V
I went and saw "V for Vendetta" Saturday night, and ever since I've been trying to find the words to describe how I feel about it. Here goes:
"This is a movie that I will one day show to my children in hopes that it will make them better people."
I loved it that much. So much, in fact, that I'm not even going to review it. If you haven't seen it: go NOW; don't think about it.
And while you're at it watch Brokeback Mountain, too. If you've already seen it, watch it again.
So many amazing movies lately, it really gives me hope for hollywood.
In other movie discussion, I decided to rent "A Clockwork Orange" (partly in prep for V, partly just to see it.) I wasn't shocked by the "behavior modification" scenes that i'd always heard about. In fact, the most shocking thing to me was that you always hear about those (rather mild) torture scenes and then not a peep is mentioned about the graphic sex and rapes that practically make up the other 110 minutes of the movie. Why? My (admittedly biased) theory on this is the same explanation for why "A Boy and His Dog" is considered a classic: male reviewers.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Clockwork. It was the very definition of provocative, unapologetic film making, the foundation of film as art in my opinion. Kinda like V. I just think there's something wrong with a society that says prying open a man's eyelids is somehow more disturbing than brutally raping an innocent woman while her husband is forced to watch, all to the tune of "I'm Singing in the Rain."
Obviously, government isn't the only problem plaguing society.
"This is a movie that I will one day show to my children in hopes that it will make them better people."
I loved it that much. So much, in fact, that I'm not even going to review it. If you haven't seen it: go NOW; don't think about it.
And while you're at it watch Brokeback Mountain, too. If you've already seen it, watch it again.
So many amazing movies lately, it really gives me hope for hollywood.
In other movie discussion, I decided to rent "A Clockwork Orange" (partly in prep for V, partly just to see it.) I wasn't shocked by the "behavior modification" scenes that i'd always heard about. In fact, the most shocking thing to me was that you always hear about those (rather mild) torture scenes and then not a peep is mentioned about the graphic sex and rapes that practically make up the other 110 minutes of the movie. Why? My (admittedly biased) theory on this is the same explanation for why "A Boy and His Dog" is considered a classic: male reviewers.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Clockwork. It was the very definition of provocative, unapologetic film making, the foundation of film as art in my opinion. Kinda like V. I just think there's something wrong with a society that says prying open a man's eyelids is somehow more disturbing than brutally raping an innocent woman while her husband is forced to watch, all to the tune of "I'm Singing in the Rain."
Obviously, government isn't the only problem plaguing society.