We have been watching the movie adaptation of the play "The Importance of Being Earnest", and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. At first I was skeptical of any movie we would watch in AP English, but it grew on me.
I think I liked it so much is because it had an excessive amount of drama. While watching the movie, the schemes and tricks of Algernon (Ernest) kept me on the edge of my seat. I also thought the idea that one can have a persona in the city and another in the country was very interesting. It allowed Algernon and Jack to live how they wanted to when visiting each other. There were many "funny" parts in the movie. I put quotes around funny because they were not laugh-out-loud scenes, but scenes that used puns and irony to poke fun at an uptight society. For example, the scene where Gwendolyn says she cannot love anyone that does not have the name Ernest, but does not know that Jack is not actually named Ernest. Another scene that caught my attention was between Aunt Augusta and Algernon, where Algernon says he cannot come to her party because of his sickly, and imaginary, brother Bunbury.
This is a very good movie, and if I have some spare time I would love to read the play!
I was in the same boat as you were; I was slightly skeptical of a movie that we were going to be watching in AP English. I think reading the play would be great!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the movie as well, particularly Cecily's daydreams. They were so dramaticized that they became really funny.
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