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Just don't expect James Franco to have an accent. He's hot though, so yes. Definitely worth your time. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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My wife and I both enjoyed it but we both thought that the two leads were, while not bad, definitely the weakest performances in the show (Especially Franco).
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I second Orincoro: See the opera. Nothing like a 4-hour Wagnerian opera to get your mind off stuff and things.
I didn't care for the movie because it totally discounted the magical element of the story, which, to me, is pretty major. But, the lead actor is pretty good-looking, if that counts for anything.
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Pretty is definitely how to describe Franco. Funny how I'm not jealous of actors who are better looking than me, so long as I'm certain I can kick their *****. Which is almost all of them.
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I have to say I nearly drooled over Franco. Pretty hot. The movie was better than I expected, but I haven't seen the opera or read the book so... yeah.
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Sssh Syn, we don't want to scare them away . Granted, it is 4.5 hours without intermissions and it goes by quickly.
Man, I love Wagner. One of these days I am going to see a full ring cycle. Still annoyed that school prevented me from seeing the Chicago Lyric's last year as you could only buy the tickets in bulk.
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quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: Six hours. The opera is six hours.
Pocket Change.
There was an old tradition at my music department where the undergrads would all gather on one saturday and listen to (or watch a video) of the entire Ring Cycle. Fortitude. Pure fortitude.
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Yeah we did the same thing. It was kind of like a drinking game, but not. "I can totally Wagner you under the table!" "You're such a lightweight! You can't hold your Wagner!"
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My friends and I thought about finding a video of the Ring Cycle last summer, time got away though.
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I don't care for Wagner. Wagner is who gives opera a bad name. People come away from Wagner traumatized thinking, "I hate opera," and then never see the fun stuff. The good stuff that they might actually like. The Magic Flute or La Boheme.
Yes, I realize that this post brands me as an unredeemable pleb.
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quote:Originally posted by Amilia: I don't care for Wagner. Wagner is who gives opera a bad name. People come away from Wagner traumatized thinking, "I hate opera," and then never see the fun stuff. The good stuff that they might actually like. The Magic Flute or La Boheme.
Heh, that's almost the opposite of my experience. I'm a relative newcomer to opera, partially because La Boheme was the only opera I had significant exposure to, and I hate it. A lot (which is odd, because I like the story and I tend to like Puccini). And I fell in love with the first Wagner opera I heard - The Flying Dutchman. Of course, that's also one of Wagner's more accesible pieces.
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Amilia: You don't sound like a pleb, but the people who judge opera based on only one do! There are so many kinds of opera out there from so many different time periods and cultures and so many varieties within the genres that it's crazy to judge the form of entertainment on solely one work by one composer.
Of course, production also plays a major role in determining one's experience. I recently saw a production of Dido and Aeneas which was supposed to be a 20th century dinner party with a lot of modern interpretation--Dido ended up using a gun!--and for some, that wasn't to their liking and ruined the opera and for others, it was a great touch.
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