The one advantage if you don't feel passionately about something is that it makes following controversies voyeuristic fun, as opposed to hurtful "but why don't they see....!?!" battle for oneself. My current example is the ongoing reaction to The Iron Lady. (Which I still haven't watched), i.e. the one beyond the "Meryl great, film mediocre" ( Read more... )

I just (re-)watched Great Expectations, the 1946 David Lean version. Best Dickens-on-film ever, and there is some competition for that title (among others Lean's own Oliver Twist). Despite the wonderful, haunting opening sequence on the marshes, there aren't many of the startling visuals that were later David Lean trademarks, and rightly so; ( Read more... )