I was amazed to see an advertisement for a movie of Tristan and Isolde, a medieval french tale of romance and chivalry most famously spun by Chretien De Troyes . The tagline is "before Romeo and Juliet there was... Tristan and Isolde." I am not sure that's going to sell a lot of tickets. I guess the question is whether it's going to hang in theatres until Valentine's Day.
As with most french chivalric romances, it's the story of a knight who falls in love with his master's wife. There is a great deal of cheating followed by a great deal of bloody retribution. Yes, exactly like Arthur, Gwenivere and Lancelot.
James Franco stars, so that's good I suppose.
And I'm impressed that you read Tristan and Isolde in high school! I can't believe how much smarter everyone is than me. For instance-- I just discovered Steinbeck like two years ago. Or I should say, my wife forced me to read Steinbeck two years ago. Now I force her to listen to me reading passages of Steinbeck out loud. That'll teach her!
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