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Jan. 10th, 2006
Not An Epic
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carbonelle.livejournal.comI thought you ladies might enjoy reading the analysis of King Kong from another conservative writer, making points only a conservative can really make, sans ironic detachment. Also, I rather think many of you might enjoy the Big Lizards blog.
I have (here and elsewhere) harped on the distinction that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is not (in fact) an allegory. And this is not (in fact) because I am a pedant,* but because form follows function. Not knowing what a thing is makes it more likely than not, that, with the best will, skill and resources in the world, one will nonetheless turn in a sub-par performance on anything one does regarding it. It's as if one were bound and determined to garden: weed, and plant and sow; wearing oven mitts.
It's the conclusion, in other, (and naturally, since, as he points out "words are my stock in trade", better-put) words that Dafydd ab Hugh makes in his analysis of Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong."
"Peter Jackson completely misunderstood the point of the story, and he was probably the wrong director to film it in the first place."
Read the whole review "King Kong Died For Your Sins" over at the Big Lizard's Blog
*Well, alright. And also, because I am a pedant.
I have (here and elsewhere) harped on the distinction that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is not (in fact) an allegory. And this is not (in fact) because I am a pedant,* but because form follows function. Not knowing what a thing is makes it more likely than not, that, with the best will, skill and resources in the world, one will nonetheless turn in a sub-par performance on anything one does regarding it. It's as if one were bound and determined to garden: weed, and plant and sow; wearing oven mitts.
It's the conclusion, in other, (and naturally, since, as he points out "words are my stock in trade", better-put) words that Dafydd ab Hugh makes in his analysis of Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong."
"Peter Jackson completely misunderstood the point of the story, and he was probably the wrong director to film it in the first place."
Read the whole review "King Kong Died For Your Sins" over at the Big Lizard's Blog
*Well, alright. And also, because I am a pedant.
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