tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post3541470510656124719..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: EVERYTHING ELSE:Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-41680512796030661512014-04-09T16:11:02.278-07:002014-04-09T16:11:02.278-07:00@Caleb:
I knew he did 'The Fountain' to g...@Caleb:<br /><br />I knew he did 'The Fountain' to get the movie made, but was unaware he'd done one for Noah. Is this kind of a practice with him? I'd love to have seen a 'Black Swan' GN.<br /><br />Manohman, "Grandpappy Lector gave me a libido!" is the <i>weirdest</i> takeaway 2014 has given me, filmwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-34868042089531104842014-04-09T13:04:02.413-07:002014-04-09T13:04:02.413-07:00Rev,
You didn't read the graphic novel did yo...Rev,<br /><br />You didn't read the graphic novel did you? I'm planning a post comparing and contrasting, but, basically, in the graphic novel the ladies have even less to do. Basically everything that Mrs. Noah did in the movie in terms of healing and medicine and herbalism or whatever, Noah handled in the comic book version. Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-62681049838707213342014-04-09T11:48:16.425-07:002014-04-09T11:48:16.425-07:00@Arion:
Noah's interesting, but as an Aronofs...@Arion:<br /><br />Noah's interesting, but as an Aronofsky fable it's grossly imbalanced (because of big studio backing, I think; the bigger the budget the more a director staggers under the push-me pull-you of the forces involved). <br /><br />The gender problems are kind of grim & regressive, as this is one of the more egregious instances in film of a woman being unable to be sexually assertive / independent without procreation being involved. (I know, it's a bible epic, what was I expecting...)<br /><br />The shed skin of the serpent of Eden becomes a tefillin. That's the element I found most provocative & intriguing, but sadly it doesn't go much of anywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-23226181540230672882014-04-08T22:01:19.956-07:002014-04-08T22:01:19.956-07:00I'm a huge Aranofsky fan, and although I'm...I'm a huge Aranofsky fan, and although I'm a bit worried because I've heard mixed comments about Noah I still want to go see it. <br /><br />Arionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794190466838336293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-86313395413968102302014-04-08T14:08:54.852-07:002014-04-08T14:08:54.852-07:00Glad you dug Man of Tai Chi, C.Glad you dug Man of Tai Chi, C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-53961289411059762872014-04-08T12:13:32.336-07:002014-04-08T12:13:32.336-07:00I haven't read the rest of the post yet (altho...I haven't read the rest of the post yet (although I'm certainly excited to because I love these Everything Else posts) but I have to take exception with your description of the 2011 film as "a movie about the Muppets." I disagree - that's what <i>Muppets Most Wanted</i> is.<br /><br />Like you say in the next paragraph, Jason Segel and Amy Adams were the leads in that. It wasn't a movie about the characters "the Muppets" at all. It was a movie about how much Jason Segel likes and remembers them, and a movie about two of Jason Segel impressively saving them. <br /><br />That's fine - I enjoyed that movie quite a bit - but it's so refreshing to me that this one is actually about the characters. Kermit and Piggy get the actual arcs this time.Anthony Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170406011301084809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-37522258021290645472014-04-08T08:58:14.369-07:002014-04-08T08:58:14.369-07:00i love your blog but, please, for the love of Mike...i love your blog but, please, for the love of Mike, hyperlink your footnotes. scrolling up and down while trying to read an article just leads to confusion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497471112230791353noreply@blogger.com