Saturday 28 May 2011

The War of the Roses, a now single man's guide to the subject of separation

Ok, so this entry has little to do with websites or seo, but i'd still like to share this tale.

In 1989, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito put their creative energies into their third film together, namely "The War of the Roses" movie. Danny DeVito always seems to be able to add that "it" factor to a movie and this one is no exception. (Danny plays "shorty" in Get Shorty which is one of my all time favorite movies to watch).

Anyway, movies can be a great way to impart pearls of wisdom and The War of the Roses has one of the best lines of wisdom you ever did want to hear (for a man separating from a woman). Danny looks, Michael in the eye and advises him just how easy it is to settle things with Kathleen "Give her what ever she wants, when it comes to women, there are no degrees of winning, just degrees of losing!"

Of course a stubborn Michael decides that there are degrees of winning and so we have a movie.

A few years rolled by and I now had a couple of kids in tow and a few spare hours to whittle away and the darnedest thing happened, i discovered a little book with the same name as this movie: "The War or the Roses" by Warren Adler. So I found myself on that winter's evening by the heat of the fire and tearing through the pages of this well written book.

And what do you know, my favorite line wasn't anywhere to be found in there. It was simply the genius addition of the script re-writers. Oh well, it still made for a great read and of course the movie adaption isn't always completely devoted to the original printed source, but both are well worth a little time out to entertain yourself with. And if you enjoyed either, you will enjoy the other.