movies!
Bollocks, Clint Eastwood didn't win at Cannes. Well, not that I was expecting it, but it'd have been cool if he did. And by the way, when is it out? I need my Eastwood movie of the year. Cannes speaking, I've watched two movies this weekend, one which everyone has seen/is going to see sooner or later and one which I guess won't go much farther than Italy but hey, it won the jury's prize.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: well, I really really enjoyed this one!
Just two weak points: 1, it's not Raiders of the Lost Ark (but this goes also for the other two..); 2, Spielberg should really understand that aliens are not his thing anymore. I think that the aliens stuff was the weakest part of the plot (even if I buy it, I mean, with Indy you buy everything) and that all the latest sci-fi movies that Spielberg did IMHO were terrible. And this was going absolutely awesome until the aliens and was back on that after them, so I'll reiterate, please, stop here with UFOs. Thanks.
The rest? Pure love. I had fun like I rarely had lately at some movie, I was completely cracking up all the way (the snake scene was pure gold), Harrison Ford is still pure sex (the hat! The whip! *sighs*), Shia LaBeuf (is that written like that?) is nowhere near Brando but was extremely cool, having Marion Ravenwood back was completely awesome and guh, I loved it. Cate Blanchett also was very good and I also saw it in original language so even cooler. Loved it.
Gomorra: well, this one won the prize jury at Cannes so I guess it's going to get some outside recognition. I didn't read the book (though maybe I will) and it isn't nothing anyone living here in Italy who reads a newspaper regularly can't imagine, but I guess it hit the target. I mean, it was obviously meant to be a heavy movie, without characters you could identify with, not agreeable with in the least and wanting to be realist. It was all of that and I guess that it's good for its target. I personally wanted to throw up in some parts and it had its flaws (the pace is quite slow and it kind of lacks a solid plot). I don't think it was eligible for the first prize there because it wasn't at that level but still, it makes you think. And throw up. And in my case kind of desperate because Naples it's a three hour drive from here.
Uhm, anyway, I'll reiterate. When is The Exchange out? I need my Eastwood movie.
In other news, yesterday night the local soccer team won the national cup and it wasn't possible to sleep until one AM (argh), while today I managed to finish the draft for that godforsaken paper and to write 4000 words of Desmond and Boone down in the hatch. And I'm about at half. It's clearly the most insane plot bunny I ever had. *nods* Well, tomorrow I'm so finishing that paper, or at least getting it into some legible form.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: well, I really really enjoyed this one!
Just two weak points: 1, it's not Raiders of the Lost Ark (but this goes also for the other two..); 2, Spielberg should really understand that aliens are not his thing anymore. I think that the aliens stuff was the weakest part of the plot (even if I buy it, I mean, with Indy you buy everything) and that all the latest sci-fi movies that Spielberg did IMHO were terrible. And this was going absolutely awesome until the aliens and was back on that after them, so I'll reiterate, please, stop here with UFOs. Thanks.
The rest? Pure love. I had fun like I rarely had lately at some movie, I was completely cracking up all the way (the snake scene was pure gold), Harrison Ford is still pure sex (the hat! The whip! *sighs*), Shia LaBeuf (is that written like that?) is nowhere near Brando but was extremely cool, having Marion Ravenwood back was completely awesome and guh, I loved it. Cate Blanchett also was very good and I also saw it in original language so even cooler. Loved it.
Gomorra: well, this one won the prize jury at Cannes so I guess it's going to get some outside recognition. I didn't read the book (though maybe I will) and it isn't nothing anyone living here in Italy who reads a newspaper regularly can't imagine, but I guess it hit the target. I mean, it was obviously meant to be a heavy movie, without characters you could identify with, not agreeable with in the least and wanting to be realist. It was all of that and I guess that it's good for its target. I personally wanted to throw up in some parts and it had its flaws (the pace is quite slow and it kind of lacks a solid plot). I don't think it was eligible for the first prize there because it wasn't at that level but still, it makes you think. And throw up. And in my case kind of desperate because Naples it's a three hour drive from here.
Uhm, anyway, I'll reiterate. When is The Exchange out? I need my Eastwood movie.
In other news, yesterday night the local soccer team won the national cup and it wasn't possible to sleep until one AM (argh), while today I managed to finish the draft for that godforsaken paper and to write 4000 words of Desmond and Boone down in the hatch. And I'm about at half. It's clearly the most insane plot bunny I ever had. *nods* Well, tomorrow I'm so finishing that paper, or at least getting it into some legible form.