'Serenity'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Really? Cause I sort of think of it as the Australian version of Dirty Dancing except with ugly people (that was a review from one of my friends in college).
Oh, not at all. It's far more of a weird, loopy, funny thing.
And the leads are more attractive than the leads in Dirty Dancing, damn it.
But, if you have theories, please don't tell me.
I have none! So you're safe from me.
Yeah. I'm still pissed at Baz Luhrman for fucking up Romeo + Juliet by having Juliet be a spineless gutless girl and I still get nauseated everytime I see Moulin Rouge. So, yeah, Baz Luhrman not a selling point for me actually.
Ah, I'm a huge Moulin Rouge fan. Never seen his Rome + Juliet, but I always thought Juliet was a wuss, no matter whose version you saw, inlcuding the original Shakespeare.
Strictly Ballroom is far better than either of those, mainly because it doesn't suffer from taking itself exceedingly seriously.
And Allyson's point about Paul Mercurio and the sliding is a damn good one.
Strictly Ballroom is Baz Luhrman. It is very, very good.
I would qualify that, and say that it is clearly early Baz Luhrman. Awesome, but still a little rough around the edges.
And I have an unholy loyalty towards Dirty Dancing, so I can't really compare the attractiveness of the leads. I'd say they're about the same level, really, with the less attractive girl, and the "hot" guy. But I'd subtract a little from SB, for the fact that the leads seem to have almost no chemistry with each other, to the point that it's kind of weird and forced when they kiss . In my opinion, Jennifer Gray's and Patrick Swayze's mutual hate translated much better, and comes across as the sort of intense emotion you want your characters to feel.
Federation President Barry Fife wants you to know that the future of ballroom dancing is very serious indeed, Plei.
have almost no chemistry with each other
That was a problem. I just liked the humor. That movie and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are two of the best movies to come out of Australia that I've seen.
I always thought Juliet was a wuss, no matter whose version you saw, inlcuding the original Shakespeare.
I've seen one version of it that didn't make me want to claw my own eyes out and/or just spork the hell out of R & J, and that's the 1994 British TV version with Geraldine Somerville and Jonathan Firth, who both kicked so much ass in the roles that I was able to overcome my dislike of the actual play.
1994 British TV version with Geraldine Somerville and Jonathan Firth, who both kicked so much ass in the roles that I was able to overcome my dislike of the actual play.
Takes notes.
I'll have to check it out. I always feel a little disloyal to Bill, not liking R & J.
I always thought Juliet was a wuss, no matter whose version you saw, inlcuding the original Shakespeare.
Actually no. Having read and taught the play more than I've ever wanted to, I've had more opportunity to think about than I've ever meant.
Romeo is the character who vacillates and can't decide. It's Juliet who goes through a pretty radical transformation from very obedient daughter to the instigator and plan maker. It is she who forces action forward.