ugh
i am literally about to scream. this is the fourth paper in a row with more than 2 apostrophe errors on *each page*. and i'd love to be exaggerating here. i mean, this last one doesn't even match. it says "buttercups and westley's love" and i can't help but wonder what poor buttercup has done to be sent to bed without an apostrohpe. i stopped myself from writing "get your apostrophes right for fuck's sake" on the paper, but only barely.
thus, this little break.
the beowulf movie is out, and i've seen it. saw it today with my walking buddy. it's... well, as an adaptation, it sucks almighty. got major plot points wrong, obliterated the ending, destroyed several characters, and was generally a black blot upon the glorious pages of the epic poem's history.
but as a movie, it kind of rocks. i could have done without the buck nekkid anthony hopkins, whom i still associate with the first role i saw him in, the apostle paul. (next role, for you who are interested, was hannibal lecter.) hopkins as a character is an oddly dual figure in my mind, but he is never a slobbering drunk fat man who can't keep his bedsheet modestly draped over his manhood. neither, for the record, is hrothgar.
i could also have done without the buck nekkid dude playing beowulf. i swear, i laughed out loud on several occasions where his delicate areas are strategically covered by spears, sword hilts, benches, and the like. he was like a nude spiderman swinging from the rafters to attack grendel. grendel himself was less monstrous and more comically gross. but what are you going to do.
the point is that it's a good example of the typical B class fantasy movie. it had a delicious premise concerning the sins of the father, and the demoness was sheer brilliance. alas, she was also dripping gold liquid and entirely too nude for her own good. or rather, for the good of the dumb heroes who keep laying her to perpetuate the monster problem.
so there's my critique. a horrific rendition of a beloved classic, but taken by itself, it's kind of up there with Legend in my book. a non-kid-safe neverending story or something. i dunno.
there was a kid, by the by, sitting next to me in the theater. he wasn't sure what was going on when beowulf and grendel's mama were "hugging" each other vigorously. he was also terrified when the monsters attacked and flung half-eaten bodies around, scewering them on light fixtures and such. parents did not soothe the kid or take him out, and he was clearly very afraid. kid was also not sure why beowulf was looking at the young chickie/queen like he was. the parents who brought a kid no higher than my waist to a movie like this one need to be ... here, i restrain myself, muzzle my commentary on parents who don't need to be procreating, and all that, since the point of this was to realize a more positive outlook before returning to papers. also, my views are somewhat extremist here. no sense in getting into all that. suffice it to say i strongly disapprove.
and since i'm about 1/2 done with the papers, i'll get back to it. they're going quicker, but still will take a while. the average grade on them so far is a mid-range D. there are some A papers, but the majority aren't good enough to balance the 0s from late or missing papers.
love and peace
thus, this little break.
the beowulf movie is out, and i've seen it. saw it today with my walking buddy. it's... well, as an adaptation, it sucks almighty. got major plot points wrong, obliterated the ending, destroyed several characters, and was generally a black blot upon the glorious pages of the epic poem's history.
but as a movie, it kind of rocks. i could have done without the buck nekkid anthony hopkins, whom i still associate with the first role i saw him in, the apostle paul. (next role, for you who are interested, was hannibal lecter.) hopkins as a character is an oddly dual figure in my mind, but he is never a slobbering drunk fat man who can't keep his bedsheet modestly draped over his manhood. neither, for the record, is hrothgar.
i could also have done without the buck nekkid dude playing beowulf. i swear, i laughed out loud on several occasions where his delicate areas are strategically covered by spears, sword hilts, benches, and the like. he was like a nude spiderman swinging from the rafters to attack grendel. grendel himself was less monstrous and more comically gross. but what are you going to do.
the point is that it's a good example of the typical B class fantasy movie. it had a delicious premise concerning the sins of the father, and the demoness was sheer brilliance. alas, she was also dripping gold liquid and entirely too nude for her own good. or rather, for the good of the dumb heroes who keep laying her to perpetuate the monster problem.
so there's my critique. a horrific rendition of a beloved classic, but taken by itself, it's kind of up there with Legend in my book. a non-kid-safe neverending story or something. i dunno.
there was a kid, by the by, sitting next to me in the theater. he wasn't sure what was going on when beowulf and grendel's mama were "hugging" each other vigorously. he was also terrified when the monsters attacked and flung half-eaten bodies around, scewering them on light fixtures and such. parents did not soothe the kid or take him out, and he was clearly very afraid. kid was also not sure why beowulf was looking at the young chickie/queen like he was. the parents who brought a kid no higher than my waist to a movie like this one need to be ... here, i restrain myself, muzzle my commentary on parents who don't need to be procreating, and all that, since the point of this was to realize a more positive outlook before returning to papers. also, my views are somewhat extremist here. no sense in getting into all that. suffice it to say i strongly disapprove.
and since i'm about 1/2 done with the papers, i'll get back to it. they're going quicker, but still will take a while. the average grade on them so far is a mid-range D. there are some A papers, but the majority aren't good enough to balance the 0s from late or missing papers.
love and peace
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