forum Film and other random stuff

Started April 25, 2020 by @Althalosian-is-the-father book

tune

Hmm no, maybe I'll see if my streaming services have it

It's R I'm pretty sure, btw. But I liked it because of how good it was. Though if you really question one shot then tell me 'cause I did. I feel like it didn't do a good job of showing Christianity and the impact it has on thinking about death and being killed but that's the one thing.

Do you guys have any favorite musicals or plays? I don't know of many, but a lot of film nerds tend to like a few.

Les Miz!

Though the book was better.

And Dear Evan Hansen is also pretty great. Though the script is meh.

Have yet to see Le Miz, but I've heard a lot of praise over Dear Evan Hansen.

Dear Evan Hansen is great! I saw it a little while back. While I felt the story itself could use a bit more work, the songs are powerful!

Les Miz is amazing. And the 2012 movie is pretty great.

Dear Evan Hansen is great! I saw it a little while back. While I felt the story itself could use a bit more work, the songs are powerful!

Big agree. Aspiring film nerd?

Dear Evan Hansen is great! I saw it a little while back. While I felt the story itself could use a bit more work, the songs are powerful!

Big agree. Aspiring film nerd?

Nope! I've just always had a love for musicals and music in general. I used to want to be on stage but I don't think I could ever sing well enough to be cast for anything, not to mention my general anxiety of being in front of large groups of people.

Do you take any musical theater classes? They help with all those things

Nope. My school might offer them but I believe in taking the classes you're also made to participate in getting on stage and I'd legitimately cry.

oof my guy

It's one thing to do something from your seat, it's another to go up in front of the class.

I would advise starting small. Start acting. Not like a play. Be bigger than you normally are in public. Let go of yourself and become one of your characters.

hello all–
i finally got around to watching Dune, and i think it was veeeery good. i really like David Lynch– both as a director and artist. ('David Lynch: The Art Life' is a very interesting documentary, if any of you are fans)
so– something interesting i took note of while watching it was the arab/islamic influence in so much of it. researching it now– I'm understanding that this was present in the book as well.
what do y'all think about the way this was executed in the film?
i haven't read the book yet, but I've skimmed through a few articles that think the story had a bit of cultural appropriation going on, along with a few touching on the fact that no middle eastern or north african actors are being cast for leading Fremen roles in the new remake.

I haven't gotten around to seeing David Lynch's version, but I'd love to (is it on any streaming services?). I'm so glad you liked it!
I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book, and I haven't been let down yet. It's fascinating, Frank Herbert really went all out with the world building. Yes, there are some Islamic and generally middle eastern influences. I noticed some Hebrew parallels. As for those articles, I don't consider it cultural appropriation because
1) The middle eastern influence doesn't take anything sacred or personal from actual middle eastern people and put it in the book.
2) Fremen culture is not Islamic/middle eastern culture. It's it's own culture, placed on an entirely seperate planet in the far future. It isn't a rip off of anything, in my opinion, it's it's own thing, simply stemming from middle eastern influence as well as some original content from Herbert. Take English for example- it has Germanic roots, but it's not German.
That's just my opinion.
As for the new movie coming out, I'm excited. This director said he wasn't going to base it off past reboots and remakes and whatnot- he's going purely book to script. Although, he has made his alterations. Kynes, my favorite character, is a man in the book. Kynes is a woman in the movie. I don't particularly like the gender swap, because I beleive gender is important for certain dynamics in the story. But who knows, reading forward I see how Kynes being a woman wouldn't be too bad. I don't mind the fact that no middle eastern/african people are playing the parts if the Fremen, because the book never says what color they are. It's kind of ironic the people who are mad about that have assumed the color of the Fremen. Religion/culture does not equal skin color. That's not to say I don't believe in diversity in the film making industry, I'm just saying the Fremen aren't middle eastern or african or european or asian, they're Fremen, so I don't care who plays them. That's all my personal opinion.

Haven't seen or read (though I plan to), but I agree about the rep stuff. Don't force that stuff, be chill, etc.

I saw Doubt last night and it was amazing. It's a trip. I was gonna describe it, but here's a trailer.
It's rated PG-13. I would say 15 though.

i'm pretty sure Dune is on Netflix & i agree with the whole representation thing– its just that in the 1984 remake, there were like, no poc.
That does look good. Some people think that Meryl Streep is overrated, but I really like her, especially in Mamma Mia, (one of my favourite movies/musicals)

I though Mama Mia was eh. The message was lame, and I wasn't really down with the whole nonoriginal musical thing.

That does look good. Some people think that Meryl Streep is overrated,

From the little I've seen, she's a goddess.

I agree that the concept and 'idea' of Mamma Mia isn't too original, but…idk. it's just a very happy looking film that my whole family jams out to (literally since i was a kid), and it just makes me smile, as cheesy as that sounds.

I mean, I don't hold it against you. Each to their own.