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cimoreneit 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.
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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.)
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.)
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Date: 7 Feb 2004 06:16 pm (UTC)i don't even remember what you said anymore, so that's all right.
i saw lost in translation and was disappointed, although it was... affecting. moving? but it wasn't as funny as i hoped.
but now i'm halfway through secretary (dad has to have a medical procedure done, and i'm waiting for him) and IT'S way cooler than i expected so far.
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Date: 7 Feb 2004 07:07 pm (UTC)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?
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Date: 8 Feb 2004 09:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Feb 2004 02:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Feb 2004 02:41 pm (UTC)although in my johnneh! phase i was planning to.
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Date: 8 Feb 2004 02:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Feb 2004 02:51 pm (UTC)