tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407454496468251136.post7541575851686034715..comments2023-10-30T05:55:18.818-04:00Comments on THE AWARDS CIRCUIT BLOG: An Interesting Take on "The Tempest"Clayton Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12579286727951387234noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407454496468251136.post-51836316127409452192008-10-10T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:37:00.000-04:00Having an established material didn't help "Titus"...Having an established material didn't help "Titus". It ended up being this impressionist, wierd as hell, schizophrenic interpretation of an already bizarre and violent play. The fact that she's making Prospero a woman just goes on to prove that she has no idea how to respect source material, nor how to at least make her avant-garde reinterpretations make any kind of sense. <BR/><BR/>Part of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407454496468251136.post-17911380567224003272008-10-09T22:36:00.000-04:002008-10-09T22:36:00.000-04:00Well, she has certainly not yet made a film that I...Well, she has certainly not yet made a film that I would call a success, maybe working with such established material might help...the main problem with Across the Universe to me was that it lacked any semblance of a plotJoey Magidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465870030357008701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407454496468251136.post-18296061707909604432008-10-09T20:52:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:52:00.000-04:00Julie Taymor = fail. "Across the Universe" was a p...Julie Taymor = fail. <BR/><BR/>"Across the Universe" was a piss-poor excuse for a coherent film.<BR/><BR/>"Titus" just flat out sucked and was so wrong on so many levels. <BR/><BR/>So now she has to go and srew up one of my favorite Shakespeare plays? Thanks a ton Julie. Maybe she should watch some Kenneth Branagh and learn a thing or two about Shakespeare film adaptations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com