Well, part of that is certainly text, not just subtext (at least with one important character in the book). I'm almost done with the BBC mini-series and it really pales in comparison to the book, I can't imagine what the feature film ends up with.
Jayne: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: Wacky fun.
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megan walker - Jan 03, 2012 7:54:33 am PST #17340 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Tom Scola - Jan 03, 2012 8:04:47 am PST #17341 of 30000
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I wasn't counting that, I was talking about the relationships between the characters in the story.
megan walker - Jan 03, 2012 8:09:34 am PST #17342 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I wasn't counting that, I was talking about the relationships between the characters in the story.
Ah. Although it is strongly hinted that there might have been something between Tailor and Jim and that's why the betrayal is so deep.
I assume the movie leaves out all the boarding school stuff. And Guillam's Camilla paranoia.
P.M. Marc - Jan 03, 2012 9:44:09 am PST #17343 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Guillam has some of the larger changes from the book.
Saw Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last night, and wow, the writer and the director really did take the novel and made the story as slashy as possible while still nominally keeping it as subtext, and then hired British actors who communicate mostly by glowering at one another. The whole movie is filmed in Pleiadescope™.
Don't forget longing looks!
But, seriously, Mark Strong's performance continues to haunt me. He was amazing.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2012 10:30:44 am PST #17344 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mark Strong's performance continues to haunt me. He was amazing.
Yes. Especially the end. I wasn't expecting to get that emotional about his story, but, fuck.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2012 10:37:59 am PST #17345 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hunger Games stills. Includes Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, Cinna, Rue, and the crazy announcer lady whose name totally escapes me right now.
sumi - Jan 03, 2012 10:40:32 am PST #17346 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
OMG, crazy announcer lady is PERFECT.
Amy - Jan 03, 2012 10:41:40 am PST #17347 of 30000
Because books.
It's Effie ... Banks? I think.
Jesus, duh. That's the actress's name. It's Effie Trinket.
P.M. Marc - Jan 03, 2012 11:20:02 am PST #17348 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I wasn't expecting to get that emotional about his story, but, fuck.
God, I know, right?
megan walker - Jan 03, 2012 11:55:11 am PST #17349 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Who does Mark Strong play? And, for that matter, who is Mark Strong?