i had to read this book for my gcse's. I haevnt actuallys een the film all the way through yet, but I found teh books ending to be very sad and left me feeling quite down. has anyone else read the book and know what i'm talking about?
shareyes and yes:( doing it at the moemnt for gcse
shareRead it just now- part of my AS course, at the mo looking at the opinion of "what is literature" shown in the book. Anyone with any ideas?
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im doing it for as to- ive just read it. its a bit crap i thought- its supposed to have this big message about literature and all that, but thats the only real depth to the whole story. why the hell did they make a film of it? its trying to be clever, but its just not. anyone else get that or is it just me?
sharei read it for english lit to be honest i dont like the film or the book they bore me i mean good and easy to annnotate but i got bored. i prefered john steinbecks book
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I watched this movie in my adult education class. If you look at it from a perspective of adult education it is actually quite poignant.
shareI watched the movie and read the play for English and I hated every minute of it. That's just my opinion though. Each to his own.
"If I have to die for you tonight, I will." - Dwight, Sin City
Well, I didn't like teh film, but I did love the play. I guess I am a bit of a bookworm, but I just liked it alot. That may be due to my english teacher though, she actually makes you understand the work unlike alot of idiots I've had teach me in the past.
shareOh I so agree, belficat. My Year 11 was awesome and I always got really good grades but my Year 12 was a complete pain in the a** and my grades DROPPED!
"If I have to die for you tonight, I will." - Dwight, Sin City
I've read it! I loved it Actually. I did as part
of my H.S.C English course, we had to analyse it through
growth and changes I think. But it actually really related
to myself at the time so I think that's part of the earon I
liked it so much. I actually Began to appreciate literature
a lot after reading that!
I know I know I sound so corny but It's true. I did enjoy the
book and the movie was a really good adaptation.
I loved it!
how can somebody not like the book (and the film?)?!! the book containse so much comedy! I have to read it for my english a-levels class and my entire class loves it...our teacher always has to tell us not to continue reading, which tells something about the quality of the play (because my class is really not very much into reading!) and the film is well done, too! Michael caine as the professor, what more can you ask for? and julie walters is fabulous too!
shareUm, that happens with everyone.
Well it did with me. And everyone else I know.
Looks like I'm gonna have to actually work for my a-level. GOSH.
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i read the book n av sin d film in eng 4 gcse prep n it wos bit borin...ended up makin wata bombs n listenin music on fone!i normali a buk worm bt this didnt reali grab ma attention!got do a piece of work on it now...any1 tink of any reactions from audience towards character Rita...please help
shareWould you like to repeat that with standard English spelling?
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Did it at GCSE. I've always thought that studying something can put you off it, so I wisely decided to not read it and blag my way through the essay. Now I can watch the film and still enjoy it. So there you go, never do your work kids!
shareIt was a sad ending, but it was RIGHT. Rita (Susan) doesn't need a man to complete her life or make her whole. SHe's discovered a whole new world in literature and the arts and is a new person, and as she mentions, she's got plenty on her plate jsut dealing with her own feelings and realizations, she doesn't need some man.
Besides, it was, for a movie, more realistic than the 'happily ever after' you usually get with no explanation- do you really think, in reality, Caine would reform and become an ideal mate? No, he'd revert, just as he did after his wife left and he moved in with the girl who later leaves him in the movie (although why she would leave Caine for Williams is weird :p
I thought it was true to the spirit of the movie, and a valid ending. The movie hadn't 'earned' a romantic happy ending- there was never any requited romance in the movie- I think Caine found Walters naivete charming and probably saw something of his first wife when she was young in "Rita", etc, but the dynamic between them was never really sexual or romantic. As Rita says, "you're my teacher!" horrified when Caine suggests Rita's husband might think they are having an affair. She just doesn't think of Caine like that, although he obviously does of her.
As a guy, I'm glad to see when a woman can have a happy ending to a movie that doesn't include her hooking up with a guy to validate her life. Susan (ex-Rita) is embarking on an exciting new life, and she doesn't NEED a man. That's a good thing, and its good we feel sad and sentimental about it, but it makes the movie all that more resonant. Them ending up together would have made zero sense in the context of their relationship throughtout the entire movie.
That said, its a wonderful movie, its so odd that Walters never really did anything notable til Billy Eliot. I'm unhappy they didn't give the DVD more features and some background on the movie, but I'm glad to have it finally. Thank you Sony.
i have 2 rite corsework 4 dis play n i fink its da worst play ive eva read n ts soooooo boring it has no twists or shocks frank n rita dont even have an affair...god nos y u were feelin sad dere just fictional characetrs nutin even sad happened!
sharei think you need to keep studying.
"The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn, Is Just To Love And Be Loved In Return"
And would you like to repeat that with standard English spelling, please?
Madonna's Like a Virgin; it's a metaphor ...
yea i am reading it atm for my HSC english course and i think that it is really bad. we even saw the play and thats ecen worse because they were crap actors the end of the play is just werid like the things you think are gfoing to happen dont and there is sorta like oh frank gose to aussie land and rita is educated with the dress and stuff and i dont noe it is gay ending... yea thats my rant good night
shareI'm also doing it for GCSE English, we finished the play last week, I thought it was quite good actually. Having to write a coursework essay for it now though :(
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For a two-character play that has been "opened up," I think Willy Russell did an amazing job with "Educating Rita." Of course, he had two wonderful lead performances.
Nearly every scene with other characters worked beautifully.
I love this movie. I've never seen the play, but I doubt I would enjoy it more than I enjoyed this movie.