tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post3222973546110042569..comments2024-03-25T15:38:16.880-07:00Comments on Surrender to the Void: Thursday Movie Picks: Adaptationsthevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-10406981918603742642019-12-11T06:47:52.431-08:002019-12-11T06:47:52.431-08:00I actually enjoyed A Beautiful Mind and A Winter’s...I actually enjoyed A Beautiful Mind and A Winter’s Tale haha but I agree on Batman and Robin, that one was trash! Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-51805276288139505222019-12-09T06:46:47.995-08:002019-12-09T06:46:47.995-08:00I feel like I should be grateful for not seeing an...I feel like I should be grateful for not seeing any of these movies but damn do I sometimes like to watch something awful and Winter’s Tale is sounding tempting.Often Off Topichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683076467959831961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-72082209060162795042019-12-07T10:57:17.907-08:002019-12-07T10:57:17.907-08:00My biggest problem with A Beautiful Mind is that i...My biggest problem with A Beautiful Mind is that it lacks rewatchability. You watch it once and you get the story. You watch it a second time and you see all the hints for the big ol' spoiler-y stuff. There isn't a single reason to watch it a third time.<br /><br />And honestly, as someone who watched it twice, I'm not sure there was really a reason to watch it a second time.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-80590089255630660242019-12-06T08:36:21.913-08:002019-12-06T08:36:21.913-08:00Arnold's one-liners in the 1980s are so fun. U...Arnold's one-liners in the 1980s are so fun. Unfortunately Batman & Robin has some of his worst lines ever! Amazing the screenwriter won an oscar for writing five years later, who would have thought that?! :)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-36796439489287885662019-12-06T04:48:46.473-08:002019-12-06T04:48:46.473-08:00I like the route you took this! I didn't hate ...I like the route you took this! I didn't hate A Beautiful Mind, I Thought it was fine and Russell was good. Batman and Robin was definitely terrible and I skipped Winter's Tale because those trailers looked awful.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-40299074808958676602019-12-05T18:48:44.113-08:002019-12-05T18:48:44.113-08:00I agree that the first and third are flat out terr...I agree that the first and third are flat out terrible movies and A Beautiful Mind is weak overall but I do think Russell Crowe's performance in the film partially saves it. Jennifer Connelly is good in it also though the Best Supporting Actress Oscar is a bit much for what was basically the supportive wife role. <br /><br />I like the way you narrowed the choices, with a theme this vast you really have to, and I used adaptations of my favorite author John Steinbeck to thin out mine. I'd used most of his biggest successes like East of Eden before so I went with a couple of lesser known titles along with one of his greatest.<br /><br />The Moon is Down (1943)-During WWII a Norwegian mining town falls under Nazi domination because of its strategic location. The commandant attempts to bring the townspeople to his mindset through gentle persuasion, instead the citizenry form a clandestine underground to combat the enemy.<br /><br />Of Mice and Men (1939)-Two migrant workers, the clever George (Burgess Meredith) and the strong but feeble minded Lenny (an exceptional Lon Chaney, Jr.) drift through Depression era California relying on each other’s friendship to get them by until a turn of events leads to tragedy.<br /><br />The Wayward Bus (1957)-In a remote California backwater a collection of downtrodden people-chief among them hard luck bubble dancer Camille (Jayne Mansfield), traveling salesman Ernest (Dan Dailey), bus driver Johnny Chicoy (Rick Jason) and his insecure alcoholic wife Alice (Joan Collins) embark what starts as a routine bus trip but ends up being a journey of discovery both good and bad. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com