I thought it was a bit of a nothing story until I looked it up on Wikipedia and found that Pushkin's original was all about how the story was told, not what it was about.
Oh yeah. It's told in verse and is beautifully written.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Jon B. - Jul 23, 2008 5:27:07 pm PDT #7343 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2008 5:35:08 pm PDT #7344 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, and Watchmen trailer? In IMAX?
HI. HI WATCHMEN MOVIE. DO NOT SUCK, PLZ.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2008 5:52:00 pm PDT #7345 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I especially noticed the use of his tongue...consistent with someone with an injury and who is not in control if much. Still, I have to say, I noticed.
Yeah, that really stood out to me, and I alternated between being creeped/grossed out by it and recognizing it as an Acting Thing.
Gris - Jul 23, 2008 6:01:48 pm PDT #7346 of 10000
Hey. New board.
The fascinating thing to me was how human, yet alien, the Joker was.
Yeah! I meant to say that in my last post, almost word for word. The Joker never seemed to be anything other than a really, really screwed up human being.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2008 6:04:03 pm PDT #7347 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't know. The voice was kind of weird and a little inhuman. I like the "human, yet alien" descriptor.
brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 6:04:10 pm PDT #7348 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I didn't find Oldman all that memorable, really. I never saw BB though so I wasn't really focused on him as a character.
Aims - Jul 23, 2008 6:27:55 pm PDT #7349 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
If Joe and I go as Harley and Joker for H'ween this year, he's totally wearing the nurse dress.
brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 6:31:45 pm PDT #7350 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Now I'm definitely coming.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 23, 2008 6:41:51 pm PDT #7351 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plei, I'm pretty sure your opinion of AE's performance as Harvey is not a spoiler. I disagree with that opinion (though lord knows the actor has played smarmy many times before, and more than one critic thought he was miscast), but not a spoiler.
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2008 6:46:34 pm PDT #7352 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It hasn't been two weeks since I formed it! Totally a spoiler!