tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post6618537566949720135..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-48825635374095696762007-04-10T18:07:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:07:00.000-05:00I think I saw maybe two ads for the movie and don'...I think I saw maybe two ads for the movie and don't actually recall it being an option at any point when I was picking a movie, which makes me think it was out for about two weeks in December (which is when they release these movies, and I'm always too busy to see them, or else I'm with family and we go see something fairly dull that, at best, isn't going to offend anyone). <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, the movie certainly lifted concepts of set design, etc... from Anderson, but still seemed fairly true to the book. But the characters all just seemed like TV movie versions of what was in the book.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-65632409046874725782007-04-10T16:27:00.000-05:002007-04-10T16:27:00.000-05:00That movie is coming up on my queue, but I don't k...That movie is coming up on my queue, but I don't know when I'll be seeing movies again. I read the book after I saw the commercials for the movie, and it seemed like they marketed the movie as a much more wes anderson-esque comedic tale then the seriously messed up story the book became. Or is it just me?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695942895837595923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-26802609553306721602007-04-10T02:21:00.000-05:002007-04-10T02:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, if you've read the book, I wouldn't bother. ...Yeah, if you've read the book, I wouldn't bother. I don't mind when certain books get mucked with, but when one is supposedly a true story, and so much hinges on the subtleties of what Burroughs experiences... The movie is much more of a sledgehammer approach than the slow, nuanced build of the book from "this is fun!" to "Oh my God, this is seriously messed up".The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-52090814850831447462007-04-10T01:33:00.000-05:002007-04-10T01:33:00.000-05:00Your description of Running with Scissors is exact...Your description of <I>Running with Scissors</I> is exactly what I feared would happen when I saw that the movie was less than an hour and a half long. As soon as I saw the running time on the movie, I knew that I would not be seeing it for fear of being greatly disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com