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The Whale

Samuel D. Hunter

3.89 AVERAGE


این نمایشنامه‌ایه که آرونوفسکی سال ۲۰۲۲ از روش فیلمی به همین اسم اقتباس کرده. اقتباس به‌شدت وفاداریه و لحظه به لحظه شاهد اتفاقات داستان به‌طور یکسان توی هر دو مدیوم هستیم. انقدر جفت‌شون یکسان هستن که نمی‌دونم کدوم رو پیشنهاد کنم ولی احتمالاً بهتر باشه اول فیلم رو ببینید که وقت و هزینه‌ی کمتری نیاز داره. من دور اولی که فیلم رو دیدم اونقدرها ارتباط نگرفتم. خوشم اومد اما در سطحی که توقع داشتم نبود. خوندن این نمایشنامه خیلی به درک مضامین داستان (که تعدادشون به‌طرز عجیبی زیاده) کمک کرد. صحنه‌های فیلم مدام توی ذهنم میومد و تجربه‌ی خاصی بود.
ترجمه‌ی آیدین مظفری خیلی خوبه و نشر رایبد منتشرش کرده. هرچند گهگاهی ایرادات ویراستاری دیده می‌شد. دیالوگ‌های این داستان کاملاً محاوره‌ای هستن ولی یه جاهایی به‌صورت نوشتاری بیان شده‌ن.
به‌طور کلی اثر ارزشمندیه. پیشنهاد می‌کنم اول فیلم رو ببینید و اگر خوشتون اومد بیاین سراغ منبع اقتباسش.

May The Winds Rise
challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Do you ever get the feeling. That people. Are incapable. Of not caring? People. Are. Amazing.

The playwright and movie resonates with me so much.

Brutal to get through

3.5 stars
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ryeanacryagain's review

3.5
dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5

When I saw the preview with Brendan Fraser, I was unsure what to think. Was this going to be a film mocking fat people? A film mocking gay people? I thought it might be a comedy and thought "surely Brendan Fraser is not trying to stage a (much-deserved) comeback on a cruel satire?" Then I decided to read the play, and my question has been answered: no this is not a comedy. Quite the opposite. I've seen some reviews that call it a dark comedy, and I'm not even sure I'd call it that.

It is a brief glimpse into several disappointing lives and how and where and why they converge. It is a snapshot of sadness and redemption, of righting wrongs, a meditation on death. It is bleak, but hopeful. I am fully ready to watch this film, now.

I understand how this can seem like an episode of My 600lb Life but I think there’s something far more tragic about this play. Instead of the exploitation of a man consumed by his addictions and circumstance, we see through the eyes of a Mormon, teenaged girl, and home health nurse how it is not just a single person who drowns in the belly of Jonah’s whale.

Loved this play. Absolutely amazing. I can’t wait to see the movie.
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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