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Lastly, the characters, in the sense of their choice of actions, at many points seemed just plain stupid. I was somewhat surprised by this, but it was very much cleared up by a comment by Lori to the effect of "In Shakespeare, the characters do stupid and unrealistic things as well." She's totally right. I've just been spoiled by a world that makes sense all of the time, where you don't ever have to suspend disbelief. |
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Lastly, the characters, in the sense of their choice of actions, at many points seemed just plain stupid. I was somewhat surprised by this, but it was very much cleared up by a comment by LoriThomas to the effect of "In Shakespeare, the characters do stupid and unrealistic things as well." She's totally right. I've just been spoiled by a world that makes sense all of the time, where you don't ever have to suspend disbelief. |
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*The fifteen minutes in the middle with the Mambo, Tony and Maria falling in love, and America |
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*The fifteen minutes in the middle with the Mambo, Tony and Maria falling in love, Tonight and America |
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I've actually always really liked the movie. And when I saw it on stage, I really didn't like it. It could just be that performance I saw was particularly bad. Eh, maybe I'm just weird. But I found your comment that it would be better on stage interesting, since that isn't what I found. RachelGabor |