The New World
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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I do disagree with @suspendedreason about Badlands and, for that matter, Easy Rider
tho I think both films come off much better if you can look at them in the context of when they were made
tho I think both films come off much better if you can look at them in the context of when they were made
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
no that's fine we're keeping the peace, I'm just trying to bring out the best in you guys
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I have to repeat that just by having the argument it proves The New World is an interesting work
whether or not it's "good"
whether or not it's "good"
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
it's a tough narrative to get away from since it seems to so closely mirror reality
IdleRich
IdleRich
OK but it's a weak argument to say- effectively - you're criticising it so it must be good.
luka
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youre going to hate it its got this ridiculous Sean Penn voiceover all the way through it.
sus
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@Linebaugh Days of Heaven if you want the most generally beloved/celebrated, least controversial in his oeuvre probably. New World for direct relevance to current threads. But curious what Padraig would say
version
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It's not Sean Penn. He's barely in it. It's Jim Caviezel.
sus
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In Austen's Emma there's this wonderful character, Emma's dad, Mr Woodhouse... when his servant gets married and has a proper estate of her own, he's terribly sad to lose her company, and so whenever he thinks or talks of her, it's with such remorse: "Oh, Ms so-and-so must be so terribly sad over on the other side of town... our home is so much more grand, what a terrible thing for her." and Emma has to keep reminding him that actually, she's very happily married and glad to no longer be household help, etc
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I think you will enjoy it
it's open to basically all the exact same criticisms as The New World but less so, as it's more grounded in the visceral
whether that's because of the source material - a novel I highly recommend - or because he wasn't as comfortable soaring off into tone poem, or both, idk
I would say it's - to its credit - more ambiguous in its relation to hope than The New World, which again is borne out in the source material
sus
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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I would say go in chronological order and stop whenever you feel like things have gotten completely out of hand
for me that was Tree of Life