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Draco interdum Vincit
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Writing is great therapy, isn't it?
Memento was one of those movies I wanted to see when it came out, but lost track of it afterward. (If I remember correctly, it came out around the time when I met a rather significant person in my life) I think I'll have to look for it.
Memento is one of my all time favorite movies. It's written, directed and acted brilliantly. I think I like just about everything Chris Nolan has done. I'm pretty sure he wrote the story for Man of Steel, the new Superman movie. So maybe this one won't suck?
And speaking of brilliantly written films ... I am patiently awaiting more films written by Charlie Kaufman. Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind .... some of my very favorites. I love nothing better than a truly original script.
Last night, me, my wife and a friend watched the movie Sinister. I love good thriller/horror movies, the ones that "get" you not because of any amount of gore or sudden on-screen visual flashes that make you jump, but because they give you just enough sensory information to allow your mind to put the pieces together. Sinister is just such a movie.
Warning: the following includes spoilers.
I won't go through the entire film. It's moody and dark (maybe a bit too dark, as in, the screen is literally too dark for much of the movie) and there's some pretty decent character development. Also, you see the end coming about halfway through, you just don't want it to happen. You keep waiting for some reprieve, some way of breaking the chain.
As a father, the movie made me squirm. I normally don't go for "evil children" movies because they're usually so hokey and nothing since the original Omen movie has gotten it right. Sinister, however, doesn't paint the children as being evil; they're soulless, and corrupted, and what they do, they do because they've found a different parental figure. It's chilling. It's more than that: it's unsettling.
That's on my list to see. I'm always in search of good horror films, the ones that scare you (or scar you, ha) psychologically ... not just visually. I saw Mama in the theater, and though it was not as good as it could have been, it was pretty creepy. It wins awards in the "creepy children" category, for sure.
Just wait til you see Sinister. It's a film designed to drain the blood out of every parent.
Sounds right up my alley.
I think it's On Demand. I'll look it up soon.
Do I remember right that STALIN comes from the "Man of Steel" root in translation?
Check this out, if you're a Joss Whedon fan. Actors from every single one of his shows! It's like a Joss Whedon smorgasbord!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmZc8uoEbo
And slyc, I hope you're right about Man of Steel. It looks pretty good. I didn't read those comics, but my brother in law did, and he seems pretty hopeful ...
Being John Malkovich was darkly hysterical. My wife doesn't like it, but I do.
So, William Shatner has a new show. . . . .
I do have to hand it to the guy, though. For being eighty-frickin'-two years old, he's looking pretty damn good.
I guess I'm the only unabashed television viewer. The shows I watch religiously include:
GoT
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Dr. Who
The Americans
Boardwalk Empire
True Blood
The Newsroom
The Walking Dead
Falling Skies
Warehouse 13
Dexter
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Archer
American Dad
South Park
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
The New Girl
Raising Hope
Parks and Recreation
Being Human
Lost Girl
Continuum
Hell on Wheels
Homeland
American Horror Story
The dearly departed:
Fringe
Battlestar Galactica
Torchwood
Farscape
Firefly
X-Files
24
Lost
Eureka
Sanctuary
Resurrected:
Arrested Development
I won't even go into the crap on my guilty pleasures list.
BTW. I've never been one to think that a particular director is worth watching just because of the name. That "Much ado. ." trailer did not particularly attract my attention; rather, I was put off it by the music.
But when it appears on video or on TV, I'll probably watch. I am not familiar with the play (ignorance is bliss)
Some new shows I picked up in the last two weeks:
Top of the Lake
Rectify
Orphan Black
I've been seeing trailers for Rectify, and have caught part of an episode of Orphan Black. They both have interesting premises, but I doubt I have time to add anything more to my short list of shows to watch.
Rectify is intense, but slow. It is what I expected it to be. Orphan Black, on the other hand, is a major surprise. Every episode moves along at brisk pace. I didn't expect much from it, but it has been amazingly good. I rather expected it to be about as good as a middling Syfy channel show, but it is so much better.
It is tough to find time for new shows, especially with the NBA and NHL playoffs both in full swing. Fortunately, some of my regular shows are going on hiatus this month, leaving room for new pick ups. On Demand greatly helps, also.