"I can't say I recommend the book to any great extent whatsoever. I'm sure it has been forgotten for a long long time and will continue to be so unless the movie is a blockbuster. Let's hope so."
"Ibsen sucks big-time.
Holy fish-paste!
Man-o-man, I knew that this day was coming. Yes friends, I've finally arrived to the time in my high school career when I have to read Henrik Ibsen's plays. NOOOOO! D:<
I want to kill myself! IBSEN!!!! AHH! That man looks like a yeti who shaved his FACE! ....his plays STINK!"
"THAT is the funniest potrait i have ever seen in my entire life!!! No wonder he's a crappy playwrite. He looked in the mirror for inspiration!
In all honesty, i have never heard of this dude in all my life ... For my report on that, i compared it to 'The Matrix' in comic book format, and totally got an A+ on it. It suddenly made that dreary play a whole lot cooler."
"I'm still suffering from having to read Ibsen what was it... 6 of 7 years ago now ... Terrible, horrible, awful stuff."
"Man, yes, you're right, people usually do have depressing, confusing lifes...but then why would they want to come from those lives to see a play with those same depressing elements? Idiot."
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Henrik Ibsen - Peer Gynt
"WTH???"
"Written as a poem...not so into poems."
"I finished Peer Gynt... good grief it was awful.
It was so boring & half the time I had no idea what was going on. I sure hope I don’t get picked to stage manage it this semester or I’ll be bored to tears."
"Based on traditional Nordic legend Ibsen's version would make a better narrative than verse literary effort ... plus the story itself defies the Greek Unities of Time and Place."
"it's too bloody Norwegian"
"I hate puppets and I hate Peer Gynt."
IN MY TRAVELS I ALSO CAME ACROSS AN INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: "TO THYSELF BE - ENOUGH!" ~ HENRIK IBSEN. JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE
"Written as a poem...not so into poems."
"I finished Peer Gynt... good grief it was awful.
It was so boring & half the time I had no idea what was going on. I sure hope I don’t get picked to stage manage it this semester or I’ll be bored to tears."
"Based on traditional Nordic legend Ibsen's version would make a better narrative than verse literary effort ... plus the story itself defies the Greek Unities of Time and Place."
"it's too bloody Norwegian"
"I hate puppets and I hate Peer Gynt."
IN MY TRAVELS I ALSO CAME ACROSS AN INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: "TO THYSELF BE - ENOUGH!" ~ HENRIK IBSEN. JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House
"The setting, time frame, and sitution is what drew me away from the book, considering that it is from such an old society."
"i maybe a little modern for the book"
"i would recommend this book for people with nothing interesting in their life. if i had to grade this on a scale of 1 to 10 i would give it a negative 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. this book is absolutely not entertaining i cannot describe how painfull it was to suffer through this book. i think that this book would be better off used to start a fire than read. anybody from this century that is interested in theis book i ccan tell them that it is like shortining your life by 30 years. please do not incourage the continuation of this book it is for the better of mankind that we erase this book from history."
"I had to read this play for school and I have to say that I did not like it at all. I actually think it was pretty pointless and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The play moved along awkwardly, I think. The thing that got on my nerves the most about this book was how submissive Nora was to her husband. Is it really that hard to stand up for yourself sometimes?"
"The good thing was...it was VERY quick to read, other than that...who cares about the story. It was lame. I can't believe people paid money to sit through that on Broadway. There was no excitement what so ever. It was like watching what goes on in many households on stage. Evidently the big deal was that it happened in an earlier time period when it was less socially exceptable...big deal."
"This book was bad the characters and the plot were bad and borring and in the end /i had a complete loathing of all of the characters except the childen and thats only because they only have about 5 lines."
"while I applaud him for writing this book at all IT IS TERRIBLE!!!
'oh my little songbird'
'oh my scared little lark'
'oh my happy little squirrel'
'oh my fluttering wife'
'oh my scurrying little squirrel'
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE WAY THINGS were BACK THEN but seriously?!?!?!
