'o' - remake of othello with josh hartnett and julia stiles

[cimorene]

it seems like you can't go wrong with shakespeare, but for some reason, something was just giving me a bad feeling about 'o' from the moment my mom bought it almost a year ago. the fact that they wrote their own script for the modernization further endangered their quality, like think ten things i hate about you instead of romeo + juliet (and don't think clueless because i don't want any rule-disproving here).

the first ten minutes was enough to tell me how awful this movie is. it jumps in with stiff acting, weird setting, predictable plot and no exposition beyond martin sheen favoring othello over josh hartnett to explain the latter's evilitude. julia's acting might have been alright, but it wasn't shining in the midst of the dross. the badness overpowered even her--even martin sheen! my god. i had to stop watching after othello was accused of raping julia and she didn't actually deny it, and then we found out he was a druggie, and then he went and beat up josh's henchman. please, people. the pain.

wax_jism recommended the bounty, but nothing except someone i really, really like is worth watching mel gibson for me. if mom hooks the dvd player back up, i have bonfire of the vanities and cleopatra and south pacific to watch (not to mention the ever-present alternatives singin in the rain, pirates of the caribbean and finding nemo.)

Comments

[wolfsage.livejournal.com]

good evening! :)

really? a lot of people have been saying it's really good.... i've been meaning to watch it. lost in translation, that is. i think the girl in it is really cute.... i liked her in ghost world.

what's secretary about?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

secretary is like... a drama/romantic comedy about two compulsive people. it's the fluffiest romance about a dom and a submissive i've ever seen.

[wolfsage.livejournal.com]

sounds cool! i'm going to watch movies today.... hopefully i can rent a few but if not, i have the faculty and sleepy hollow i could watch. i love those movies.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i've never seen sleepy hollow.

although in my johnneh! phase i was planning to.

[wolfsage.livejournal.com]

ooh. well i liked it! it wasn't brilliant but it was definetely worth watching. i liked the mythological aspects... his dreams, and the witch girls and stuff. pretty gothic.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

ooh. maybe i will.