tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post1515913591997774663..comments2023-03-22T01:58:45.911-07:00Comments on let's talk about writing: revolutionary roadSuzy Vitellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-4639367856294550162009-01-11T10:17:00.000-08:002009-01-11T10:17:00.000-08:00No on both queries. Although DiCaprio offers hint...No on both queries. Although DiCaprio offers hints of self-loathing, it's undermined by the Hollywood trope of reacting to the plot points instead of being fueled by a building internal rage. And Winslet, one of my very favorite actors, chooses to see April as a somewhat culpable tragic figure, alternating between tamped-down combustibility and firing-squad outbursts--which is something she has the chops to pull off quite neatly, but does not, imho, serve the character. The kids are background props, easily dispensed with when necessary.Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-33077517477236904142009-01-11T07:59:00.000-08:002009-01-11T07:59:00.000-08:00I think I'm going to pass on this one, despite my ...I think I'm going to pass on this one, despite my admiration of Mendes and Winslet. I would hate to see and hear the novel's prose stripped of nuance. My question for the movie is: does it get at the characters' SELF-hatred, and not just their hatred for their circumstances and each other? Another question: does the movie give us the childrens' eye-view that so tellingly punctuates episodes in the novel?David Millstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572137506121239769noreply@blogger.com