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Another great movie with Ben Affleck, Gary Sinese, and Charlize Theron is Reindeer Games.  Ex-con takes place of "dead" con when he leaves prison. gets involved in casino heist during Christmas.

Bill

Oh, no! Please... Don't close the "thread." Whatever the fuck it's supposed to be about, I forgot already. For I used to be THAT GUY, you see. (Like Charles Bell is nowl) but I've been demoted to THAT GUY who TRIES TOO HARD to be PROVOCATIVE. It sucks getting old and playing second fiddle to the new guy stirring the pot. Fuck.

Seriously, though... I dunno if Charles is just fucking with y'all or sincerely trying to stir the boiling pot from the noble position of Devil's Advocate, but... Argue with him. For chrissakes, he's falling on his sword and doing y'all a service. There to provide y'all a sounding board upon which you can improve your writing. Seriously... Utilize your ANTAGONY towards him (subtle plug) to debate your points and sharpen your rhetoric. Or, if you haven't got time for all that... Just go ahead and grab memes off the internet in order to antagonize him. That's fun, too.

Thanks for the compliment, Dags. I appreciate it.  One book I think every writer should have is  The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression. Best selling authors, Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi cover everything between Adoration to Worry. They list physical expressions, internal sensations, mental responses, cues of long term and suppressed expressions of each emotion. I use the reference all the time. It isn't just for facial expression but includes the whole body's reaction.

This is a wonderful discussion, and a reminder of the golden old days of engaging and thoughtful forum threads. I've been a spotty site participant over the past year, but sense the site has become more lively lately, thanks to some new players but also renewed interest among veterans too.