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Artists, you'd think, would make the perfect subject matter for stories. They drink! They fight! They cut off their ears! So many things they do are fascinating-except, that is, for making art. That may be why so many movies and novels about creative types tend to focus on their personal lives. Even James Joyce ended A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man before his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, pursued his art. Dedalus moving from house to house because his father is broke: interesting. Dedalus rewriting a tricky patch of dialogue: not so much...
...think going from zero votes to 1000 votes is amazing,” said Grimeland. “Ten days ago I don’t think we had a single vote except for close friends...
...unrealistic in a land that’s more Magic Kingdom than Middle-Earth. In battle alongside these poorly animated beasts, the Pevensie children look awkward, not valiant. The obnoxious Hobbit-sized protagonists have even less acting talent than Elijah Wood and their performances are extremely grating—except for the adorable and honest young heroine, Lucy (Georgie Henley). Lucy’s moral fiber and goodness reflects the one element of Narnia that Adamson is able to translate to film: Lewis’s grounding in Christian theology, the philosophy of agape (ultimate sacrifice and love...
...issues]. Sarah M. Miller ’06 It’s an easy way to make a really crappy film seem profound–I haven’t seen “Brokeback” but from the previews it seems like a typical stupid love movie, except [the main characters] are gay. I like seeing cowboys kissing, but I think women are a lot less interested in seeing gay guys making out than men are in seeing women make...
...mind and confirms Marissa’s plan to not go to college, he gets hit by a car and Ryan’s sort of to blame, Marissa gets mad at Ryan, and then Marissa decides to go to college again. I have nothing to say…except that that is at least four bad episodes’ worth of material there. Simply tragic.All was not lost. In the middle of the show, Mischa Barton got to show off her acting chops. And they weren’t as tasteless as I had predicted! As Marissa sat down...