Tristan and Yseult/Iseult/Isolde...

[triadruid]

Saw the movie last night; not nearly the worst historical drama I've seen this year (of course, that included both Alexander and Troy, so I may be biased), but there are some stunning "Errr?" moments, even for someone like me who's never read the story/seen the opera. Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a particularly good/bad version to read? Now I'm curious about the Bad Parts Version....

Still, not a bad little film. Tristan's foster brother, who may or may not exist in any other previously attested version of the myth, was deemed Head Hottie, and the Irish are (for once) Right Royal Bastards, and not the shining noble hope of the western world. So that's fun.

Also, James Franco would have made a MUCH better Anakin Skywalker than Hayden C.; I'm just saying.

Comments

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

This is one I've been wanting to see, so I'm glad it might not suck horribly. Oh, and Rufus Sewell is in it (rawr).

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, Marke? Yeah, he's not disappointing at all.

Troy

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Heh. I couldn't resist buying a copy Troy at Target yesterday. It was only $10, after all, and I figure eventually someone'll have the brilliant idea to snark it at a Wild Hare meeting. I could not bring myself to buy the similarly-priced special director's cut edition of Alexander, however. There're some depths to which even I will not stoop.

Re: Troy

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

Besides, we've already pretty well snarked at Alexander anyway.

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

You're looking for the book Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.

I understand that they took that whole love potion bit out of the movie. . . Which may very well destroy the integrity of the story. I'll be able to comment on that, though, when I've actually seen it.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

featherynscale said they changed quite a bit, but the story as a whole hangs together pretty well (it's apparently significantly less "awful" in terms of sheer hell they have to go through for their affair, but it IS only a two-hour movie). The love potion is indeed gone, though I suspect the motivation they do provide is differently equivalent. It's interesting..

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah, I don't want to pass judgement before I see it, but I'm trying to figure out what they could replace the love potion with. . . And I'm entirely unsure how it would work out. Good to see they might have figured something out.

It's a good story, though, and with all good stories, translating them to the screen is difficult :)