2003 - 11:25 PM

Originally posted by ChandlerBing
**1/2 my ***!  I doubt they saw it.  It's easily a ***1/2 or even a **** movie.  It's a lot of fun to watch.


Completely agree. It's my favourite non-Bond film and probably my favourite film period.

#7 Genrewriter

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Posted 01 September 2003 - 04:10 AM

When it comes to star ratings in television listings, I always assumed they just had a big dart board they used to determine the number of stars.