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

[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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