Threaded Order Chronological Order
| 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 | |
|
|
|
| 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). |
|
| reply to this message |
| 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 | |
|
|
|
| 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. |
|
| reply to this message |
Time to render: 0.007187 seconds.