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Mar. 27th, 2003 09:22 amI would firstly like to thank ALL of you for the massive support you have given me. You rallied around me like I never expected anybody to do and I don't have words to express my gratitude and utter shock that you did all that for me. I don't know what I did to deserve friends as wonderful as all of you, but I'm glad I have you. :D So lots of hugs and kisses to ALL of you.
And now, some ( quizzes! )
And also the lj ( meme. )
Watched the 1949 version of Little Women last night. It was incorrect in so many ways, yet stuck closer to the book in so many others. It's very odd, especially when comparing it to the 1990something movie with Winnona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, and such. I like the later version better, as it at least gets the ages correct, but the 1949 movie still holds a special place in my heart. They just don't make movies like that anymore. While I adore the movies of today, it seems something has been sacrificed. The emotion is there, but it's different. I don't know how to explain it. But older movies hold more power over me than more recent movies do. Perhaps is the shock value... things just aren't as shocking now as they used to be, and it comes across. When people die in older movies they either don't show it, or make it very tasteful with minimal blood, gore, and dismemberment. Even if a bomb exploded on top of somebody, you don't see the blood and guts and various body parts. You see a man fall down with a grunt and moan and he lies still. And that's it. And for me, that's so much more moving and powerful than the blood, guts, and gore. I love the romance scenes in older movies. You just know the man is doing it for love and not for the sex that comes two minutes later in recent movies. It's the tasteful and beautiful dresses that actually cover the body and not just the naughty bits. I think women look ever so much more statuesque and beautiful in those flowing gowns than they do in the dresses of today. Maybe it's the innocence of older movies I love. I just can't put my finger on it, but if you handed me just about any movie made today and a similar movie made 60 years ago, I'll more than likely pick the movie made 60 years ago. *sigh* Give me romance over sex any day.
I suppose that's about all I have to say for right now. Just one last thank you for everybody who rallied behind me, even people I don't really know... I cannot expess how much I appreciate it. So big *hugs* and *mwwwuuahh!* kisses for you all... a thousand times over.
And now, some ( quizzes! )
And also the lj ( meme. )
Watched the 1949 version of Little Women last night. It was incorrect in so many ways, yet stuck closer to the book in so many others. It's very odd, especially when comparing it to the 1990something movie with Winnona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, and such. I like the later version better, as it at least gets the ages correct, but the 1949 movie still holds a special place in my heart. They just don't make movies like that anymore. While I adore the movies of today, it seems something has been sacrificed. The emotion is there, but it's different. I don't know how to explain it. But older movies hold more power over me than more recent movies do. Perhaps is the shock value... things just aren't as shocking now as they used to be, and it comes across. When people die in older movies they either don't show it, or make it very tasteful with minimal blood, gore, and dismemberment. Even if a bomb exploded on top of somebody, you don't see the blood and guts and various body parts. You see a man fall down with a grunt and moan and he lies still. And that's it. And for me, that's so much more moving and powerful than the blood, guts, and gore. I love the romance scenes in older movies. You just know the man is doing it for love and not for the sex that comes two minutes later in recent movies. It's the tasteful and beautiful dresses that actually cover the body and not just the naughty bits. I think women look ever so much more statuesque and beautiful in those flowing gowns than they do in the dresses of today. Maybe it's the innocence of older movies I love. I just can't put my finger on it, but if you handed me just about any movie made today and a similar movie made 60 years ago, I'll more than likely pick the movie made 60 years ago. *sigh* Give me romance over sex any day.
I suppose that's about all I have to say for right now. Just one last thank you for everybody who rallied behind me, even people I don't really know... I cannot expess how much I appreciate it. So big *hugs* and *mwwwuuahh!* kisses for you all... a thousand times over.
