I recently learned that my school's library has the DVD set of Sergei Bondarchuk's version of War and Peace. Supposedly, this is the longest screen adaptation of the novel that is available.

We finished the first disc tonight.

We have no idea what's going on.

Somehow I doubt reading the book is going to help.

--SJ

When I watch old movies, I find it impossible to appreciate them on the same level as they were appreciated when they were first released. For example, when I saw Citizen Kane for the first time, I knew from the beginning who Rosebud was through cultural osmosis. Imagine future generations watching the ending to The Sixth Sense and saying, "Duh, of ( Read more... )

I was watching Air Force One on TNT this weekend and though about how much I'd like to avert the unnecessary stupidity and sometimes bloodshed in most films. If the characters would just pay a little more attention and act logically at the beginning, most crises could be averted.

( Avoiding Disaster )