April Movies
Movies in bold are ones I hadn't seen before. Ones with asterisks, I saw in a theater.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)*
Orlando (1992)
An Education (2009)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Ugetsu (1953)*
30 Century Man (2006)
Starman (1984)
Oldboy (2003)*
The Life of Oharu (1952)*
Big Fan (2009)
Wuthering Heights (1967)
Southland Tales (2006)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)*
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)*
Rope (1948)
Also finished Deadwood (for the second time--why does your ending suck, Deadwood?) and am in the middle of a Mysterious Cities of Gold rewatch and season three of Mad Men and season one of The Wire, which I got for my birthday.
We're four episodes in, and I am continually impressed by what a fascinating character Don Draper is. As tkp pointed out, he never acts out of character, but you never can predict his reactions. And to have him as essentially our central character is a bizarre choice, because he can never really be our viewpoint if we don't know what he's thinking. It's amazing. I loved his secretary admitting, being aware, that she is never right about his moods.
Everyone else continues to be interesting though I wish Peggy's gay friend was around and I worry about her. There have already been some amazing scenes: Sal and his wife and Don coming down on Grandpa Gene for the German helmet thing come to mind.
My father-in-law called me just as we were sitting down to watch the first episode, oddly enough to talk about the finale. He was so excited, I'm looking forward to the rest.
I still don't know how I feel about the show; so far, it seems very well done, very dark, very intricate. The layers of utter fail at all levels (both the "good" and "bad" guys) unfold steadily, and three episodes in it's already clear that no one really knows what's going on or has control of their own life. This is a fascinating view of law enforcement, sadly probably fairly accurate in many cases, and I am told it is one of the best shows for plotting there is. I love the conversations D'Angelo has with the other young drug dealers (McNuggets, Alexander Hamilton, etc) and the inter-office politics and most of the acting seems really good, with interesting casting. It remains to be seen how I feel about the characters, and I'm really, really curious about the shifts in focus I know the show takes between seasons. I do hope that the intermittent surveillance footage (CC tvs in elevators, etc) gains some thematic resonance; I get it, but so far it's infrequent enough not to hold a lot of weight for me other than being distracting. Considering the name of the show, I assume that will change.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)*
Orlando (1992)
An Education (2009)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Ugetsu (1953)*
30 Century Man (2006)
Starman (1984)
Oldboy (2003)*
The Life of Oharu (1952)*
Big Fan (2009)
Wuthering Heights (1967)
Southland Tales (2006)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)*
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)*
Rope (1948)
Also finished Deadwood (for the second time--why does your ending suck, Deadwood?) and am in the middle of a Mysterious Cities of Gold rewatch and season three of Mad Men and season one of The Wire, which I got for my birthday.
We're four episodes in, and I am continually impressed by what a fascinating character Don Draper is. As tkp pointed out, he never acts out of character, but you never can predict his reactions. And to have him as essentially our central character is a bizarre choice, because he can never really be our viewpoint if we don't know what he's thinking. It's amazing. I loved his secretary admitting, being aware, that she is never right about his moods.
Everyone else continues to be interesting though I wish Peggy's gay friend was around and I worry about her. There have already been some amazing scenes: Sal and his wife and Don coming down on Grandpa Gene for the German helmet thing come to mind.
My father-in-law called me just as we were sitting down to watch the first episode, oddly enough to talk about the finale. He was so excited, I'm looking forward to the rest.
I still don't know how I feel about the show; so far, it seems very well done, very dark, very intricate. The layers of utter fail at all levels (both the "good" and "bad" guys) unfold steadily, and three episodes in it's already clear that no one really knows what's going on or has control of their own life. This is a fascinating view of law enforcement, sadly probably fairly accurate in many cases, and I am told it is one of the best shows for plotting there is. I love the conversations D'Angelo has with the other young drug dealers (McNuggets, Alexander Hamilton, etc) and the inter-office politics and most of the acting seems really good, with interesting casting. It remains to be seen how I feel about the characters, and I'm really, really curious about the shifts in focus I know the show takes between seasons. I do hope that the intermittent surveillance footage (CC tvs in elevators, etc) gains some thematic resonance; I get it, but so far it's infrequent enough not to hold a lot of weight for me other than being distracting. Considering the name of the show, I assume that will change.