A Tale of Two Cities (What a surprise XD)

[catalyst283]

Well, I just watched the movie this past week in my English class (because we read the book) and pretty much loved it.

The characters are true to the story, and are always very in character; especially Madam Defarge. (Who I happened to like until the really evil side in her popped up, just like Snape in Harry Potter :

Come to think of it; I always seem to like the evil characters and everyone wonders what is wrong with me. :



Anyway, this movie is from 1989; the newest version; but it looks as if it was made only a few years ago, as you can see from the pics in my signature and icon.


And if you haven't seen the movie; but read the book; rent it; it's really good, and I'm sure you'll like it.

And if you haven't read the book or seen the movie; you need to get out more. XD












So I realize this thread probably won't get many replies if any; but hey, I like the movie, so I'm just happy for people to at least look at this thread. ;D

[Awapuhi]

I read the book but didn't see the movie. At first, I wasn't really into it because it was slow moving, but I ended up loving the story. It really pulls you right in.

I'm just a sucker for fics with war or rebellion^^

[GROOONK'D]

I just read that in class and saw the movie too...

[alpacas4eva]

Maybe VP and cat know each other....

I have neither read the book nor seen the movie. My English class will probably read it some time this year.

[catalyst283]

@awa: I know what you mean; I didn't really like the book in the beginning; but as it went on, I loved it so much I went back and reread the parts I hadn't really read before because I couldn't get into it.

If you liked the book, you'll probably like the movie; it portrays the book very well (or so I think ).

And I also like books/movies about war/revolutions/rebellions; they're usually always very interesting to read/watch. ;D

alpacas4eva said:

Maybe VP and cat know each other....

I have neither read the book nor seen the movie. My English class will probably read it some time this year.

That would be would be really weird, not to mention creepy. 0_o (And he's supposeably the same age as me, so there is a small possibility.........wouldn't it be funny if we were in the same class? [now that i think of it, no I don't think it would exactly be that funny. -_-])


Say, VP, when was the day you finished the movie?



@alpacas: And I dunno if you'll read the book or not; I'm in Honors English, and our class is the only Honors Sophomore English class reading the book. 0_o But my teacher always kind of does his own thing; so I can definitely see why we read it. (And I'm glad, because I liked the book in the end; and the movie as well

[alpacas4eva]

I go to a private school that is so small that it doesn't have honors classes. I'm one of the smartest people in my class and I'm stuck with a bunch of people that are on like a third grade reading level. (Well maybe not third grade, but some are pretty close. ) We're reading some Shakespeare stuff now, I don't know what we're going to read next.

[catalyst283]

alpacas4eva said:

I go to a private school that is so small that it doesn't have honors classes. I'm one of the smartest people in my class and I'm stuck with a bunch of people that are on like a third grade reading level. (Well maybe not third grade, but some are pretty close. ) We're reading some Shakespeare stuff now, I don't know what we're going to read next.

OOooo...this is getting off-topic, but what Shakespeare books are you reading? I've read Macbeth (last year) and Merchant of Venice (this year).


And I know what you mean about people on low reading levels; that's the whole reason I took Honors English in the first place; because people actually READ and read well here.

Back to A Tale of Two Cities; I probably should be getting back to my essay on Syndey being a Romantic hero. (From the idea of romanticism; not the "mushy gushy" romantic idea :

[alpacas4eva]

We're reading The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and last year we read Romeo and Juliet.

If A Tale of Two Cities is really as good as you say it is, I might read it for a book report or something if my teacher will let me. How long is it?

[catalyst283]

alpacas4eva said:

We're reading The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and last year we read Romeo and Juliet.

If A Tale of Two Cities is really as good as you say it is, I might read it for a book report or something if my teacher will let me. How long is it?

Oh, I've never read either of the two. XD


A Tale of Two Cities is.....293 pages; though they print is kind of small; and this is all pertaining to my, kind of big paperback version; different versions probably have more pages and even smaller print.

