Just a little lost...
As I am sure you noticed, I was not in lecture Monday for reasons you also know. But I am glad to report that my car is now in working order. Thanks to my Dad, who repaired the car and purchased me a new stereo, I will be in lecture Monday to hear all about Eliot's "The Wasteland". I was so upset this week thinking I had missed the lecture on that poem, which I was anticipating. Thanks to my lovely group members I have learned about the plan for this week's lecture and information about the video that was shown in tutorial. Thanks ladies!
Thanks is also in order for Sarah (elephamus) for generously offering and providing me with her thorough notes. I so much appreciate your concern and kindness. Also, thanks to Professor Kuin for your understanding, sympathy and well wishes. It means a lot to me, my other professors were not so kind.
I believe it was in a classmate's post that I first learned that there was a movie adaptation of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon text that we read an excerpt of earlier this year. Well, I read that text last year in two classes and thus studied it in depth. So, I thought I would check out the movie today, titled, "Beowulf and Grendel". As most book to movie adaptations, the film was horrible. Not only did it not adhere to the story, beside being about the killing of Grendel, it just wasn't a well developed, acted or produced film. Never have I seen such a horrible film. The only redeeming quality to the film was that the female characters took leading and powerful roles, which of course didn't happen in the text and never would have in the time period in which Beowulf was set or written. So, then I guess that point was also a problem, not only was the film inaccurate to the story, but also historically. I would say to anyone thinking of seeing the film, especially if they have read the text, to simply not bother, it is a huge disappointment!
I am going to reserve any comments I have about "The Wasteland" and the information I have received about the film on Modernism for the coming week's entry (so as to not spoil all the fun).
Looking forward to tomorrow's lecture (which is sure to deliver),
Janice
Thanks is also in order for Sarah (elephamus) for generously offering and providing me with her thorough notes. I so much appreciate your concern and kindness. Also, thanks to Professor Kuin for your understanding, sympathy and well wishes. It means a lot to me, my other professors were not so kind.
I believe it was in a classmate's post that I first learned that there was a movie adaptation of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon text that we read an excerpt of earlier this year. Well, I read that text last year in two classes and thus studied it in depth. So, I thought I would check out the movie today, titled, "Beowulf and Grendel". As most book to movie adaptations, the film was horrible. Not only did it not adhere to the story, beside being about the killing of Grendel, it just wasn't a well developed, acted or produced film. Never have I seen such a horrible film. The only redeeming quality to the film was that the female characters took leading and powerful roles, which of course didn't happen in the text and never would have in the time period in which Beowulf was set or written. So, then I guess that point was also a problem, not only was the film inaccurate to the story, but also historically. I would say to anyone thinking of seeing the film, especially if they have read the text, to simply not bother, it is a huge disappointment!
I am going to reserve any comments I have about "The Wasteland" and the information I have received about the film on Modernism for the coming week's entry (so as to not spoil all the fun).
Looking forward to tomorrow's lecture (which is sure to deliver),
Janice