Okay so, WOW!!!!
This movie was visually staggering!!!!
Between the intimate scenes and the animation, I could not tell what was real and what was fake at some points in the movie!!!!
Okay so, I know, the movie came out like, 2 or 3 months ago, and I haven't been keeping you guys updated. AND I'M SORRY ABOUT IT!!!! But man, does senior year freaking KILL you, if you have a crazy mother, who is like, best friends with one of your teachers.
Anywhos--
So, back to Beowulf.
Alright well, after I saw the movie, I just had to see if there was anything else to the story. Now, I feel stupid admitting this but, I did not know that it was a poem. I know, I know.... how shameful, right? Well, anyways, so, when I got home, well, more like the day or two after, I googlified Beowulf and guess what!? There is like, half of the story missing!!!! I'm so shocked, right? I mean hello, it HOLLYWOOD!, Captain Obvious! But still, I mean, if you are going to take something so monumental, at least tell the whole damn story, right? I mean, geez, it's like how the new director is treating Harry Potter. But, we wont go into that right now.
Back to Beowulf -- so, the story was only partially told, and I started to read it, only coming to realize that well, I was not that interested in the story. maybe because I was reading a terrible translation into English? I don't know. However, if you want something visually and sensually stimulating, you must see Beowulf.
Although, I don't think that any theatres are showing it anymore.... okay so scratch that - you will just have to wait for it to come out on DVD in a few more months.
So, until next time--
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Godfather Series
Alright, so I FINALLY got to see the third Godfather!!!!
My sister got the set for my dad on his birthday.... it took us like, 2 and half months to see all three. LOL
I thought that the first and third were the best out of the series. The second one seemed to have jumped around so much, that I lost myself a couple of times, trying to figure some stuff out. The first one was amazing!!!!
--grainy texture to the film, the variety of actors, the clothes, the props, and of course, the locations. Everything just went together so well.
The third was amazing as well, since Al Pacino was at the top of his game. The second was made beautifully, just like the first, but the story jumped around so much, it often takes a few minutes (sometimes when it went back to the original event) to realize what is going on. Granted, there are other movies out there that are similar, but they are not a part of a series.
Francis Ford Coppola did a wonderful job with all three movies in the series, but I think that when the second was being made, something must have happened to Coppola that altered his perspective of his baby (the films).
However, I think that my perspective on critique has gone [literally] to the dogs with my A.P. Literature class. Not that I hate the teacher, but now, I am seeing things differently than I used to, and well, frankly, I don't really enjoy my new outlook on things. I am reading too much into things that are not that deep. Well, anywho, if I remember anything else about this amazing series, I will edit this post.
So, until next time--
My sister got the set for my dad on his birthday.... it took us like, 2 and half months to see all three. LOL
I thought that the first and third were the best out of the series. The second one seemed to have jumped around so much, that I lost myself a couple of times, trying to figure some stuff out. The first one was amazing!!!!
--grainy texture to the film, the variety of actors, the clothes, the props, and of course, the locations. Everything just went together so well.
The third was amazing as well, since Al Pacino was at the top of his game. The second was made beautifully, just like the first, but the story jumped around so much, it often takes a few minutes (sometimes when it went back to the original event) to realize what is going on. Granted, there are other movies out there that are similar, but they are not a part of a series.
Francis Ford Coppola did a wonderful job with all three movies in the series, but I think that when the second was being made, something must have happened to Coppola that altered his perspective of his baby (the films).
However, I think that my perspective on critique has gone [literally] to the dogs with my A.P. Literature class. Not that I hate the teacher, but now, I am seeing things differently than I used to, and well, frankly, I don't really enjoy my new outlook on things. I am reading too much into things that are not that deep. Well, anywho, if I remember anything else about this amazing series, I will edit this post.
So, until next time--
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