actually saw a movie yesterday, in the theater even
I don't often bother watching movies. If I want to imbibe a story I would really much rather read--one can do it at one's own pace (and not be limited by the slowness of human speech when it comes to dialogue, nor worry about missing stuff when it flashes by too quick in action scenes). But every so often they come out with something that sounds interesting, and even more rarely the cards align just right that I will actually see it, and not just think it sounds kinda interesting.
This week was one of those occasions. I had been given a gift certificate to see a movie for my birthday, and some of my friends were going to go see the new Star Wars movie, in costume, so I decided at the last minute to join them. The disadvantage of the last minuet decision is that in Luleå one buys a specific seat, which meant I couldn't actually sit with my friends, but instead had the edge seat in the same row. The edge seat turned out to be great though, since it meant that I could set my boots on the floor next to me, rather than having them in the aisle in the way for people walking past. It also meant that after the movie I could quickly get to the loo and not deal with a line.
I enjoyed the movie. They did a good enough job to trigger the same fun reactions as the first one did when I was a child of 12. Yes, there were a fair few action/fight scenes, but they didn't manage to bore me. There were plenty of really stunningly beautiful planets and interesting settings. Seriously cute droids. Harrison Ford is still damn good looking for a man my mother's age. As usual having the Swedish subtitles really helps--it doesn't matter when one doesn't catch a word when one can read it.
I think that is about all I can say without spoilers.
The next thoughts will only be interesting to those who have seen the movie, if you don't like spoilers, don't keep reading.
Clearly Han Solo didn't grow up reading stories wherein foolish kings granted boons to people before finding out what they were going to ask--that almost never ends well. But permission was asked, and granted, so I wasn't at all surprised that it went that way. However, one could argue that Han knew full well what he was agreeing to and said yes anyway, knowing that killing someone with their consent won't make the killer as dark as if they did the deed against the will of the victim, and he was trying to leave a hook through which the boy can yet be saved. On the other hand, the kid doesn't look worth saving to me. That was the only character in the film for which I was disappointed in the casting--all the other characters seemed right, that one just didn't feel like he belonged, and I think that perhaps a different actor would have helped.
This week was one of those occasions. I had been given a gift certificate to see a movie for my birthday, and some of my friends were going to go see the new Star Wars movie, in costume, so I decided at the last minute to join them. The disadvantage of the last minuet decision is that in Luleå one buys a specific seat, which meant I couldn't actually sit with my friends, but instead had the edge seat in the same row. The edge seat turned out to be great though, since it meant that I could set my boots on the floor next to me, rather than having them in the aisle in the way for people walking past. It also meant that after the movie I could quickly get to the loo and not deal with a line.
I enjoyed the movie. They did a good enough job to trigger the same fun reactions as the first one did when I was a child of 12. Yes, there were a fair few action/fight scenes, but they didn't manage to bore me. There were plenty of really stunningly beautiful planets and interesting settings. Seriously cute droids. Harrison Ford is still damn good looking for a man my mother's age. As usual having the Swedish subtitles really helps--it doesn't matter when one doesn't catch a word when one can read it.
I think that is about all I can say without spoilers.
The next thoughts will only be interesting to those who have seen the movie, if you don't like spoilers, don't keep reading.
Clearly Han Solo didn't grow up reading stories wherein foolish kings granted boons to people before finding out what they were going to ask--that almost never ends well. But permission was asked, and granted, so I wasn't at all surprised that it went that way. However, one could argue that Han knew full well what he was agreeing to and said yes anyway, knowing that killing someone with their consent won't make the killer as dark as if they did the deed against the will of the victim, and he was trying to leave a hook through which the boy can yet be saved. On the other hand, the kid doesn't look worth saving to me. That was the only character in the film for which I was disappointed in the casting--all the other characters seemed right, that one just didn't feel like he belonged, and I think that perhaps a different actor would have helped.