Why do some posters find it necessary to insult anybody who does not share their opinions?
I have never watched a Ninja Turtle movie, or any other film that appeared to be aimed at 14-year-olds. I love the music of Tchaikovsky, and I have enjoyed the opera based on Pushkin's epic poem.
I was impressed by the production values of the film, but disappointed overall, because I felt that without the superb music of the opera, the story left me asking, "Is that all there is?"
The plot is about as simple as it could possibly be, but in my opinion contrived. Onegin's passion towards the end of the story seems out of proportion to his earlier coldness; it is as if he has undergone a change of personality.
The same is true of Lensky. He goes completely off his rocker just because Onegin has danced with his betrothed. There is nothing in his earlier behaviour to make this believable, to my mind. Onegin is understandably gobsmacked, but does not try very hard to talk sense into his erstwhile best friend, but instead accepts the challenge to a duel. So I found the lead-up to the duel sequence unconvincing, and the duel itself a little absurd.
When it comes to the point of firing, Onegin could simply have fired into the air or to one side, as many duellists have done in similar circumstances, but instead he shoots Lensky dead — and then is distressed at what he has done. To me none of this is really believable. The characters have been forced to act out of character for the purposes of the storyline.
Of course, in the original Pushkin text, the poet may have developed the characters more, and rendered their behaviour more credible. Keep in mind that I cannot speak or read Russian, so I can't comment on that.
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vicky_lc2001-1
15 years ago
I have never watched a Ninja Turtle movie, or any other film that appeared to be aimed at 14-year-olds
Really? Even when you were...say...14, or maybe 10 or 8? I have watched the previous Ninja Turtles movies, why? Because I was a youngling & enjoyed them at the time. I watched a lot of kiddie stuff as a kid like Power Rangers, Ghost Busters, Thundercats, Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Masked Rider Black, Voltes 5, Voltron, etc etc - I wonder what you watched as a child, it must be gratifying to be so elevated, sophisticated & complex at such a young age.
By Grapthar's Hammer.......what a savings.
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z_amy
14 years ago
The same is true of Lensky. He goes completely off his rocker just because Onegin has danced with his betrothed.
I thought Lensky went "off his rocker" because when he accuses Onegin of trying to seduce the girl, he said something like, "If that were my intention it wouldn't have been difficult to do. Your fiance is young and flighty, and very easy."
Though I do agree-- I wondered if there wasn't another way Onegin could have gotten out of the duel.
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