totally random ~

[lookingland]

match game at the baltimore buffalo invitational

i've been a bit overwhelmed by life and whatnot, so i apologize for not responding much lately. visiting relatives, depressing job stuff, distractions, new pope ponderings, much movie-watching, etc.

that's it in a nutshell.

hence, the random picture of buffaloes from baltimore ~ apparently they wandered from some ranch and wound up in the city.

the movie scorecard:

Finding Neverland ~ bland melodrama ~ didn't hate it, but there's not much there and it's so historically inaccurate as to be silly. (am i the only one who finds j.m. barrie ~ and Peter Pan ~ totally creepy?)

Million Dollar Baby ~ really enjoyed this movie until the resolution. booooooooo! bad! yuck! huge disappointment. clint! what were you thinking!

Sin City ~ excrement. what a waste of fine artistic direction. no fan of frank miller here to begin with and the film has solidified my disgust for his work.

Vanity Fair ~ this was interesting but had some feh transitions that were rather perplexing (much like the book, i suppose). mostly satisfying, but nothing to yodel about.

i'm pretty sure i saw something else recently, but now i can't remember what it was.

ah well. there you have it.

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i need to try to get some writing done.

Comments

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

I sort of liked Finding Neverland. I pretty much accepted that it was going to be historically inaccurate going into it. I almost built myself up to dislike it but was surprised. I saw the movie as bridging the concept of "Innocence Reborn" as illustrated in late 19th century literature to the big screen. I didn't see it exclusive of Barrie as much as demonstrating the stream of thought of many different "children's" authors of that time period, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Those authors wrote literature for parents to read to their children that were more less stories meant for adults AND children. The whimsical nature for children, but the adults were also supposed to grasp their "inner" child, or rather, their "inner innocence" from the stories (and just reading the stories to their children was the living proof of that innocence displayed right before them) in spite of the harsh reality that surrounded them, where anything mystical or even spiritual was seen as foolish. It helped them to come to grips with what really mattered in life, even if just for a moment in reading the stories to their children at bedtime. And I think the film displayed that beautifully. I was really impressed with what they did with the concept (but I am also aware that most people seeing the film who haven't studied that time period of children's literature in-depth would not see what the director and writer were attempting, but I'm not sure how the creators of the movie could have remedied that dilemma). :)

Thank you for the warning on Sin City! I was tempted to go see it for the unique visual style. So I shouldn't even bother with it?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i know what you mean about the intentions for Finding Neverland but it didn't work for me ~ and i really did tr to enter it without any preconceived weirdness from my aforementioned dislike of barrie. it may be that i don't particularly agree with literature that dabbles in such obviously Freudian waters ~ regardless of who it's written for? dunno. i didn't hate the movie, just wasn't wowed or affected by it in any particular way.

Sin City, as i said, is excrement. it's a waste of a lot of talent. i spent nearly the whole film wishing it would just end so i could go home. even the creative camerawork and special effects aren't worth it. i haven't been so disgusted with a film in a long long time. feh.

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