turning geek
i was reading about Pulp Fiction by Tarantino and whatever i was reading mentioned that the film is very exclusive because you are only included into the world if you understand all the allusions made in the films, and if you don't, you just don't get the film and so you are not in the exclusive group in the cult culture.
but after studying the film, reading and re-watching it again for the 3rd or 4th time, i see how the whole film works and suddenly i find myself going 'OH. what a genius!'. i used to think the film was abit difficult to watch because it was so weird, so in your face and i couldn't deal with the violence because it was so comic. and that is just wrong. but now, i think the film is funny. genuinely funny. a genius sort of funny aka a geeky sort of funny. LOL.
i think being a film student definitely kills the ability to watch a film normally. but at the same time, it is good because you get such insights about films. and soon enough, i might be able to talk abt films like a film fanatic: 'did you see that? what a work of genius! he was hiding there all the time! i saw it and i knew it was going to happen!' etc. hahahaha.
or maybe not.
but i was watching a swedish romantic comedy the other day, and because we were studying romantic comedies, i finally saw what it meant by 'self-reflexivity' and the model of a romantic comedy is pretty much the same internationally. but the one i watched was more enjoyable than the standard romantic comedy because it is the men that are the victims to the idea of love. almost like in 500 days of summer (which was good). it is just too hilarious. enough with women being the victims. time to turn the tables of being a 'hopeless romantic' around. HAH.
but after studying the film, reading and re-watching it again for the 3rd or 4th time, i see how the whole film works and suddenly i find myself going 'OH. what a genius!'. i used to think the film was abit difficult to watch because it was so weird, so in your face and i couldn't deal with the violence because it was so comic. and that is just wrong. but now, i think the film is funny. genuinely funny. a genius sort of funny aka a geeky sort of funny. LOL.
i think being a film student definitely kills the ability to watch a film normally. but at the same time, it is good because you get such insights about films. and soon enough, i might be able to talk abt films like a film fanatic: 'did you see that? what a work of genius! he was hiding there all the time! i saw it and i knew it was going to happen!' etc. hahahaha.
or maybe not.
but i was watching a swedish romantic comedy the other day, and because we were studying romantic comedies, i finally saw what it meant by 'self-reflexivity' and the model of a romantic comedy is pretty much the same internationally. but the one i watched was more enjoyable than the standard romantic comedy because it is the men that are the victims to the idea of love. almost like in 500 days of summer (which was good). it is just too hilarious. enough with women being the victims. time to turn the tables of being a 'hopeless romantic' around. HAH.