I think that it either needs another act to finish it all the way out or it needs to have the first two acts deleted or melded entirely into the third one... JS"
"the only reason I kept reading was for the romance."
"I can appreciate the importance of this work in changing theatre, but frankly it gets a bit boring. If Big Brother were turned into a play it would be this one. *Yawns, scratches himself and goes to sleep*"
"Eh. I know it's a classic, but it seems too dated to be read in 2007."
"What the hell?? I could of wrote this book. And I'm not a writer."
"When I finished reading A DOOL'S HOUSE, I concluded that the character of Nora is really immature and very weak ... On the subject of being treated like a doll,I think she was in a confortable situation and she wasn't really interested in changing it. Because if she wasn't happy with so many things that were happening in her marriage she should try talking to her husband and not wait until her husband said or did something about it. If it's hard to deal with something, I think you should say it and and not hide your opinions."
"I finally got around to reading this most celebrated of plays, Ibsen's 'A Doll's House,' and I was bored, bored, BORED ... Of the hundreds of plays I've read, this was one of the worst. I know it's considered a masterpiece by 'those in the know,' but I'm supposed to tell what I think and share MY opinions in this review, and that's what I've just done."
"Misleading Approach To Femminism
Absolutely no woman who is disrespectful to her husband and children deserve any kind of positive attention. Ibsen wrote about a less than perfect wife who deserved nothing else but a less than perfect life."
"The Best Review Is Mine!!!
i think this book sucked!!! all it is, is junk there is no point in this book and it doesnt make any sense!!! Word of advise: DONT READ IT!!!!!!!!"
"i maybe a little modern for the book"
"i would recommend this book for people with nothing interesting in their life. if i had to grade this on a scale of 1 to 10 i would give it a negative 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. this book is absolutely not entertaining i cannot describe how painfull it was to suffer through this book. i think that this book would be better off used to start a fire than read. anybody from this century that is interested in theis book i ccan tell them that it is like shortining your life by 30 years. please do not incourage the continuation of this book it is for the better of mankind that we erase this book from history."
"I had to read this play for school and I have to say that I did not like it at all. I actually think it was pretty pointless and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The play moved along awkwardly, I think. The thing that got on my nerves the most about this book was how submissive Nora was to her husband. Is it really that hard to stand up for yourself sometimes?"
"The good thing was...it was VERY quick to read, other than that...who cares about the story. It was lame. I can't believe people paid money to sit through that on Broadway. There was no excitement what so ever. It was like watching what goes on in many households on stage. Evidently the big deal was that it happened in an earlier time period when it was less socially exceptable...big deal."
"This book was bad the characters and the plot were bad and borring and in the end /i had a complete loathing of all of the characters except the childen and thats only because they only have about 5 lines."
"while I applaud him for writing this book at all IT IS TERRIBLE!!!
'oh my little songbird'
'oh my scared little lark'
'oh my happy little squirrel'
'oh my fluttering wife'
'oh my scurrying little squirrel'
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE WAY THINGS were BACK THEN but seriously?!?!?!
I think that it either needs another act to finish it all the way out or it needs to have the first two acts deleted or melded entirely into the third one... JS"
"the only reason I kept reading was for the romance."
"I can appreciate the importance of this work in changing theatre, but frankly it gets a bit boring. If Big Brother were turned into a play it would be this one. *Yawns, scratches himself and goes to sleep*"
"Eh. I know it's a classic, but it seems too dated to be read in 2007."
"What the hell?? I could of wrote this book. And I'm not a writer."
"When I finished reading A DOOL'S HOUSE, I concluded that the character of Nora is really immature and very weak ... On the subject of being treated like a doll,I think she was in a confortable situation and she wasn't really interested in changing it. Because if she wasn't happy with so many things that were happening in her marriage she should try talking to her husband and not wait until her husband said or did something about it. If it's hard to deal with something, I think you should say it and and not hide your opinions."
