Monday, March 28, 2005

Carraba's

Very good, very accomidating. Although they didn't have any vegitarian items
on the menu they wer able to make me something special, eggplant parmesean
-my favorite. It was kinda dark which is perfect for an Italian restraunt.
Not only did they make me something that was not on the menu, they gave us
very excellent brushetta on the house. This restraunt new to athens is in
the $10-15 dollar item, with most menu items emphazing fish and chicken,
however as I said they are perfectly able and willing to accomidate people
with food from off the menu. Everything was great. I don't normally like
chain restraunt's but this one is very good. Not too over priced or exotic
(like DePalma's).

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Their Eyes Were Watching God- Movie

I had trouble with this post when i first posted it. So I'm going to post it again.http://www2.oprah.com/presents/2005/movie/movie_main.jhtmlThe movie, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” did not stay as true to the book as it could have. The movie left many things out particularly many of the metaphors and folk traditions, which made the book so colorful. It was very oversimplified and focused on Janie’s search for romantic love that was only part of the theme. Additionally the speech was modernized.Many of the metaphors were left out. For example in the first chapter Janie compares her self to a peach tree blossoming while she receives her first kiss. This was not discussed at all in the movie. The scene at the end with the flood was taken to be more literal in the movie than it appeared in the book.Another thing that was greatly disappointing about the book was the modernization and clarification of the language. One of Zora Neale Hurstons’ http://www.hurston-wright.org/greatest accomplishments was her brilliant ability to capture of African-American speech during the early 20th century. This was almost completely destroyed by the movie. As far as Halle Berry’s interpretation goes, the only allusion to this is how she refers to her friends as “girl” that may be more modern.The movie did retain some of the important themes from the book, including that of women’s place in society and the ideal of romantic love. One of the themes that Hurston wrote about in the book, was Janie’s strong need and will to simply be herself, which I felt was sidestepped in the movie in order to place emphasis on the romance in Janie’s life.The movie that was well done seemed to oversimplify many of the aspects that were important in the novel. The movie is a decidedly different interpretation of the novel focus on romance and the search for it.


The movie, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” did not stay as true to the book as it could have. The movie left many things out particularly many of the metaphors and folk traditions, which made the book so colorful. It was very oversimplified and focused on Janie’s search for romantic love that was only part of the theme. Additionally the speech was modernized.
Many of the metaphors were left out. For example in the first chapter Janie compares her self to a peach tree blossoming while she receives her first kiss. This was not discussed at all in the movie. The scene at the end with the flood was taken to be more literal in the movie than it appeared in the book.
Another thing that was greatly disappointing about the book was the modernization and clarification of the language. One of Zora Neale Hurstons’s greatest accomplishments was her brilliant ability to capture of African-American speech during the early 20th century. This was almost completely destroyed by the movie. As far as Halle Berry’s interpretation goes, the only allusion to this is how she refers to her friends as “girl” that may be more modern.
The movie did retain some of the important themes from the book, including that of women’s place in society and the ideal of romantic love. One of the themes that Hurston wrote about in the book, was Janie’s strong need and will to simply be herself, which I felt was sidestepped in the movie in order to place emphasis on the romance in Janie’s life.
The movie that was well done seemed to oversimplify many of the aspects that were important in the novel. The movie is a decidedly different interpretation of the novel focus on romance and the search for it.
http://www.hurston-wright.org/