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Watched West Side Story last night - I have not seen it in YEARS. I was gobsmacked that Anita did not die at the end. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet - she is supposed to die. Why did my memory not recall that she lived? Why was I so surprised? I have every song memorized, yet I forgot this. What is up with my brain?
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In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
Watched West Side Story last night - I have not seen it in YEARS. I was gobsmacked that Anita did not die at the end. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet - she is supposed to die. Why did my memory not recall that she lived?
Perhaps so that you could enjoy the movie? Because that whole "she lives" thing completely kills it, for me. I think it really cheapens the climax. I mean, the way it ends is sad, yes, but it is not starcrossed tragic, and that was supposed to be the whole point. Pfft. That movie irritates me.
The music is good, though.
I kinda get the same feel from Rent.
It's an adaptation of La Boheme, for God's sake. Well, sort of. Either way, Mimi needs to bloody die.
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In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
Donnie Darko was better in the original cut with that kind of ambiguity. TMD is richer for including Jamie's story and his sacrifice for her good.
Even more time for rumors about who the next Bond will be. New Bond film postponed unitl 2006.
IMDB's gossip page said that Brosnan isn't done yet. I guess it keeps the brand in our mind.
Of course Jamie's ghost was there in Truly Madly Deeply, and anyone who tells me otherwise will make me cry.
And I think you guys are talking about Maria in West Side Story, not Anita. Although both of them live, but Maria's the Juliet counterpart. And I love the way that movie ends.
OMG, he must be stopped:
Not if he's actually going to film in Iraq. I say let him have at it.
Has any one heard anything about about I heart Huckabees? (I wish I knew how to type the symbol)
It looks like it would be either pretty good, or pretty bad from the ads.