I don't know wtf you guys are bitching about. I didn't watch it with that critical of an eye and it seemed okay to me. The story of what happened was engaging enough. The aliens and the explosions were enough for me to enjoy by itself.
It's about this guy who is like 15,000 years old or something. It's just him and some other people (biblical literalist, atheist jew, etc.) hanging around a parlor somewhere going blah blah blah for a couple hours. They're asking him a bunch of questions, and he's answering. They bounce around between trying to get him to prove what he says (that he's that old), poke holes in his story, or just get interesting anecdotes from his long life. There are a few logical fallacies and elementary philosophy 101 platitudes that are painful to hear, but on the whole it was kind of compelling and an interesting thought experiment. There is little humor, and no action or sex. It could have been a stage play (a very boring one) or a radio show, for all the sitting around and talking they did. I spent half the movie in the kitchen, just listening, and the other half flipping through a magazine. For the most part, they left it up in the air about whether he's telling the truth or just spinning a good yarn and making them think.
But the truth is revealed at the end. I could have done without that.
I don't know wtf you guys are bitching about. I didn't watch it with that critical of an eye and it seemed okay to me. The story of what happened was engaging enough. The aliens and the explosions were enough for me to enjoy by itself.
I liked it, so did notsosure. It may or may not be allegory, but it's all gory: alien gore mostly, pig and cow gore some, and some human gore too. And disgusting, unless you like cat food.
I saw Ponyo on Friday. It was magnificent as expected. I especially loved the look of the pastels on the background. I'm used to painted or watercolor backgrounds and for some reason the pastels jumped out at me as a wonderful artistic note.
Because I went to the 9:00 pm show, there was only one child in attendance. In the restroom after the show she declared loudly that it was "AWESOME" and she wanted the DVD. Nice to know the target audience appreciated it as much as I did.
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Up The Yangtze A documentary about the 3 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China. It focused on the displaced peasants, including a subsistence farming family and their eldest daughter who has to take a job on one of the luxury cruise liners that tour the river. Recommended. Be sure to watch the deleted scenes in the special features, most especially the last one, called "The Actor".
One thing I really like about having Netflix is that I end up watching a lot more documentaries. They go in my queue as quick as you bums individuals of discerning taste can post about them. Keep 'em coming!
I loved District 9, probably because I had no idea what it was about, didn't read any spoilers and went in blind. It was surprising, and funny and had some interesting twists that I didn't see coming. Both HorseGirl and I give it thumbs up. :prawn:
I saw Inglourious Basterds this afternoon. Fun movie! Brad Pitt was great in it and I believe I would think so even if I wasn't a big fan. He was hilarious!
I also saw The Time Traveler's Wife. I enjoyed it but that might be due to my having read and enjoyed the book. I wonder how it would have been otherwise. And hey, Brad Pitt had executive producer credit. So I had a very Brad Pitt afternoon at the cinema.
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Saw Inglourious Basterds over the weekend. Not quite what I was expecting ( I thought it would be all about the Basterds, and didn't realize there would be a second main plot with Shoshona), but very entertaining. Brad Pitt was hilarious.
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Speaking of documentaries, I watched an old one on martial arts the other day, well recommended by my colleagues here. Never seen it before, named 'Big Trouble in Little China.'
Interesting movie. I think it'll stay on my hard drive.
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In another surprising evening of nothing-happeningness, watched another movie. Over the Hedge. Definitely not the best animated movie, started out fairly 'meh' and predictable, but did provide a few laughs towards the end particularly.
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The Visitor, starring Richard Jenkins. Directed by the guy who directed The Station Agent. It was good. A middle aged guy gets involved in the lives of some illegal immigrants and finds a new life of his own.
Big Deal on Madonna Street an Italian crime caper satire from 1958. Fun, and some parts are very funny. Also some cool 50's beat/jazz in the soundtrack.
Saw Netflix's Robin Hood, with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland. I actually liked it, because it's like some classical poetry, when you read it, you immediately connect it to more modern themes, and then realize you are watching the original. So the swordfights were interestingly odd, as well as the acting, putting me in mind of more recent films I've seen. Sort of naive acting, where people don't respond as you would think they might. There's no yelling or shouting in many of the fight scenes, just the clacking of people hitting other people's swords. And Flynn was pretty dashing in his green tights.
The costuming was wonderful, and the camera work was actually quite good. It's a long, episodic film, but it did keep my attention.
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