tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post4362703401639986695..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: 75th: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82418722512662162582010-11-01T22:38:20.566-04:002010-11-01T22:38:20.566-04:00Didn't James Cagney have a role in this too? ...Didn't James Cagney have a role in this too? I think he played Bottom, the weaver, who was given a donkey's head. Titania fell in love with him due to a potion.Sheila Kindnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40252682378104767532010-11-01T15:54:42.989-04:002010-11-01T15:54:42.989-04:00I have had the good fortune of seeing this movie o...I have had the good fortune of seeing this movie on screen in a theater. Not sure how that happened (something at BYU?), but I remember being knocked out by the lighting. Everything looked fantastic.<br /><br />Correct me if I'm wrong (and someone surely will) but didn't the cinematography for this movie win the first and perhaps only write-in Oscar ever given?<br /><br />If so, the "wisdom of crowds" got it right.Dave in Alamitos Beachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26475626966482682352010-11-01T03:02:35.478-04:002010-11-01T03:02:35.478-04:00I very much love what you're doing here!I very much love what you're doing here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77190640566675164922010-10-31T22:52:01.756-04:002010-10-31T22:52:01.756-04:00Wow, I remember seeing this several times in the d...Wow, I remember seeing this several times in the distant past and being quite impressed with it. It really is quite beautiful in that way that earlier black and white films can be. And to call it shimmering is quite fitting. As for Rooney, I thoroughly enjoyed his performance, which was quite exuberant and energetic for a 14 year old. Rooney has always been an entertainer first and an actor second. Nothing bad on that. I think this is my favorite performance of his after National Velvet. It's also one of my favorite Hollywood renderings of Shakespeare.Sheila Kindnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57126562567110445602010-10-31T22:32:57.081-04:002010-10-31T22:32:57.081-04:00Though I never saw the '35, I actually really ...Though I never saw the '35, I actually really enjoyed the 1999 version quite a bit, particularly Stanley Tucci (always had a soft spot for Puck). I wasn't paying attention as closely to movies then, but perhaps a lot of the negative vibes around the film come from being compared to the other Shakespeare adaptation of 1999, Julie Taymor's masterful "Titus"?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206689829422865411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71532568173498555652010-10-31T21:30:28.840-04:002010-10-31T21:30:28.840-04:00illnaa -- i should watch TCM more because it is a ...illnaa -- i should watch TCM more because it is a blessing. i am generally not a Rooney fan but i was so weirded out by the DiCaprio Grape thing that it didn't bother me.<br /><br />Tikabelle -- wow. i guess she does. i think it's the hair the early de Haviland and the early HBC. <br /><br />about the ass... i don't remember that at all. except the kevin kline ass. but that was the different type of ass. the donkey ass.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-69812729346432663982010-10-31T21:23:13.367-04:002010-10-31T21:23:13.367-04:00All I remember about the 1999 MND was the from-beh...All I remember about the 1999 MND was the from-behind naked shot at the end (well, hello there, Christian Bale...) and Kevin Klein being awesome - in that order. Considering that I love Shakespeare and could watch it all day, that says a lot about the movie. Bleh.<br /><br />Is it just me or does the new Miss de Havil(l)land look surprisingly like Helena Bonham Carter in that series of shots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-70778879608620428322010-10-31T21:17:41.138-04:002010-10-31T21:17:41.138-04:00I recently watched this on TCM (the gift from God)...I recently watched this on TCM (the gift from God) and really liked it - except for Rooney - i never read or saw the play but i could not stand the character Puck or Rooney in itillnaanoreply@blogger.com