Glory ,'Potential'
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."
I tried watching Olivier's Henry V, and since it was a filming of a stage production as opposed to a re-creation along the lines of Branagh's version, I just couldn't deal with it any more and turned it off.
Also, I love Jacobi's Chorus. "Oh, for a muse of fire that wouldst ascend the brightest heaven of invention."
Compared to Achilles?
Achilles has problems.
No, Achilles is also a jerk. But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."
The Branagh Henry V and Much Ado are good adaptations of the text. I don't mind some cutting, usually, because Master Shakespeare is occasionally digressive and overly enamored of the language.
But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."
I don't really begrudge him that one. Besides, he only did that for like twenty years, right?
Right. And then he got home, and to celebrate, he killed everyone. Party at Odysseus' house!
OH, but the Olivier Henry changes from a stage production and transforms into real life. It's also a great contrast the the Branagh version. One is a stirring call to pride for an England suffering in the depths of WWII and one is a powerful and moving anti-war piece--and both serve the text beautifully.
Party at Odysseus' house!
"Welcome home, dude! Where's the k--GUCH! DUDE! YOU STABBED ME! WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE? NOT COOL!
I brought...you...Heineken...you bastard..."
Also, I love Jacobi's Chorus. "Oh, for a muse of fire that wouldst ascend the brightest heaven of invention"
Oh, yeah. Love. That's the most polite word for how I felt watching Derek Jacobi in that glorious coat.
One is a stirring call to pride for an England suffering in the depths of WWII and one is a powerful and moving anti-war piece
And to do that Olivier had to cut out all of Buckingham's betrayal.
Oh, yeah. Love. That's the most polite word for how I felt watching Derek Jacobi in that glorious coat.
He was really hot in this movie, wasn't he?! A total Silver Fox. Hmm, now I have to check that ita has him in that coat over at her website...