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1. "Much Ado about Nothing": a Movie Review 2011/06/18 18:32
The 1993 version, I think it is a real summer movie. Director Kenneth Branagh, who also adapted the Shakespeare play, and bring the film into our life. The result is a film with plenty of wit, chemistry and gusto.
Opening in the sun-drenched fields of Messina , Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."
Then compare the two different versions, When it comes to the ending of the story, I prefer the closure of the 2005 version because happy ending of Claudio and Hero is a bit cliché and ridiculous. It doesn’t make any sense that Claudio and Hero are still getting married in the end like nothing happened. Unlike the 1993 version, when confronting with the wrong accusation of infidelity, Hero does nothing but cries, blushes and faints as her respond, which is quite weak. Instead, Hero, in the retold version, stands up and fights back when the truth comes out. She later refuses to be married, which teaches Claude a lesson.
However, I like the way the language being used in the 1993 version, especially the conversations between Benedick and Beatrice, which are witty, funny and interesting. Besides, I was happy to see the relationship between Benedick and Beatrice is finally repaired in the original version, but not so much in the retold version, mostly because I found no charm in the co-anchor, Benedick. If I were Beatrice, I won’t make the same decision as she does.
2. "The Hours": a Movie Review 2011/06/18 18:31
"The Hours" is adapted from Virginia Woolf novel, Mrs. Dalloway. This film describes the three women in different ages. They are in three completely different worlds: London , UK 1920s, 1950s Los Angeles , and New York . Surprisingly, is the fate linked to each other, and have the same attitude toward life.
In 1950s Mrs. Brown (Julianne Moore) is a traditional housewife, she serve her husband as the other housewife does. She teaches her son that make a cake is the way to love his father. After reading Mrs. Dalloway, the novel gives her the light, and let her have huge change in life. Due to her sensitive, paranoid personality that makes her unable handle the pressure and crash down.
In 2000 New York , Mrs. Dalloway (Meryl Streep), is nicknamed by the past childhood boyfriend (Ed Harris) as Mrs. Dalloway. We can imagine that they have similarities between her and Mrs. Dalloway in the novel. She cohabitates with lesbian, but regret what she did when she looks back.
The initiation of the two women life is Mrs. Dalloway, the author of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman). But in 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is depressed, while she travels in her own fantasy world that she can get relief for herself.
Many people would say the film is full of dark and despair. Although it deals with the dark issue, but its main thrust is full of light. In the film finally, Laura chose to leave, but just as she said: "This is death, I choose life". Though life is not always satisfactory as we think, but at least we can try to pursue it. Virginia Woolf said, "To understand life what it is, and love it that way. Always look life in the face." Toward our lives, try to face it with your heart. I think this should be a best footnote to the film.
The 1993 version, I think it is a real summer movie. Director Kenneth Branagh, who also adapted the Shakespeare play, and bring the film into our life. The result is a film with plenty of wit, chemistry and gusto.
Opening in the sun-drenched fields of Messina , Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."
Then compare the two different versions, When it comes to the ending of the story, I prefer the closure of the 2005 version because happy ending of Claudio and Hero is a bit cliché and ridiculous. It doesn’t make any sense that Claudio and Hero are still getting married in the end like nothing happened. Unlike the 1993 version, when confronting with the wrong accusation of infidelity, Hero does nothing but cries, blushes and faints as her respond, which is quite weak. Instead, Hero, in the retold version, stands up and fights back when the truth comes out. She later refuses to be married, which teaches Claude a lesson.
However, I like the way the language being used in the 1993 version, especially the conversations between Benedick and Beatrice, which are witty, funny and interesting. Besides, I was happy to see the relationship between Benedick and Beatrice is finally repaired in the original version, but not so much in the retold version, mostly because I found no charm in the co-anchor, Benedick. If I were Beatrice, I won’t make the same decision as she does.
2. "The Hours": a Movie Review 2011/06/18 18:31
"The Hours" is adapted from Virginia Woolf novel, Mrs. Dalloway. This film describes the three women in different ages. They are in three completely different worlds: London , UK 1920s, 1950s Los Angeles , and New York . Surprisingly, is the fate linked to each other, and have the same attitude toward life.
In 1950s Mrs. Brown (Julianne Moore) is a traditional housewife, she serve her husband as the other housewife does. She teaches her son that make a cake is the way to love his father. After reading Mrs. Dalloway, the novel gives her the light, and let her have huge change in life. Due to her sensitive, paranoid personality that makes her unable handle the pressure and crash down.
In 2000 New York , Mrs. Dalloway (Meryl Streep), is nicknamed by the past childhood boyfriend (Ed Harris) as Mrs. Dalloway. We can imagine that they have similarities between her and Mrs. Dalloway in the novel. She cohabitates with lesbian, but regret what she did when she looks back.
The initiation of the two women life is Mrs. Dalloway, the author of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman). But in 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is depressed, while she travels in her own fantasy world that she can get relief for herself.
Many people would say the film is full of dark and despair. Although it deals with the dark issue, but its main thrust is full of light. In the film finally, Laura chose to leave, but just as she said: "This is death, I choose life". Though life is not always satisfactory as we think, but at least we can try to pursue it. Virginia Woolf said, "To understand life what it is, and love it that way. Always look life in the face." Toward our lives, try to face it with your heart. I think this should be a best footnote to the film.
