I've been a fan of Plath for nearly 5 years and know much about her life that it was hard not the have a preconceived notion of what the film should be like. I tried pretending I had no knowledge, but it was still bad.
Part of why the movie didn't work, I think, was because most of her friends, who are still living, did not want to be part of the project--in fact, most condemned it. I think the only people who were supporting characters (aka: an editor for the newspaper she got reviewed for and Assia, Hughes's mistress/2nd wife) are people who are dead now. That's probably why it's so boring.
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... that's why i didn't see sylvia. i have too much respect for ms. plath and i don't want to taint it.
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I've been a fan of Plath for nearly 5 years and know much about her life that it was hard not the have a preconceived notion of what the film should be like. I tried pretending I had no knowledge, but it was still bad.
Part of why the movie didn't work, I think, was because most of her friends, who are still living, did not want to be part of the project--in fact, most condemned it. I think the only people who were supporting characters (aka: an editor for the newspaper she got reviewed for and Assia, Hughes's mistress/2nd wife) are people who are dead now. That's probably why it's so boring.
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it just seems to leave so much out.
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Yes, that's a fair representation of the movie--they met, they married, he cheated, she died. THe end. Blah Blah Blah.
I think Ted Hughes just gets a bad rep for killing 2 wives (haha). I've read very few of his poems and don't know much about him outside of Sylvia.
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and I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! I'm such a bad friend,I need to do something about it..
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much love, dani!xx
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