Fantastic Spaztic

You thought you had enough of the Cuckoo meta?  But we've only just begun. WARNING: YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE IS TRASH & SO ARE YOU. This was originally posted on my tumblr blog aaaay. Bought a few books for last semester that we didn’t even use.  Might as well read them just to make myself feel better.  I’m actually going to keep   Devotional Cinema , by Nathaniel Dorsky, & it inspired me to write more about how much   I really don’t like that movie .  I’m not done with the book yet so I might add more to this post or make another one @ a later time.  :] tl/dr:   While the movie was still “well-made,” to the point where it received high critical praise & multiple Academy Awards, it had   none of the magic   of the book.  & even with all its praise, it did not make me feel devoted to it – unlike Kesey’s novel.  Dorsky begins his lecture describing religious devotion to film – which can also be ...

In which I post another thing I did for a class here.  Because I need to.  I've kept this to my prof & a few friends for too long - the world must know my feelings on this "celebrated" film. WARNING: IF YOU SWEAR BY THE "CLASSIC" FILM ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST , PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR LOVE CHALLENGED.  BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE FILM YOU THINK IT IS.  THE AWARDS WON ARE IRRELEVANT IN MY EYES.  ITS PLACE IN FILM HISTORY IS IRRELEVANT.  MY STANDARDS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN YOURS. Cuckoo for Cuckoo’s Nest : A Now and Then Response If you know me, then you know that Miloš Forman’s rendition of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) is far from my favorite film.  The first time I read Ken Kesey’s novel, I was in 7 th grade.  I probably wasn’t old enough to absorb every nuance, but I adored it and all of its characters.  I feared Big Nurse; I cheered for Chief Bromden; and I wept for McMurphy.  The book is very dear to me....