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Post by bathstoke on Jun 21, 2019 5:59:01 GMT
Anyone watch the first instalment of Catch - 22 lastnight.
George Clooney Directs & has a part in it.
Good opening episode.
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Post by zerps on Jun 21, 2019 6:12:47 GMT
Anyone watch the first instalment of Catch - 22 lastnight. George Clooney Directs & has a part in it. Good opening episode. Am i right in thinking it’s free to watch in sd but you have to pay for hd? |
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 21, 2019 7:13:01 GMT
Anyone watch the first instalment of Catch - 22 lastnight. George Clooney Directs & has a part in it. Good opening episode. Am i right in thinking it’s free to watch in sd but you have to pay for hd? It’s on Ch4 & I didn’t pay a penny, but I have no idea what format I watched on... |
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Post by riverman on Jun 21, 2019 10:35:17 GMT
Downloaded and watched them all last week. Brilliant adaptation. Much closer to the book than the 70s film. Clooney has done a good job here.
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Post by franklin66 on Jun 21, 2019 10:38:48 GMT
Anyone watch the first instalment of Catch - 22 lastnight. George Clooney Directs & has a part in it. Good opening episode. Ah excellent was looking forward to watching this glad it's started well. |
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Post by Linx on Jun 23, 2019 16:36:24 GMT
The trouble with portraying Catch-22 cinematically is that you have to strip away a lot of its key literary elements to make it work as a drama, and then try to present it through a more vertical narrative to help make sense of its stripped down format. But in so doing you necessarily remove many of those dimensions that make it such a thought-provoking and enjoyable work. Which is fine if you are left with a reasonably sharp, darkly humorous anti-war satire that entertains a TV audience but the book is much, much more than that, and it is as much an all-encompassing critique of society and politics and the human condition - particularly during the McCarthyite era but it is just as relevant to now - as it is a commentary about war.
I am a massive fan of the novel and have studied it and taught it in depth during all of my adult life. I have always regarded it as one of those works that is best left where it is and not translated into other media but, to be fair to the team behind the C4 drama, so far, so good. But watching the TV serial won’t change your life; reading the book will.
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Post by innocentbystander on Jun 23, 2019 21:51:28 GMT
The trouble with portraying Catch-22 cinematically is that you have to strip away a lot of its key literary elements to make it work as a drama, and then try to present it through a more vertical narrative to help make sense of its stripped down format. But in so doing you necessarily remove many of those dimensions that make it such a thought-provoking and enjoyable work. Which is fine if you are left with a reasonably sharp, darkly humorous anti-war satire that entertains a TV audience but the book is much, much more than that, and it is as much a all-encompassing critique of society and politics and the human condition - particularly during the McCarthyite era but it is just as relevant to now - as it is a commentary about war. I am a massive fan of the novel and have studied it and taught it in depth during all of my adult life. I have always regarded it as one of those works that is best left where it is and not translated into other media but, to be fair to the team behind the C4 drama, so far, so good. But watching the TV serial won’t change your life; reading the book will. I found it hard-going as a narrative. Enjoyed it more when I read it as a book of short stories. |
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Post by partickpotter on Jun 24, 2019 5:49:34 GMT
The trouble with portraying Catch-22 cinematically is that you have to strip away a lot of its key literary elements to make it work as a drama, and then try to present it through a more vertical narrative to help make sense of its stripped down format. But in so doing you necessarily remove many of those dimensions that make it such a thought-provoking and enjoyable work. Which is fine if you are left with a reasonably sharp, darkly humorous anti-war satire that entertains a TV audience but the book is much, much more than that, and it is as much a all-encompassing critique of society and politics and the human condition - particularly during the McCarthyite era but it is just as relevant to now - as it is a commentary about war. I am a massive fan of the novel and have studied it and taught it in depth during all of my adult life. I have always regarded it as one of those works that is best left where it is and not translated into other media but, to be fair to the team behind the C4 drama, so far, so good. But watching the TV serial won’t change your life; reading the book will. I found it hard-going as a narrative. Enjoyed it more when I read it as a book of short stories. A dreadful book. Pretentious, self indulgent drivel. No doubt there are some interesting ideas in the book, but when the writing is so shite, what's the point. |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 24, 2019 5:52:19 GMT
I found it hard-going as a narrative. Enjoyed it more when I read it as a book of short stories. A dreadful book. Pretentious, self indulgent drivel. No doubt there are some interesting ideas in the book, but when the writing is so shite, what's the point. My feelings about the original movie , |
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 24, 2019 6:40:55 GMT
I am a massive fan of the novel and have studied it and taught it in depth during all of my adult life. Watching the TV serial won’t change your life; reading the book will. Great post, but could you just expand on that last sentence, cause it’s a biggie... |
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Post by wapiti on Jun 24, 2019 14:01:07 GMT
The original movie (other than the opening sequence with the bombers taking off) was an insult to the book.
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Post by Linx on Jun 24, 2019 19:47:42 GMT
I found it hard-going as a narrative. Enjoyed it more when I read it as a book of short stories. A dreadful book. Pretentious, self indulgent drivel. No doubt there are some interesting ideas in the book, but when the writing is so shite, what's the point. Oh dear🙄. Self indulgent? It’s a mastery of the English language. Mind you, it’s a bit on the jazz side of literature, which might be too much for some. |
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