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Aug. 15th, 2022 09:33 amTook today off - glad I did it - since I slept horribly. Took me forever to fall asleep - body was wired, and mind was raging about work and other things.
And I think I need a day of doing very very little.
1. On Sunday, watched latest film adaptation of Persuasion on Netflix, starring Dakota Fanning, and Henry Golding. I'd read the reviews, but figured it had been so long since I'd read the book or seen the 1990s film version, that it wouldn't matter to me. I was wrong. It did. I found the film jarring, and the characters unlikable - and I loved the book and 1990s film version.
What went wrong?
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Due to the popularity of "Bridgerton" - people are trying to adapt historical romances the exact same way. Sigh.
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2. Industrial Light & Magic documentary series on Disney Plus - talks about how the organization which arose during the making of Star Wars, and because of Star Wars. Basically, Lucas wanted to make a space opera with fighting space ships - and couldn't find a special effects workshop still in business that could do it, so he created his own.
It's good - if you are interested in how special effects are created and the history of F/X.
3. A League of Their Own - on Amazon Prime, is kind of slow. My attention wandered during the first episode, and none of the leads grabbed my atention.
And I think I need a day of doing very very little.
1. On Sunday, watched latest film adaptation of Persuasion on Netflix, starring Dakota Fanning, and Henry Golding. I'd read the reviews, but figured it had been so long since I'd read the book or seen the 1990s film version, that it wouldn't matter to me. I was wrong. It did. I found the film jarring, and the characters unlikable - and I loved the book and 1990s film version.
What went wrong?
( Read more... )
Due to the popularity of "Bridgerton" - people are trying to adapt historical romances the exact same way. Sigh.
***
2. Industrial Light & Magic documentary series on Disney Plus - talks about how the organization which arose during the making of Star Wars, and because of Star Wars. Basically, Lucas wanted to make a space opera with fighting space ships - and couldn't find a special effects workshop still in business that could do it, so he created his own.
It's good - if you are interested in how special effects are created and the history of F/X.
3. A League of Their Own - on Amazon Prime, is kind of slow. My attention wandered during the first episode, and none of the leads grabbed my atention.