1. Jesus Camp was one of the best documentaries I've seen. I went into it thinking I was just going to enjoy it on a political or philosophical level (read: become very, very angry/disturbed over fundamentalists' indoctrination of children, religion in general, etc.), and granted, it DID make me angry...but I enjoyed it as a film, too. Like, even a month or two later I find myself thinking of certain shots throughout the film, just how they were framed, and like, the LIGHTING and the MUSIC. Maybe that's strange. Moreover, though, the people in it were so interesting and while a lot of people thought the entire premise was biased or exploitative, I found myself actually feeling sympathetic (in a brief moment, anyway) toward a woman whom I would normally want to smack with a halibut.
2. House of Leaves disappointed me a bit. For one thing I was hoping it would be far scarier, but it didn't really get to me. And I got tired of turning the book upside down every other page, but I didn't want to skip a footnote in case I missed something amaaazing. It had its moments, though, and the first, say, three-quarters of the book really intriguing. But then the last bit felt anticlimactic.
3. I loved James Joyce. To death. I dunno what to say about it. I can't pretend to be someone who actually knows what they are talking about when they are talking about literature but I loved it with every fiber of my being. This is going to sound lame but (cough) I identified with it (the protagonist, that is).
2. House of Leaves disappointed me a bit. For one thing I was hoping it would be far scarier, but it didn't really get to me. And I got tired of turning the book upside down every other page, but I didn't want to skip a footnote in case I missed something amaaazing. It had its moments, though, and the first, say, three-quarters of the book really intriguing. But then the last bit felt anticlimactic.
3. I loved James Joyce. To death. I dunno what to say about it. I can't pretend to be someone who actually knows what they are talking about when they are talking about literature but I loved it with every fiber of my being. This is going to sound lame but (cough) I identified with it (the protagonist, that is).
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