I know I'm posting a lot of images lately, but this is Daniel Craig and Jason Isaacs in the 1992 London première of Angels in America, what do you want me to do?
Noel loved it and has scheduled an outing with her friendlets to see it again; while I am not a good consumer of cinema, I did burst into tears at one point when the directorial choices proved that Ava DuVernay really GOT Meg, no matter what had happened along the adaptation's way; there is a flying Savoy cabbage. So. I liked it, and even -- though I don't see how they COULD -- wish they might make the sequel. I did not love it, but neither did I feel abused or robbed. And they took all the Anglicanisms out, which was a blessed relief given Noel had no tiiiiiime for that.
Noel loved it and has scheduled an outing with her friendlets to see it again; while I am not a good consumer of cinema, I did burst into tears at one point when the directorial choices proved that Ava DuVernay really GOT Meg, no matter what had happened along the adaptation's way; there is a flying Savoy cabbage.
That sounds excellent.
So. I liked it, and even -- though I don't see how they COULD -- wish they might make the sequel. I did not love it, but neither did I feel abused or robbed.
I am very glad to hear it. There's been a lot of mileage-may-vary among my friend group; it's been reminding me of the reactions to Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, where I know a lot of people who love the Studio Ghibli film and equally love the novel by Diana Wynne Jones and I imprinted so strongly on the particulars of the novel that the movie has always sounded like essentially not-the-book to me, but it demonstrably does not work that way for everyone.
I would get weird around an adaptation of A Wind in the Door because it was always the most important of that series to me (and my mental fancasting for Mr. Jenkins turned out to be William Daniels), but I would be fascinated if it happened, because that is not usually how Hollywood YA properties go unless they're dystopian.
I haven't seen the Ghibli film either because of the importance of that novel. May all my bacon burn, I guess. (And I usually LIKE Ghibli. LOVE, in the case of Spirited Away.)
(The picture that started this post -- and whatta picture! -- is reminding me that soon I will need to consult with some boys. "And how do you -- really? I mean okay -- but beards? Uh-huh -- it's for a book."
I haven't seen the Ghibli film either because of the importance of that novel.
Same. And I know people whose tastes I trust who like both! But here we are. So I am glad that did not happen with you and DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.
The picture that started this post -- and whatta picture! -- is reminding me that soon I will need to consult with some boys. "And how do you -- really? I mean okay -- but beards? Uh-huh -- it's for a book."
"Only be sure always to call it, please, research."
Oh, I hadn't thought of the HMC movie/book. That's a good comparison. I imprinted so hard on Wrinkle, and I really do want to see the movie to support it, and that little girl looks just about perf, but -- I don't want to maybe dislike it just because it's not what's in my head. Oh well I may go see it anyway because the box office seems to be lagging.
Yes! The rest of the cast looks like Stephen Dillane as Prior Walter, Joseph Mydell as Belize (and won an Olivier for it), Clare Holman as Harper, David Schofield as Roy Cohn, Susan Engel as Hannah, and Nancy Crane as the Angel. Every time I see any photographs from the production, I want a time machine.
I watched the National Theatre Live screening of Perestroika last year, which was amazing (alas, no time in my schedule to see both parts).
Oh, cool. I have seen the 2003 HBO miniseries, but never a staged version of the play. I would like to. I've been reading it for years.
A friend turned me on to this DVD and the first time we saw it together we had to rewind the first 15-20 min because Ian McKellan is just that mesmerizing and hot. "Wait, what's going on again...."
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I'm glad you understand.
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It is my personal opinion that Isaacs is still pretty terrific-looking, but, yes.
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A better quartet of soulful eyes I haven't seen.
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MENSCHLICHKEIT ALL THE WAY ON YOUR PART.
(Boys are pretty sometimes. Viz., to wit, Levi Miller in the new Wrinkle in Time adaptation.)
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I'M HELPING.
(Boys are pretty sometimes. Viz., to wit, Levi Miller in the new Wrinkle in Time adaptation.)
Oh, interesting bones.
How was the movie?
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So. I liked it, and even -- though I don't see how they COULD -- wish they might make the sequel. I did not love it, but neither did I feel abused or robbed.
And they took all the Anglicanisms out, which was a blessed relief given Noel had no tiiiiiime for that.
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That sounds excellent.
So. I liked it, and even -- though I don't see how they COULD -- wish they might make the sequel. I did not love it, but neither did I feel abused or robbed.
I am very glad to hear it. There's been a lot of mileage-may-vary among my friend group; it's been reminding me of the reactions to Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, where I know a lot of people who love the Studio Ghibli film and equally love the novel by Diana Wynne Jones and I imprinted so strongly on the particulars of the novel that the movie has always sounded like essentially not-the-book to me, but it demonstrably does not work that way for everyone.
I would get weird around an adaptation of A Wind in the Door because it was always the most important of that series to me (and my mental fancasting for Mr. Jenkins turned out to be William Daniels), but I would be fascinated if it happened, because that is not usually how Hollywood YA properties go unless they're dystopian.
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(The picture that started this post -- and whatta picture! -- is reminding me that soon I will need to consult with some boys. "And how do you -- really? I mean okay -- but beards? Uh-huh -- it's for a book."
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Same. And I know people whose tastes I trust who like both! But here we are. So I am glad that did not happen with you and DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.
The picture that started this post -- and whatta picture! -- is reminding me that soon I will need to consult with some boys. "And how do you -- really? I mean okay -- but beards? Uh-huh -- it's for a book."
"Only be sure always to call it, please, research."
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Please report if you do!
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I watched the National Theatre Live screening of Perestroika last year, which was amazing (alas, no time in my schedule to see both parts).
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Yes! The rest of the cast looks like Stephen Dillane as Prior Walter, Joseph Mydell as Belize (and won an Olivier for it), Clare Holman as Harper, David Schofield as Roy Cohn, Susan Engel as Hannah, and Nancy Crane as the Angel. Every time I see any photographs from the production, I want a time machine.
I watched the National Theatre Live screening of Perestroika last year, which was amazing (alas, no time in my schedule to see both parts).
Oh, cool. I have seen the 2003 HBO miniseries, but never a staged version of the play. I would like to. I've been reading it for years.
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From your lips to directors' ears!
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JFC that's about as bad as Ian McKellan in Edward II
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Blame the National Theatre!
JFC that's about as bad as Ian McKellan in Edward II
PHOTOS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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....stupid revamped Google image search, bah
Edward II with Tim West
Ditto
Whoops there's the wife
Altho it really needs to be seen in action. He had the same kind of beautiful dangerous feral grace John Hurt did in I Claudius, I felt.
BONUS
As RII (I think he's on that "still the prettiest" line) http://www.mckellen.com/images/1042.jpg
As Macbeth with Dench https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/system/images/photo_albums/ian-mckellen/large/9-mckellen-aperformanceofmacbeth.jpg
In Winter's Tale
http://alwaysiambic.tumblr.com/post/39329258190/alwaysiambic-ian-mckellen-in-the-1976-rsc
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Nice results, though. Damn.
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