tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post2468206766570657611..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: Beowulf and TolkienJason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-70934337692107807302007-11-27T11:12:00.000-06:002007-11-27T11:12:00.000-06:00I will probably still see it, just purely as an ad...I will probably still see it, just purely as an adventure spectacle. I respect your ticket=vote point, but I figure they’re going to make this stuff anyway, whether I see it or not. So I may as well know what all the fuss is about. :)<BR/><BR/>And while a Kurosawa version might be more faithful, it wouldn’t make any money. Those who care about art, of course, don’t care about profit; but the movie business does. Even art-house films have to be profitable to some extent, or in some (often secondary) way. Which may be why there isn’t a Kurosawa or Herzog version.<BR/><BR/>Besides, without a big, loud, sexy, 3D movie, how do you market all the toys, action figures, Playstation games, Halloween costumes, and other crap we Americans simply <I>must have</I> with our movies? ;)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-54783329795269160782007-11-23T10:04:00.000-06:002007-11-23T10:04:00.000-06:00No way I will buy a ticket for this Beowulf, since...No way I will buy a ticket for this Beowulf, since that's a vote: "Please continue to make stuff like this."<BR/><BR/>I wish that Akira Kurosawa had filmed it, or, say, Grettir's Saga. His Throne of Blood shows that he could evoke a stark landscape and a doom-drenched story with supernatural elements. If you haven't seen Throne, I'd say save your Beowulf money and rent or buy Throne instead.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of sagas and movies, I have wondered for years of Werner Herzog or somebody else involved with the making of his conquistador movie Aguirre: The Wrath of God had been reading them.<BR/><BR/>In Grettir's Saga, Thorbjorn drives his spear through Atli's body. Atli says (Chapter 45) "Broad spears are becoming fashionable nowadays."<BR/><BR/>In Laxdaela Saga, Audgisl beheads Thorgils. Thorgils had been counting pieces of silver (Chapter 67). He counts "Ten," loses his head, and (some attest) says "Eleven" as his head flies off his shoulders.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a copy of the movie, but incidents just like these occur in Herzog's movie.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470446384416001132noreply@blogger.com