O’odysseus where art though; comparing The Odyssey to O’Brother where art thou Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, O’Brother where art thou is a tale of Ulysses Everett McGill trying to make his way home to get to his ex-wife penny before she marries another man. This sounds very familiar to an ancient myth I know. In the Beginning of this movie there is a line that reads” Based upon Homer’s The Odyssey”. This should read loosely based on the Odyssey in my personal opinion. This may be to the fact that the Coen Brothers have never actually read Homer’s Epic Tale.
Everett’s main concern is getting back to his wife and seven daughters with the help of his two accomplices, Pete and Delmar. The Odyssey starts out on a much happier note. Odysseus and his wife have their first child together, a boy, who will take his place as king of Ithaca if he happens to die while fighting against the Trojans. He is forced to leave his family behind soon after his son is born, and sails out to go to war. He and his crew end up getting lost on their way back from Troy and going through a series of events just as Everett, Pete and Delmar do on their journey home.
After being with Medea for over ten years, his hubris kicks in and decides he wants to marry a princess, thinking he will one day be king when her father dies. If abandoning his wife and children was not enough, Jason also offered Medea gold and his friends, another foolish idea he threw out. Only after Medea kills Jason’s children, new wife, father-in-law, and leaves him will Jason learn that he is not five-years-old and cannot get what he wants every time. In contrast, Jason has some points where he shows he is actually a man and has a heart. In Jason and the Golden Fleece, Jason goes back to his Uncle Pelias to get the throne back, which was rightfully Jason’s.
My favorite scene of both the play and film was where Linda kept getting cut off by Willy and I felt it was very humorous. One difference I noticed is that the movie seemed to focus more on Willy losing his mind rather than his American Dream which was more the focus in the play. Another difference is I expected Willy to be bigger as expressed in the play. However, in the movie Willy was smaller. I had hoped the relationship between Biff, played by John Malkovich, and Willy was clearer.
This book was made into a movie by Andrey Konchalovskiy. They both explain the great story of Odysseus and they both share and have a lot of similarities and differences. Reading the poem and then watching the movie is a really good way to compare and contrast “The Odyssey” and helps you understand much better what it is about. “The Odyssey” is a story about a god, Odysseus, who lived in Ithaca. The initial pages of the poem talk about Odysseus and his men at sea, finding their way out of Sparta after the war.
Also, Andy has a secret agenda to see if he can put a spark in his mom’s romantic life by possibly crossing paths with an old flame of hers. Going into this movie, I didn’t have very high expectations which probably explains why I was pleasantly surprised. The Guilt Trip is far from a cinematic masterpiece but it has its tender moments that most anybody can relate to. My favorite aspect of this movies is how it didn’t shy away from the moments of sadness or regret. It’s easy for actors to stage pratfalls and speak profanity.
Ritchie used many new tools with special techniques as graphic design that made the movie fancier. However, he forgot that the visual of the movie is still a component creating the plot. At the beginning, audiences can see the colors in the movie were faint and the boring blue light; it was happened throughout of the movie. In King Arthur movie, the Ritchie draws some quick and intelligent warning strings here; he does not want to communicate or tell the story in the usual way, so he has found a way to convey a lot of information very quickly, taking an aggressive approach to providing background information and never slip into the grave. To compare to "The Sword in the Stone'', Talbot brings the readers to the first of the story that make audiences have a clear look of the main plot points of the story.
Yet there is much that can be said about each of these themes throughout the story. Oronooko is a prince from the country of Coramantien. Although he was not directly in line to become king of this country, all of the king’s sons had died and Oronooko was the offspring of one of the king’s sons. His plight begins when at seventeen his life is saved by the general who had trained him in the art of war. So distraught was Oroonoko about the death of this general, that he went himself to relay the news to the general’s daughter, Imoinda, and then fell in love with her.
Demetrius is in love with Hermia.Thesus is getting married to Hippolyta in a few days, he threatens Hermia, if she does not marry Demetrius before his marriage, she could face execution. Of course, Hermia is madly in love with Lysander. They chose to run away to Lysander's aunt's house to marry and be happily together forever. Before they run off, Hermia tells Helena (Demetriusex-lover) that she and Lysander were running off together. That leads to Helena telling Demetrius what was going on, hoping Demetrius would give her another chance, but they both end up tracing the run away couple in the forest.
The Impression of view on Shakespeare in Love I am not a big fan of Shakespeare, I don't know much about him, but after watching “Shakespeare in Love”, and the introduction from Dr. Fung, I am keen on this show. I did some background search, " Shakespeare in Love " is actually a very sad film in the history , because it won the Oscar , but it has been criticized until now , and was even have the title of " the most fabled Oscar film ever". But my just want to say, the way to judge the movie is good or not is to see the movie, and feel it. After watching the movie, my answer is yes, this is a good movie. From the beginning to the end.