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Epic Fail: My Review of the Return
Manage episode 456149950 series 2682020
I wanted to like this movie. Really, I did. I tried to like it. But modern realism is just totally unsuited to the Homeric epics and like, also...maybe to telling a coherent story at all? Ralph Feinnes and Juliette Binoche are both terrific actors, but The Return failed for me at every level and here's why. Plus: read more at The New Jerusalem.
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312 episodes
Manage episode 456149950 series 2682020
I wanted to like this movie. Really, I did. I tried to like it. But modern realism is just totally unsuited to the Homeric epics and like, also...maybe to telling a coherent story at all? Ralph Feinnes and Juliette Binoche are both terrific actors, but The Return failed for me at every level and here's why. Plus: read more at The New Jerusalem.
Register for Spring courses at The Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/
Join in the Rejoice Evermore Advent Calendar: https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com/p/coming-soon-light-of-the-world-the
Order Light of the Mind, Light of the World (and rate it five stars): https://a.co/d/2QccOfM
312 episodes
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