The soft spoilers are not actually spoilers, they are only some thoughts of mine regarding certain novels put on screen, by that resulting in a different outcome. Anyway, between two creative expressions of the same idea, the novel, and the movie, I prefer the novel. One exception comes to my mind, though, and this is the first Harry Potter book. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is definitely better on screen. [source for The Hoods] Soft Spoilers in The Hoods Maybe you know … [Read more...]
George Clooney Again, With an Oscar Nomination
The Ides of March is another film made by George Clooney, and it was launched in 2011 by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It got a 7.4 imdb rate the moment I'm writing this post. A good political movie, actually a very good one. It's nominated for an Oscar for the Best Writing for an Adapted Screenplay, on which the screenwriters are George Clooney again, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon (the play writer of "Farragut North", the 2008 play used as inspiring platform for the film). Idus Martii … [Read more...]
Jews as in “Jaws” but with “e”
Yes, that's right. The title is no mistake and neither is the category. This post is about "movies", or Motion Pictures, as I call them, and I still prefer to publish here before I do so anywhere else. There's this prestigious website that's invited me to write stuff about movies, but I prefer to keep my work original and post it here first, despite the 'royal' treatment I've been shown. Don't worry, I'm kidding. I'll still write for both, of course. So it's Jews today, or rather one Jew … [Read more...]