Everything under the Sun...

[dangermousie]

I promise to reply to everyone tomorrow. Last couple of days have been a bit crazy.

This is a bit unconnected :)

I. Movies

Saw Across the Universe tonight. It was a flawed (if fun) movie but the creators of it were both incredibly talented and on drugs, to be able to fit all the Beatles songs the way they did. (it's worth seeing if for nothing

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Anna Karenina

[fire_snake]

I wouldn't go as far as saying that Anna was sold into marriage. It seems like it was a typical upper-class marriage of convenience. On top of which her husband wasn't a monster, she just didn't love him and wanted more excitement in her life. Speaking of Russian literature, Tatiyana in "Evgeniy Onegin" had the same problem, but her solution was dramatically different. I am not sure which one was better, but at least Tatiyana prudently decided to stay alive with her husband.

[dangermousie]

I am always surprised that in most adaptations it's Levin and Kitty's story that gets dropped. because their story is just as prominent and important as Anna and Vronsky's. I actually rather like Vronsky but Anna ends up annoying me.

[carviangli]

Aamir Khan has a blog?! I L U BOLLYWOOD!!^^

Yaaaaaaay!! And he replies?!

*dies*

Oh and Anna Karenina is soo on my to read list(which is massive so it may be a while)

[dangermousie]

Aamir is so COOL.

russian cinema

[fire_snake]

I am not going to mention any more about AK, since I rambled quite a bit about her yesterday (I still think that being alive is much more preferable to being dead, as the second is irreversible unless you are a follower of Count Dracula). If you think about it, a lot of Russian movies were really musicals on screen, therein lies their similarity with Bollywood. Even "12 chairs" with Andrey Mironov was essentially a musical, and we all knew the song from "Neulovimye Mstiteli," and it was a part of its attraction to us. If not for that song that I heard many times before watching the movie, I would have never seen it. How about "Gost'ya is Buduschego," "Priklucheniya Electronika," etc? I still remember them, and you actually played one of them at your wedding:)

Re: russian cinema

[dangermousie]

unless you are a follower of Count Dracula

OK, I choked now.

And I so agree on Russian movies. The song from Gost'ya is one of my favorte ever and that's the one they played at the wedding.

[janlake83]

is it wrong that i have not seen any Anna Karenina adaptations..... but i have read it a few years ago and i have to say, by the end of it i would have shoved her on the oncoming train, i understand that yes its hard for her she ran away with her lover and her husband refuses to let her see her child, but come on she made a decision, thats part of the consequences.

and my sister has seen Across the Universe, and told me its like being on an acid trip. maybe its a movie to be watched when one is high????

[dangermousie]

I agree about Anna. Seriously, stick to it, lady.

And that is a great description of AtU