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| Yes. That’s why I hate reboot movies usually | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 04:18 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 04:18 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Is the story the only reason you see a play, read a book, watch a movie? - tmdonahue 03:06 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| I know how peter Parker got his powers, I don’t need to see that story every time a new actor takes on the role. I really like bond movies because they don’t do that. I get the different take on a role in a play, But I am definitely plot driven person in plays and books. I tend to avoid revivals of plays since I already know the outcome— the suspense is gone and it’s all about the acting. Three tall woman is an example of ‘go see it for the acting’. I guess I feel if the acting is that good and I’m noticing it, then there’s a problem since I’m drawn out of the play to notice the acting. I think the only revival that I liked more on stage the second time was glass menagerie with CJones. Angels also, but both were more of my age and experience and knowledge (I never heard of Mormons in 1993) than the actual amazing acting or directors take on the play. |
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| One exception in my experience about suspense in revivals | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 04:41 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Yes. That’s why I hate reboot movies usually - dramedy 04:18 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| When I saw the 2002 revival of the Crucible, a play I knew well and never much liked, the one with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, the acting was so incredible that I totally suspended my disbelief. During the trial scene, when Abigail is asked if Proctor ever cheated on her, I was hoping she'd tell the truth--even though I knew the play and that she wouldn't. A good friend who saw this revival and who is very theater-savvy said the same thing. Doesn't happen often, but it happens. And when it does, WOW! |
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| re: Yes. That’s why I hate reboot movies usually | |
| Posted by: ashleylm 04:30 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Yes. That’s why I hate reboot movies usually - dramedy 04:18 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| I tend to avoid revivals of plays since I already know the outcome I think that's a shame, and you may surprise yourself. You're depriving yourself of the pleasure of watching Shakespeare or Aeschylus, of reading Jane Austen, or Winnie-the-Pooh, or Alice, or seeing the film of the Wizard of Oz, or Star Wars (unless you were there for its initial release). So many wonderful books, plays, movies, etc., are part of our collective awareness, and if you spurn everything where you know what happens then you're really missing out. (I didn't read Jane Eyre for years since I knew all the plot elements--but once I was required to read it at University, I loved it). There are also particular pleasures to be had in adaptation: to very much know what happened (in the original account) but to watch how it unfolds now, whether it's Mallory's take on Le Morte D'Arthur, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the musical Fun Home breathing a very different life into Bechdel's graphic novel, and to be able to compare, contrast, and appreciate the artistry. (None of this should be read as expressing the opinion that one should go to Pretty Woman, though). |
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| I’m really focused on theater vs movies | |
| Posted by: dramedy 04:45 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Yes. That’s why I hate reboot movies usually - ashleylm 04:30 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| I did see lord of rings trilogy in movies. But I didn’t see the stage version. Theater is so expensive with even discount orch at $100 for plays. Remake of a movie is $10 or rental dvd, so I’ll see that. But I’ve had the dvd for seagull on my counter for about a month now since I can’t seem to face watching it when ideal home and book club was also on counter and i grabbed those. And if I’ve see the broadway production of the play, I rarely see a regional production. It kind of ruins the memory of the broadway production. |
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