Proofreading, Translation and Other Things

I finally got round to watching the 2017 live-action version of 'Beauty and the Beast' yesterday. I had actually been in two minds whether to do so, as professional critics had given it a somewhat lukewarm response. However, all my friends said that they'd thoroughly enjoyed it, so I decided to approach it with an open mind. The new live-action version of  'Beauty and the Beast' Storyline The plot largely follows that of its 1991 predecessor. A vain and selfish prince insults an enchantress by refusing to accept a rose as payment for accommodation. She then places a curse on him and his castle, transforming him into a beast and his servants into household objects. This curse can only be lifted if he learns to love another person and earns her love in return before the last petal falls from the enchantress's rose. But who can learn to love a beast? Evaluation Visually, this is one of the most stunning films I've seen in a long time. The...

Last year I had the privilege of being able to combine two of my passions, when my friend, Amancay Tapia , asked me to proofread the first draft of the screenplay for a film she was making. I first met Amancay when I was an exchange student at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , where she was studying English Philology. Even back then, she was a highly creative individual, who regularly wrote and performed in various plays. I always thought that she would go on to have a career in the arts, and indeed, she has since become an independent filmmaker with eight short films and a full-length feature, Campo de Batalla (Battlefield) - now available on You Tube , under her belt. Rescue Me is one of her latest projects and was partly funded via the Kickstarter website. The inspiration behind it comes from Amancay's wish to explore how the financial crisis has affected people on a more personal, human level. It's a subject that many of us can relate to - as I'm prett...