This week, I wrote my first paper of the semester, and it would seem that I haven't lost my touch; I might fuck up biology, but an A in Shakespeare is pretty much in the bag
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I can't wait to see Chris's apartment. I'm sorry I couldn't help with the move--I would have liked to, but I have four classes on Mondays, so it's not really feasible for me.
I saw Pan's Labyrinth towards the beginning of summer, and loved it. It was a little violent for my taste in certain scenes, but I was overall very much intrigued by the darkness of the storyline. I like how so much of it is left open to interpretation.
I've never seen the Utena anime, though I have read most of the manga and seen the movie. (The movie is more overtly lesbian than the other versions.)
I know what you mean about the violence in Pan's Labyrinth, but I didn't think it was unnecessary. While I have considered many ways in which the story can be interpreted, my idealistic sensibilities lead me to prefer to believe that everything happened as it appeared to on screen. Of course, I interpreted The Fountain in a less literal and darker way, so it's not that I just turned a blind eye to the other possibilities. Regardless, though, it's a beautiful movie in every sense of the word.
The Utena movie must be pretty overt, then, because I didn't think the anime was exactly subtle about it. I mean, there's some elbow room for ambiguity, at least in the first seven episodes, but not all that much. Other than the aforementioned gripe in my entry, I'm liking it pretty well thus far. I'm sure the manga and the movie avoid that stock footage trap, so maybe I'll check those out.
I don't think it was unnecessary to the story, but it was a little disturbing to my sensibilities. I understand that it was supposed to be, in order to convey the brutality inherent in the setting; all I'm saying is that they did a very good job.
Utena: The Movie is very overt. I never saw the whole anime, but from what I know of the manga, Utena has romantic relations with a few different guys, to varying degrees.
There aren't really even any pretensions of heterosexuality in the movie version. There's a lot of metaphor (you really have to be familiar with the story and pay attention to catch some things), which is very pretty, and the plot moves pretty fast. It's more a condensed, stylized retelling of the anime--with a few things altered--than a separate movie.
Also, it ends with two naked(?) girls kissing. And they kinda look like they're luge-racing, but on blacktop.
Like I said, really weird, and it's not so much homoerotic subtext as "hey guys, it's lesbians!"
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I saw Pan's Labyrinth towards the beginning of summer, and loved it. It was a little violent for my taste in certain scenes, but I was overall very much intrigued by the darkness of the storyline. I like how so much of it is left open to interpretation.
I've never seen the Utena anime, though I have read most of the manga and seen the movie. (The movie is more overtly lesbian than the other versions.)
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The Utena movie must be pretty overt, then, because I didn't think the anime was exactly subtle about it. I mean, there's some elbow room for ambiguity, at least in the first seven episodes, but not all that much. Other than the aforementioned gripe in my entry, I'm liking it pretty well thus far. I'm sure the manga and the movie avoid that stock footage trap, so maybe I'll check those out.
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Utena: The Movie is very overt. I never saw the whole anime, but from what I know of the manga, Utena has romantic relations with a few different guys, to varying degrees.
There aren't really even any pretensions of heterosexuality in the movie version. There's a lot of metaphor (you really have to be familiar with the story and pay attention to catch some things), which is very pretty, and the plot moves pretty fast. It's more a condensed, stylized retelling of the anime--with a few things altered--than a separate movie.
Also, it ends with two naked(?) girls kissing. And they kinda look like they're luge-racing, but on blacktop.
Like I said, really weird, and it's not so much homoerotic subtext as "hey guys, it's lesbians!"
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