Whoa, I post a lot these days don't I ?
Hey, I didn't know a tiny little clip of the BBC's 1953 live production of Robin Hood existed.
A production, truth be told, I find completely uninteresting save for the fact that one Patrick Troughton played the lead role. Doesn't that blow your mind? Stocky little Pat Troughton running around in tights being Robin Hood?
I've been on a Troughton quest for a while now, watching anything and everything I can get hold of (why do you think I finally watched the original The Omen last year? To see him horribly murdered, that's why) - not because (and this a new experience to me) he's an actor I find nice to look at but because no matter what I see him in - horror, scifi, comedy, drama, low-budget or high - he just out-acts everybody. I honestly think he's one of the greatest actors ever to come out of Britain.
[/Troughton fangirling]
My regression into childhood continues as I've been watching Disney movies I didn't particularly like when I was a child to see if a decade had made me more appreciative. To try something new I watched a couple with the original voice acting.
First, I'll admit that when I was a child I thought The Sword in the Stone was the absolute low point of "classic" Disney movies.
Well, I rewatched it for the first time in, what, twelve years, and you know what? IT STILL IS. This movie is bad. Even worse than I remembered - the plot is almost non-existant, the music isn't too good (even though it's by the Sherman brothers) and there's not even a proper antagonist - even Madame Mim disappears mid-way through the movie.
And there's all those lose threads. What's the meaning of Merlin teaching Arthur all those skills he never has to use? What about the female squirrel who's (and this is pointed out in the movie) going to be lonely for the rest of her days? I hate this movie.
Now, The Jungle Book I was slightly more fond of in my childhood. I didn't watch it a whole lot (nothing close to The Lion King or The Great Mouse Detective), I used to think it dragged and that not enough exciting things happened.
Well, I'll have to say although I remember the Norwegian dub had a cast of very lovely familiar actors: Anders Hatlo, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Harald Mæle, Rolv Wesenlund... I have to admit watching the original American voice work was like watching a completely different movie.
I mean, Louis Prima! Sterling Holloway! And not to mention GEORGE SANDERS. Oh, George Sanders. Hearing him voice Shere Khan is the greatest highlight in the entire movie. Watching the movie was for once not one long trek waiting for Shere Khan to appear, but rather waiting to hear George Sanders' deep, silky voice.
Also, Beatles references. What.
A production, truth be told, I find completely uninteresting save for the fact that one Patrick Troughton played the lead role. Doesn't that blow your mind? Stocky little Pat Troughton running around in tights being Robin Hood?
I've been on a Troughton quest for a while now, watching anything and everything I can get hold of (why do you think I finally watched the original The Omen last year? To see him horribly murdered, that's why) - not because (and this a new experience to me) he's an actor I find nice to look at but because no matter what I see him in - horror, scifi, comedy, drama, low-budget or high - he just out-acts everybody. I honestly think he's one of the greatest actors ever to come out of Britain.
[/Troughton fangirling]
My regression into childhood continues as I've been watching Disney movies I didn't particularly like when I was a child to see if a decade had made me more appreciative. To try something new I watched a couple with the original voice acting.
First, I'll admit that when I was a child I thought The Sword in the Stone was the absolute low point of "classic" Disney movies.
Well, I rewatched it for the first time in, what, twelve years, and you know what? IT STILL IS. This movie is bad. Even worse than I remembered - the plot is almost non-existant, the music isn't too good (even though it's by the Sherman brothers) and there's not even a proper antagonist - even Madame Mim disappears mid-way through the movie.
And there's all those lose threads. What's the meaning of Merlin teaching Arthur all those skills he never has to use? What about the female squirrel who's (and this is pointed out in the movie) going to be lonely for the rest of her days? I hate this movie.
Now, The Jungle Book I was slightly more fond of in my childhood. I didn't watch it a whole lot (nothing close to The Lion King or The Great Mouse Detective), I used to think it dragged and that not enough exciting things happened.
Well, I'll have to say although I remember the Norwegian dub had a cast of very lovely familiar actors: Anders Hatlo, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Harald Mæle, Rolv Wesenlund... I have to admit watching the original American voice work was like watching a completely different movie.
I mean, Louis Prima! Sterling Holloway! And not to mention GEORGE SANDERS. Oh, George Sanders. Hearing him voice Shere Khan is the greatest highlight in the entire movie. Watching the movie was for once not one long trek waiting for Shere Khan to appear, but rather waiting to hear George Sanders' deep, silky voice.
Also, Beatles references. What.