Wonder what Mirai can do to improve her scores to another 10 or even 20 points to be competitive against the very top? Her PCS scores - what can she improve there?
So why do we think Evgenia chose her Karenina program for this? Show value (if any - I haven't seen it)? Audience preference? To see how it compares to her backloaded programs in competition?
why Evgenia???? I really don't like this program and music. :sad21:
Well, maybe you should read or watch, or at least learn the plot of Anna Karenina. It is one of the greatest novels and people know it well.
There is one bad cut, but aside from it the music itself is fabulous (saying it as a musician) relatively to other music used in the FS world; great choice for Olympic season
I applaud to Evgenia and her team for taking this difficult decision possibly offending Averbukh but having a true champion long program.
why JSF only push Mai PCS here? Honda got 64 which is quite okay, i think Mai shouldnt get anything above 66/67
If we know the story and enjoy it, it's not necessary to love Medvedeva's skate and performance.... What's the connection? Cause I don't see it..
I can understand that it gave born to some nationalistic feelings in Russian, but other than that...
There is no nationalistic feelings about this story or program.
The music is quite gorgeous and dramatic. The program is very well balanced and gives Evgenia space to be artistic. The story is emotionally powerful and she plays it out.
What else do you not see?
The problem with Anna Karenina for Evgenia is, that with a program to Anna Karenina, the watcher always connects a female skater to the main character, Anna Karenina. Kitty who is 18, is the other main female character and perhaps a better choice to interpret. Anna Karenina is a married mother, who has an affair. Her life ends tragically. Kitty is a young girl of 18 and could be the main focus, but I don't think Kitty is who Evgenia portrays here.
With the Leftovers that problem is not there. Evgenia is obviously not trying to be Kevin or Nora. I prefer that, that she's not trying to play a character, just interprets Max Richter's absolutely stunning soundtrack, the music itself. Not so much acting. I've rarely watched a show that has such a fitting soundtrack and I thought that this was a worthy program, with potential to get better and better during the season. Yes, it is similar to the soft piano pieces she had done before, but she does that for a reason. That airy lyrical style suits her better than the heaviness of Anna Karenina. But they obviously decided against it. In the end I don't think her chances or her being 'unbeatable' change with her choice of program at all. She will win the Olympics. She would have with The Leftovers, too.
The ice is slippery, anything can happen.
Not even in ice dance, which is considered more predictable, we don't know who will win, much less in the others disciplines.
Exactly, at this moment, it doesn't matter cause the judges give her anyway huge and I'd say undeserved scores. Unless if live she is much better. And she has the same movements and mimic all the time, in all her programs, regardless the theme or the rhythm.I still think she wins it. But, yeah, ice is slippery, but what I was trying to say is that it doesn't matter if Evgenia skates to Anna Karenina, The Leftovers, her old 9/11 program or even Sailor Moon. The program doesn't matter.
I absolutely love the novel Anna Karenina and, while I didn't love this particular movie adaptation, I loved the soundtrack. I think it was a good choice over the Leftovers. That said I still don't love how literal all of Evgenia's programs are. Do we really need the actual sound of the train engine at the end?