The Shakespeare movies that my teachers showed us in school were the Branaugh Hamlet and the Roman Polanski Macbeth. That version of Macbeth is really incredibly gory.
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
Wash ,'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2008 9:46:37 pm PDT #6404 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2008 9:50:18 pm PDT #6405 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And Lady Macbeth is practically a teenager.
Typo Boy - Jun 17, 2008 9:56:14 pm PDT #6406 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, seems to be a trend. Our local theater did a very convincing version on this line. Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2008 10:03:22 pm PDT #6407 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anybody else every read that James Thurber story, "The Macbeth Murder Mystery"? Fun story.
edit: and, it's online [link]
Sue - Jun 18, 2008 3:16:26 am PDT #6408 of 28370
hip deep in pie
I walked out of the Branagh Hamlet at intermission. It was just the final nail in the coffin of my conviction that Branagh is a wanky actor.
lisah - Jun 18, 2008 6:10:04 am PDT #6409 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, lisah, I think you used the wrong quickedit up there.
oops! Sorry. I posted and then split.
kat, the part that threw you was also a little disconceting to me but I feel like he's going to have a larger role in the family. Just based on the end of the chapter.
Who knows though? I did like his point of view anyway.
juliana - Jun 18, 2008 7:32:36 am PDT #6410 of 28370
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
I like that interpretation - I also like the interpretation of Lady Mac being significantly older than her husband. I always want to see it as a passionate marriage, even though it can work with both of them considering it a marriage of business, I think it works out best when there's fire underneath.
lisah - Jun 18, 2008 11:01:29 am PDT #6411 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth??? [link]
James MacAvoy as a hot young chef and Keely Hawes as his hot young ambitious wife/hostess of their restaurant.
It was pretty amazing.
Laga - Jun 18, 2008 11:07:56 am PDT #6412 of 28370
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth?
Oh Lordy yes. I was a little disturbed by some of the meat stuff but JM shirtless in leather pants made up for it.
Kate P. - Jun 18, 2008 5:48:23 pm PDT #6413 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read Oscar Wao recently (I think on Jesse's rec, even!) and really enjoyed it, but it did also take me a long time to finish. My favorite part was early on, when Lola is telling the story of her adolescence, running away from her family, her relationship with her mother, etc. Lola was definitely my favorite character. I found Beli's story the hardest to appreciate, and that's when I put the book down for a few weeks. But I really liked how, in the end (not terribly spoilery), it turned out to be largely Lola's story after all.