And don't be too disappointed at the beginning if you read it; the beginning is really slow, but it gets good eventually; and you're on the edge of your seat by the end. XD



And remember Huu's speech from Avatar how "Everything is connected", this plays a HUGE part of the book; and when you go back and reread parts you didn't understand at first after you've found out more about the plot; everything makes sense. (In the end it does; especially after I finished reading it and went back and reread it. XD)

[Awapuhi]

Ooooh, Shakespeare!?! I have come to nerdy thread of awesome. I am a newly made Shakespeare addict.

[catalyst283]

ti said:

Ooooh, Shakespeare!?! I have come to nerdy thread of awesome. I am a newly made Shakespeare addict.

Me too; I loved the "Merchant of Venice" and "Macbeth", even though I nearly killed myself trying to read Macbeth at first. XD (But that was because it was my first Shakespeare book; Merchant of Venice was easier to understand after reading Macbeth)

Both Macbeth and Merchant of Venice are really good; though Macbeth is better if you like a lot of tragety, violence, and freaky witches. XD

Merchant of Venice is all about illusions and "appearances can be decieving", as well as the theme of mercy and the question if Shakespeare was racist or not. (Shylock the Jew; the Prince of Morocco, and the other prince....a spanish one; I think; and how they acted in the play)

[Awapuhi]

I've read Rome and Juliet, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. King Lear was heartbreaking. I was in tears.

(Did you know a lot of movies are based on Shakespeare plays? 10 Things I Hate About You- Taming of a Shrew, Twelfth Night- She's The Man, Midsummer Night's Dream- Get Over It, King Lear- Ran)

[alpacas4eva]

ti said:

Ooooh, Shakespeare!?! I have come to nerdy thread of awesome. I am a newly made Shakespeare addict.

Go nerdly awesomeness!

@cat: I read pretty fast, so if the book is good I'll probably get through it easily.

If I read the Shakespeare stuff on my own instead of reading it out loud in class, I'd probably understand it a lot better.

Of course we never got to finish Romeo and Juliet. My teacher stopped right at the good part, when everyone dies and stuff. He just kind of summarized it in about a minute. It was something like this:

Okay, so at the end of the play Romeo and Juliet both die because they loved each other. It's really kind of stupid to me, but anyway.

He was kind of weird, cool, but weird. O__O

I also had to do a report on Shakespeare in the sixth grade. I think I still have it on my computer.

[catalyst283]

@awa: I really need to look up the list of books Shakespeare has written and read them on my own time; I'll probably actually have a good set of books to read for summer, then. XD

And I never knew that some movies were based on Shakespearean plays; that's very interesting. (Of course; I've never seen any of those movies anyways.....XD)

@alpacas: I know what you mean. My English teacher is the best; and he reads in the best voices that sounds like the characters; but that distracts me to the point where I'm not completely paying attention to what is happening in the book. XD

And that stinks that you never finished Romeo and Juliet; I would HATE that. One of my pet peeves is when I don't finish something I started; whether it be movie, book, my writing, ect. It annoys me to heck until I finish it. XD

You can probably find the book in your library at school or at a local library; so I suggest you go and finish it. XD

And you had to do a report on Shakespeare in 6th grade? On him, right? Because I can't ever see myself reading one of Shakespeare's books in 6th grade; I tried to read the first Lord of the Rings without success in 6th grade; I returned the book it was so over detailed and boring that I couldn't get into it. -_- Heck, I started it up again over a year ago; and by the time I got to the beginning of the 3rd book; I had to put it down again. -_- I still haven't finished the 3rd one; the movies are just so much better, I guess. (I saw them first anyway; which was good; because otherwise I'd have no idea what was going on in the book -_-)

[alpacas4eva]

Yeah, it was a report on Shakespeare himself. No way I could understand his stuff in the sixth grade.

And I pretty much finished Romeo and Juliet. I read ahead during class because I didn't have a part. I just thought it was funny how we read almost to the end and then he just summarized it so strangely. He's not my teacher anymore, but I wish he was. He was a lot nicer than my English teacher now.

I read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings in the fifth grade. O__O

I think I read the first three Harry Potter books when I was in the third grade and I read all CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia books in the fifth grade too. I was a book freak when I was younger.