rsmith-12
feb 2002 se unió
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I was lucky to see this both as the 190 minute version from Britain and the version taped off of PBS's Masterpiece Theater which is quite a bit shorter, being condensed into three episodes instead of four. Both were grainy copies, but the production values still came through. I have heard that the BBC has no plans to make this available on video or DVD. That is a shame. It really deserves more exposure.
Clarissa has great sets, great costumes and truly wonderful acting. There have been some complaints about the adaptation, but I felt the screen writers did a fine job taking one of the longest novels in the English language, written as a collection of letters, and condensing the story to a four episode mini-series. They even managed to maintain a good deal of the original structure by having the characters exchange many, many letters.
This production is full of characters I just loved to loathe, from Clarissa's greedy, amoral family to the companions Lovelace makes when he is out slumming. As for the two main characters, I never thought I'd be cheering on the rapist, but Clarissa's self righteous martyr act was more than even I could bear. At least Lovelace for all his deceit and manipulations had some awareness of his own faults.
A friend and I had a lively discussion afterwards trying to picture what a marriage between Clarissa and Lovelace might have looked like. Acts as simple as how to serve the eggs for breakfast and what color to paint the drawing room would surely have become massive wars of wills. We concluded that perhaps this story had a happy ending after all.
Clarissa has great sets, great costumes and truly wonderful acting. There have been some complaints about the adaptation, but I felt the screen writers did a fine job taking one of the longest novels in the English language, written as a collection of letters, and condensing the story to a four episode mini-series. They even managed to maintain a good deal of the original structure by having the characters exchange many, many letters.
This production is full of characters I just loved to loathe, from Clarissa's greedy, amoral family to the companions Lovelace makes when he is out slumming. As for the two main characters, I never thought I'd be cheering on the rapist, but Clarissa's self righteous martyr act was more than even I could bear. At least Lovelace for all his deceit and manipulations had some awareness of his own faults.
A friend and I had a lively discussion afterwards trying to picture what a marriage between Clarissa and Lovelace might have looked like. Acts as simple as how to serve the eggs for breakfast and what color to paint the drawing room would surely have become massive wars of wills. We concluded that perhaps this story had a happy ending after all.
I had few expectations of this film, not being a big fan of either the action or sci-fi genres. I only stopped by the local theater because I was intrigued by the cast, especially the supporting players, Sean Bean and Emily Watson.
I left the theater thoroughly entertained. I haven't been so pleasantly delighted by a movie since a friend dragged me to a film school screening of The Killers a dozen years ago because Chow Yun-Fat was to be there in person.
Did Equilibrium borrow heavily from other movies? Yes. Did the director shamelessly use one of the biggest clichés in the book to tug at the audience's heart. Yes, again. Was the whole story line preposterous in retrospect? Certainly. Did I enjoy every minute of it? Again, yes, very much so.
The combination of corny B movie plot devices, charismatic actors and kinetic direction are the cinematic equivalent of kettle popped corn drenched in real butter. The food puritans can scold about the fat and sodium count in the nutritionally empty calories. The so-called sophisticates certainly prefer to get their fat fix via the latest fois gras creation of the most expensive restaurant in town. But those of us who speak of being entertained at the movies instead of being students of film still dream about the occasional indulgence of tasty, butter drenched corn like Equilibrium.
I left the theater thoroughly entertained. I haven't been so pleasantly delighted by a movie since a friend dragged me to a film school screening of The Killers a dozen years ago because Chow Yun-Fat was to be there in person.
Did Equilibrium borrow heavily from other movies? Yes. Did the director shamelessly use one of the biggest clichés in the book to tug at the audience's heart. Yes, again. Was the whole story line preposterous in retrospect? Certainly. Did I enjoy every minute of it? Again, yes, very much so.
The combination of corny B movie plot devices, charismatic actors and kinetic direction are the cinematic equivalent of kettle popped corn drenched in real butter. The food puritans can scold about the fat and sodium count in the nutritionally empty calories. The so-called sophisticates certainly prefer to get their fat fix via the latest fois gras creation of the most expensive restaurant in town. But those of us who speak of being entertained at the movies instead of being students of film still dream about the occasional indulgence of tasty, butter drenched corn like Equilibrium.