Chances are the answer, in my books, will be "Make Shakespearean prose actually entertaining."
Anyone who wants to be seen as being "serious" about literature has to gush about their love of Shakespeare, but if you actually want to be entertained, stay far away, IMO.
Chances are the answer, in my books, will be "Make Shakespearean prose actually entertaining."
Anyone who wants to be seen as being "serious" about literature has to gush about their love of Shakespeare, but if you actually want to be entertained, stay far away, IMO.
I've become a bit obsessed with Everest over the past couple of years, read both Into Thin Air and The Climb, two separate accounts of the 1996 disaster, watched some documentaries... The trailer looks great but looks a little too Hollywood-action, hoping it isn't and it's a more of an honest telling of the disaster.
I'll definitely be seeing it though, amazing cast.
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You could say the same thing for all recent Ridley Scott movies; all of which ranged from mediocre to fair. It looks interesting by all accounts, but can Scott be trusted these days?
That looks really, really good. I love it when good actors are given a role where they can do their thing.
I have no idea the structure of the story, but I wonder if Matt Damon is going to have to carry the film kind of like a Castaway: MARS. Or if its evenly weighted with the mission and rescue.
It's been WELL documented now that Damon Lindelof can't conclude a feature or series for his life. He leaves loose ends everywhere and doesn't know what a satisfying conclusion even looks like if it hit him upside the head.
Prometheus would've been great if it provided answers to the dozens of questions it presented, but instead it just ended abruptly, without explaining itself whatsoever. Definitely has Lindelof's fingerprints all over it.
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You could say the same thing for all recent Ridley Scott movies; all of which ranged from mediocre to fair. It looks interesting by all accounts, but can Scott be trusted these days?
ugh, that post just reminded of The Counselor. What a piece of trash that was with such talent in the cast.
Could they have given away more of the plot in that trailer??
I haven't read the book, but it feels like the major plot points of 3/4 of the movie are in there.
Trailer should have focused on the mission preparation, initial landing, getting setup on Mars, then the storm hits and the crew leaves with Damon left for dead, and then cut out on him waking up in the sand. Plenty of intrigue right there without giving away the entire plot
Movies like Interstellar and Max Mad Fury Road have proven how to make a great trailer without giving much away, I don't know why every other movie doesn't follow those examples
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