I agree. Burn the patrons before the books. ;^)
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PAUL D. CALLISTER, JD, MSLIS
Library Director & Associate Professor of Law
LEON E. BLOCH LAW LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF LAW
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]On
Behalf Of David Clark
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:40 AM
To: ruth bodapati
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Library and librarians in movie
Dear Ruth,
I mostly agree with your review. My wife and I saw it
last night and I am now seriously considering not
reading any more reviews of movies that I am initially
interested in seeing.
The critics, pretty-much across-the-board, panned it
for being both predictable and full of cliches
(usually letter-grading it anywhere from B- to D+, and
mostly in the "C" range), although they all seemed to
agree that the special effects were first-rate.
Even though I knew (or thought I knew) what to expect,
as the result of reading those reviews, I found myself
enjoying the film very much and wondering where all
the supposedly stupid scenes were.
Had I not read the reviews I don't think I would have
criticized it at all; and even now, after seeing what
the critics were alluding to, I think they really blew
what slight flaws the film did have way out of
proportion.
The library and the librarians came off very
believably and, at worst, neutrally; in terms of
stereotyping. The special effects were flawless and
not gratuitously used, and the acting (especially
Dennis Quaid's) was convincing and well-done.
It *was* a little disconcerting to see how quickly
they seized on the idea of burning books when there
were all of those great reading-room wooden chairs and
tables available. Besides, wood burns longer and more
efficiently than paper; and it leaves a lot less ash.
:)
Dave C.
(Full ID at the very bottom of this message.)
--- ruth bodapati <rabtech@swbell.net> wrote:
> Has anyone else seen the movie The Day After
> Tomorrow in which the world
> suffers a global weather disaster? Some of the
> characters take refuge in
> the New York Public Library. Most of the survivors
> try to hike out, but
> some of them stay, including a thin, washed-out male
> librarian and a
> gray, older female librarian. Stereotypes still much
> in evidence! The
> male refused to burn the Gutenberg Bible and the
> female looked up the
> symptoms of an ailing character finding out what was
> needed to save her.
> Yeah team!
>
> A major giggle occurs when the male librarian and a
> female student are
> arguing about whether they should burn a book of
> philosophy. To end the
> arguement another student suggests there a set of
> TAX LAW they could
> agree to burn.
>
> It's got great special effects, unexpected humor and
> the preaching is
> NOT piled thicker than usual in a environmental
> movie.
>
> Question: Why did they burn the books when there
> were plenty of wooden
> tables and chairs in the reading room?
>
> Ruth Bodapati, cataloguer
> Law Library Association of St. Louis
> St. Louis Missouri
>
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David C. Clark, JD, MLIS
Law Librarian
Lightfoot, Franklin, & White, L.L.C.
The Clark Building, 400 20th St. N.
Birmingham, AL 35203-3200
205-581-0768 / 205-581-0799 FAX
(Any opinions expressed herein are solely my own.)
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