tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209738874840921100.post4908090884750228082..comments2023-08-04T02:33:53.058-07:00Comments on Rip it to Shreds!: YA Books to Movies: A Lifetime of DisappointmentMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209738874840921100.post-12829856157664606222010-06-29T08:08:59.103-07:002010-06-29T08:08:59.103-07:00If you want to watch a great movie that's real...If you want to watch a great movie that's really about the main little girl, you should watch Spirit of the Beehive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209738874840921100.post-60309530795992532122010-05-26T17:35:29.341-07:002010-05-26T17:35:29.341-07:00I couldn't make it through that "Harriet ...I couldn't make it through that "Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars" trailer. I mean, really? REALLY? <br /><br />I have other insightful things to say about little girls never being the true SUBJECTS of "art", but it's 9 million degrees out and my brain is fried. GREAT POST!!!Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08132441225812612328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209738874840921100.post-78658917056858144092010-05-26T14:23:37.119-07:002010-05-26T14:23:37.119-07:00Thanks for the comment- I agree Pan's Labyrint...Thanks for the comment- I agree Pan's Labyrinth was definitely more complex and more about the little girl than most, but it still felt like she was an accessory to the movie, not the true center of it.<br /><br />I'm glad no one really liked Alice in Wonderland 2.0 and I hope this means the CGI'd Lewis Carrol imagery/waif combo thing will go out of fashion. It's real tiresome and I blame Zooey Deschanel/mid 2000's indie culture!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209738874840921100.post-65553823573124541052010-05-26T07:06:01.472-07:002010-05-26T07:06:01.472-07:00That's a really perceptive comment about Pan&#...That's a really perceptive comment about Pan's Labyrinth (which I basically liked--the little girl fucks up a lot of stuff, does not win, is not vindicated). And of course, in "meaningful" movies the little girl protagonist must always be sort of Lula-magazine/big-eyed waif/elfin-disheveled child, because no one cares if you're caught up in fascist struggles in Spain if you're not fetishize-able. Sparkly-pink for kids' movies; sub-Lewis-Carroll-photo for adults'. <br /><br />I'm a total stranger, but I enjoy your blog very much indeed.Frownernoreply@blogger.com