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HA!

Amazing.

I've thrown the book on my Christmas list.

So Alberta has been asked their "questions" one of which was whether or not to have a referendum on separation...so not an actual referendum, but a question of whether they should.

The resounding answer this morning is no. Over 76% of Albertans are not separatist and do not want to separate. You'd think that this would make the Seppie grifters go away and stop this shit...but they won't.

There were 9 other questions on the ballot though, most of them racist or power grabby, and they all seemed to "pass"....which tells you how racist Alberta is. It also tells you how much they don't understand about how anything works.

Remember, Albertas general intelligence level is low enough that the Student Loan Center had to give them their own line to phone into, with a totally different script to read from that dumbs down everything.


Anyways, what a waste of 130million dollars in Alberta tax dollars to do that.

Tiste Simeon, on 20 October 2026 - 11:11 AM, said:

I have had to outlaw the option of Hockey (which is fine, I hate hockey) in our house for the kids because of how UNGODLY expensive it is. Daughter did martial arts for most of her ten years and even that cost a pretty penny (but that was more worth it as it means that she can defend herself), and son did baseball this last season...which was about half what you pay for hockey.

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 20 October 2026 - 09:37 AM, said:

An absolute classic movie. One of his best performances as well.

QuickTidal, on 26 June 2026 - 12:21 PM, said:

Saw this on Friday. Georgia Oakley I apologize, I did NOT know you had this much game. My gods this was stunning. As a die-hard Austen fan this sits in the top three adaptations for sure (behind 1994 PRIDE & PREJUDICE, 2020's EMMA, and now this 2026 SENSE & SENSIBILITY), even with some MILD anachronisms for the time period it never drops all the way into 2005 P&P levels of anachronisms. For example, unbound hair in a lot of scenes but Oakley keeps them to private moments at or near home and when the women go out with the men or go into society they pull their hair up and don bonnets. The movie already beat the 1996 And Lee attempt by ACTUALLY featuring the third sister (Margaret) which Lee had largely excised into a minor role, and spent more time with the mom which Lee also largely ignored. This was also the most complete translation of book to screen, so much was left out in the 90's version to tighten it to a 1.5hour affair, so at 2hrs and 11min this new version of the story really has a chance to breathe and let the characters inhabit the story.

The fact that this is like only Oakley's second film is an astonishing feat, it smacks of ability throughout on a directorial level. Diana Reid's screenplay is at times quiet and reserved, but it's never afraid to let the characters absolutely bombastically react too. In a few moments Oakley lets the characters behave in VERY realistic ways with specific movements or truisms that you don't usually see in Austen adaptations where everyone is usually super afraid of letting the characters just be "human"....three moments come to mind here, one is when Marianne is bereft about Willoughby's behaviour and she goes out onto the moors in the rain and screams his name and it's almost unintelligible...so real, same is true of when Edward comes calling and Elinor still thinks he's married Lucy Steele and she needs to bring herself to confront him and is standing against a wall and makes this very "I'm frustrated" movement with her body and felt super real, and lastly a scene with young Margaret that shows her youth in eating fresh blackberries from a bush barehanded, mouth, dress and fingers dyed purple from the juice...again these human moments are not the normal stuff you see in Austen adaptations and they were SO welcome and added so much nuance.

The cinematography was brilliant throughout, as was the lighting. There's a ball scene in a manor house and the lighting on the set was largely the evening sun waning into setting, that orange-y amber glow...my gods it just makes everything so much more visually appealing.

The score by Roger Goula (who I had never heard of before) was amazing throughout, and I immediately grabbed it on Apple Music to listen to in the car on the way home. Just brilliant.

the actors were all incredible, but Daisy Edgar-Jones was a MAJOR standout as Elinor...my goodness she was amazing. There is a gravitas she brought to the role that I was constantly impressed with, while also being still genuinely a girl in her early 20's, Herbert Nordurm is amazing as Colonel Brandon in every scene, and Fiona Shaw turns in a funny as hell performance as the constantly loquacious Mrs. Jennings. Esme Creed Miles and Catriona Balfew were also excellent. Just a well rounded cast who performed really well together.

I can't say enough nice things. This was wonderful and Georgia Oakley is one other watch out for. Easily in my top 3 films of 2026.