LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThey have a pointimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1762arrow-down110
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minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThe book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoEspecially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It’s pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?
The book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris
Especially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It’s pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.
I’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?