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Hm.
"Tristan & Isolde" was a better film than I expected. It's a British-Irish love story: Lancelot and Guinevere, really, though I am not certain that T&I was the earlier story. It is certainly presented with much more realism.
It's not a great movie. Not by a long shot. But it's enjoyable, if you're into this kind of thing.
Tristan's last lines of dialogue are naturally conclusive of the entire thing: "I don't know if life is greater than death. But love is more than either."
I like it. The phrasing is a touch too... I'm not sure of the word... but despite that, I agree.
[edit:]
Huh, or not. It's unrelated to Lancelot and Guinevere: it was sourced from a Wagner opera. Fascinating.
At first, I had felt it bore too much resemblance to the standard Romeo and Juliet template, but as it went on, it seemed clearer and clearer that there was a direct relation to Lancelot and Guinevere. There are obvious, notable differences, but just as many similarities.
Hm. The obvious question is where Tristan und Isolde was sourced from itself, but there is no clear answer to that, and the best source I have in easy reach does not mention the Matter of Britain whatsoever-- well, that may not be true. I see the Vulgate Cycle and Le Morte D'Arthur, but I'm not sure I'm reading it right. *shrugs* No matter.
"Tristan & Isolde" was a better film than I expected. It's a British-Irish love story: Lancelot and Guinevere, really, though I am not certain that T&I was the earlier story. It is certainly presented with much more realism.
It's not a great movie. Not by a long shot. But it's enjoyable, if you're into this kind of thing.
Tristan's last lines of dialogue are naturally conclusive of the entire thing: "I don't know if life is greater than death. But love is more than either."
I like it. The phrasing is a touch too... I'm not sure of the word... but despite that, I agree.
[edit:]
Huh, or not. It's unrelated to Lancelot and Guinevere: it was sourced from a Wagner opera. Fascinating.
At first, I had felt it bore too much resemblance to the standard Romeo and Juliet template, but as it went on, it seemed clearer and clearer that there was a direct relation to Lancelot and Guinevere. There are obvious, notable differences, but just as many similarities.
Hm. The obvious question is where Tristan und Isolde was sourced from itself, but there is no clear answer to that, and the best source I have in easy reach does not mention the Matter of Britain whatsoever-- well, that may not be true. I see the Vulgate Cycle and Le Morte D'Arthur, but I'm not sure I'm reading it right. *shrugs* No matter.