Comments from loyal but not ardent Ang Lee fans

Grant 2022-04-20 09:02:14

1. It is strongly recommended that people who have read the original book (including the Chinese version) stop watching the movie. The movie is not as funny as the original book, and many dark or violent plot movies are also omitted, just the bare left "Making Woods" Tok" itself, as if it were a matter of fact. As many people have commented, the whole film is uneventful and quite satisfactory. The biggest advantage is that there are no shortcomings, and the biggest disadvantage is that there are no advantages.

Of course, if you are an Ang Lee fan like me, no matter what others say, you will still buy the CD and watch it carefully.

2. Personally, I feel that the movie will feel a little more if the narration of the protagonist is added. As it is now, it is a completely documentary-like reenactment of events, rather than subjective warm memories.

3. This film is the most careless of Ang Lee's works.

4. If it weren't for the historical significance of "Woodstock Music Festival" itself, this film can be regarded as a bad film.

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Extended Reading
  • Beth 2022-03-15 09:01:06

    A three-day quiet and peaceful rock music festival created by a child. As you might expect, the director is calm and the film is still a slow-moving film.

  • Destini 2022-03-21 09:02:55

    D+ / For Ang Lee, it is probably a failed but still encouraging attempt. Although I enjoyed watching the part that paid tribute to the 1969 documentary, I still felt that the psychological clues of the two generations were not integrated.

Taking Woodstock quotes

  • [Elliot finds his father pouring a jug into the freshly-filled swimming pool]

    Elliot Tiber: Dad, that's bleach for the laundry.

    Jake Teichberg: It kills the germs. What's the difference?

  • [the Chamber of Commerce discussing tourism ideas]

    Frank: Well, okay. We got a lot of dairy farms around here, right? And a fair number of bulls. Okay, you've all heard of the running of the bulls in that town in Spain, Pampoona.

    Elliot Tiber: Pamplona.

    Frank: Well, no one's doing one in the Catskills. Seems to be a big draw over there.

    Annie: It would be very amusing to see all those Jews from Levitsky's summer colony, you know, the ones with the black top hats and the curls, running for their lives chased by our local livestock. Wouldn't that be a wonderful sight!