http://whitmanpioneer.com/arts/arts-feature/2009/05/07/a-failed-eulogy-to-print-media-in-%e2%80%98state-of-play%e2%80%99/ The Pioneer | Whitman news, delivered. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://whitmanpioneer.com/arts/arts-feature/2009/05/07/a-failed-eulogy-to-print-media-in-%e2%80%98state-of-play%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-4520 Becquer Medak-Seguin Fri, 08 May 2009 07:23:20 +0000 http://whitmanpioneer.com/?p=5548#comment-4520 Great point. Though I haven't seen it, I'm sure the BBC series was a far better appraisal of print journalism (or journalism in general) than this terrible Hollywood adaptation. Kevin Macdonald's first film, "The Last King of Scotland," was carried by individual performances. Without Forest Whitaker or James McAvoy (who didn't really do that great of a job), the film would not have received the sort of acclaim that it did; I think it's safe to say that this film would not have been viewed by as many people as it has without its award-winning cast. Moreover, it feels like a poor facsimile of "Duplicity" and "The International." Hopefully Hollywood will get more creative as they year treads on. Great point. Though I haven’t seen it, I’m sure the BBC series was a far better appraisal of print journalism (or journalism in general) than this terrible Hollywood adaptation. Kevin Macdonald’s first film, “The Last King of Scotland,” was carried by individual performances. Without Forest Whitaker or James McAvoy (who didn’t really do that great of a job), the film would not have received the sort of acclaim that it did; I think it’s safe to say that this film would not have been viewed by as many people as it has without its award-winning cast. Moreover, it feels like a poor facsimile of “Duplicity” and “The International.” Hopefully Hollywood will get more creative as they year treads on.

]]> http://whitmanpioneer.com/arts/arts-feature/2009/05/07/a-failed-eulogy-to-print-media-in-%e2%80%98state-of-play%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Nemo Fri, 08 May 2009 02:08:30 +0000 http://whitmanpioneer.com/?p=5548#comment-4514 The funny-- or sad-- thing is that the original miniseries got by quite well without trying to make any poorly thought-out statements about the death of print journalism (or about the dinosaurs who supposedly champion it. Adapt or perish: you understand that, whilst ditching the "fifteen-year-old computer"-- hands down, the stupidest conceit in the entire film-- or you die). And Della and Cal were competent, complex characters, too, not just a doe-eyed newbie and a chunky cartoon, respectively. The funny– or sad– thing is that the original miniseries got by quite well without trying to make any poorly thought-out statements about the death of print journalism (or about the dinosaurs who supposedly champion it. Adapt or perish: you understand that, whilst ditching the “fifteen-year-old computer”– hands down, the stupidest conceit in the entire film– or you die). And Della and Cal were competent, complex characters, too, not just a doe-eyed newbie and a chunky cartoon, respectively.

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