You don't remember Larry, Son of Carl?
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His first name is Agent!
There’s a very strong possibility that a viewer’s enjoyment of Whedon’s take on William Shakespeare will be affected by how much of a Whedon fan he or she already is.
So, PASS.
With Strega. I find I'm not that eager to see what Joss does to Shakespeare.
With Strega. I find I'm not that eager to see what Joss does to Shakespeare.
I already found out in The Avengers. "Dost Mother know thou wearest her drapes?"
Slate is doing Sneakers week in honor the movie's 20th anniversary. [link]
In theory I like the idea of essentially having a resident company to work on new film projects, but it sounds as if this one may have too many Jossverse actors and throw me out of the story. I'll be anticipating Beatrice turning blue-haired and punching Benedick's head off if he gets in too good an insult.
I want to see it. I've seen most of the actors in enough different roles already that I don't too strongly associate any of them with one thing (Captain Tightpants is the only near-problem for me, but I loved him in Waitress so there you go). And it looks pretty.
I'm chomping at my bits to see it, but God knows when (or if) it'll come around to my neck of the woods.
The reports from TIFF are making me mad nostalgic. I lived in Toronto for 3 years in my younger days (and still have family there) and each of those years, I took a week off work to watch the wildly divergent movies screening in the city, sometimes 3-4 a day. The ticket-procuring process was crazycakes -- this was more than 10 years ago and I suspect it is worse now -- but I have fond memories of conversations I had with total strangers while waiting in line for what seemed like hours.
I was curious to hear how Wachowski sibs adaptation of Cloud Atlas was received and apparently the reception was mixed, to say the least: [link]
Early response from the town hall of Twitter was wildly divided on “Cloud Atlas,” with some declaring it “an intense three-hour mental workout with big emotional payoff,” “the most ambitious film I’ve ever seen” or a “deft interweaving of six stories and sincere as all get out,” while others felt it was a “symphonic fiasco of artistry and tackiness,” “five or six movies interrupting each other” or just plain “unbearable.”
I'm chomping at my bits to see it,
Ditto.
but God knows when (or if) it'll come around to my neck of the woods.
Ditto.
One of my favorite Shakespeare plays + Joss Whedon? Yeah, I think I'm good with that.