"I finally got around to reading this most celebrated of plays, Ibsen's 'A Doll's House,' and I was bored, bored, BORED ... Of the hundreds of plays I've read, this was one of the worst. I know it's considered a masterpiece by 'those in the know,' but I'm supposed to tell what I think and share MY opinions in this review, and that's what I've just done."
"Misleading Approach To Femminism
Absolutely no woman who is disrespectful to her husband and children deserve any kind of positive attention. Ibsen wrote about a less than perfect wife who deserved nothing else but a less than perfect life."
"The Best Review Is Mine!!!
i think this book sucked!!! all it is, is junk there is no point in this book and it doesnt make any sense!!! Word of advise: DONT READ IT!!!!!!!!"
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Henrik Ibsen - Hedda Gabler
"I passionately despise the main character of this play."
"Isben sucks."
"I thought it was an okay play, but it did contain alot of information that needed to be found by reading inbetween the lines."
"This play was really kind of ridiculous. This lady was bbored so she ruined the lives of a bunch of people, including her own. i guess that is th emoral though."
"by this book I was starting to understand other playwrights' frustration with Ibsen's 'well-made' plays."
"Hedda Gabler is a very dry, serious play. The story is basically about a woman who marries a wealthy man, only to spend his money. Not only is she a gold-digger, she is also a character that seems to derive joy on other people's misery. She is very selfish and only does something if it benefits her in some way, including insulting her husband's aunt.
The rest of the characters are two-dimensional in the aspect of we never learn anything about them, other than the contents of the play. It is hard to feel sympathy or hope for two-dimensional characters to reach their goals when we do not know them at all.
The story-line itself is fairly thin and has absolutely no bulk or depth. The story has no movement. Everything in the play is built on this dry dialogue between two or more characters. The play never takes a stand on anything and the playwright almost seems to be more focused on what will be on stage and the stage directions, rather than actually having a good script.
The setting is awful. The play takes place in only one area. Now that plays had a proscenium theatre, you might think that there would be more than one set. However, again, there is more focus on the furniture and the objects in the room, then where the story takes place. There is hearsay about a drunken character fighting outside the play, but it would be more effective if the audience can see it.
Finally, there was no true ending. Two characters fatally injure themselves, two others try to put a book back together, and one is just caught up in the middle of everything. There was a sense that the playwright just wanted the story to end, so let's kill off some people and say goodnight.
The play has no character, no setting, and worst of all, a terrible ending."
"Isben sucks."
"I thought it was an okay play, but it did contain alot of information that needed to be found by reading inbetween the lines."
"This play was really kind of ridiculous. This lady was bbored so she ruined the lives of a bunch of people, including her own. i guess that is th emoral though."
"by this book I was starting to understand other playwrights' frustration with Ibsen's 'well-made' plays."
"Hedda Gabler is a very dry, serious play. The story is basically about a woman who marries a wealthy man, only to spend his money. Not only is she a gold-digger, she is also a character that seems to derive joy on other people's misery. She is very selfish and only does something if it benefits her in some way, including insulting her husband's aunt.
The rest of the characters are two-dimensional in the aspect of we never learn anything about them, other than the contents of the play. It is hard to feel sympathy or hope for two-dimensional characters to reach their goals when we do not know them at all.
The story-line itself is fairly thin and has absolutely no bulk or depth. The story has no movement. Everything in the play is built on this dry dialogue between two or more characters. The play never takes a stand on anything and the playwright almost seems to be more focused on what will be on stage and the stage directions, rather than actually having a good script.
The setting is awful. The play takes place in only one area. Now that plays had a proscenium theatre, you might think that there would be more than one set. However, again, there is more focus on the furniture and the objects in the room, then where the story takes place. There is hearsay about a drunken character fighting outside the play, but it would be more effective if the audience can see it.
Finally, there was no true ending. Two characters fatally injure themselves, two others try to put a book back together, and one is just caught up in the middle of everything. There was a sense that the playwright just wanted the story to end, so let's kill off some people and say goodnight.
The play has no character, no setting, and worst of all, a terrible ending."
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