Comments | punishyourma: Post-Christmas Rundown

punishyourma

Post-Christmas Rundown

Dec 27, 2007 13:59

*I finally saw Atonement. Maybe it was just the months and months of critical praise that had been heaped on it that left me disappointed, but it was definitely a let-down. I'm not one of those "the movie can never be as good as the book" snobs, but I think there's something about the novel that just didn't translate well. There's not much to ( Read more... )

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eagerjimmy December 27 2007, 22:47:35 UTC

I had no interest in that "Atonement" movie -- nothing seemed wrong with it, but it just didn't seem like the type of movie that interests me. But now I keep running into a bunch of stories bragging about a 5 and a half minute shot as if that's supposed to get me to drop my porn and head out to the theater. I always get extra hinky about a movie that isn't a bigtime action film that starts being advertised for some stunt, no matter if it could be cool.

punishyourma December 27 2007, 23:13:13 UTC

That's probably the Dunkirk scene, which was just a bunch of soldiers mulling around a beach - the "war is hell" one I wrote about. It didn't really have anything to do with the plot and was one of the things that made the movie feel like it was dragging. This is also one of those movies that seems to think that in order to be important! and profound! it has to be needlessly long. There's no reason why it had to run over two hours with the storyline as it was.

I don't think you'd like it very much. To be honest, if I hadn't read the book, the film probably wouldn't have caught my interest based on the trailers.

eagerjimmy December 27 2007, 23:19:21 UTC

Yeah, I didn't even know it was a book until I was trolling the "New Yorker"'s reviews for over-the-top shit. If it doesn't have Jughead, I'm not reading it. Their reviewer said pretty much the same as you, I'm sure it will make your week to know.

punishyourma December 27 2007, 23:44:24 UTC

Holy shit. I'm contemplating suicide.

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darcy_is_a_poof December 28 2007, 15:17:07 UTC

Big tits and make-up are not unreasonable job requirements

That made my day!

punishyourma December 28 2007, 15:57:39 UTC

As long as you don't take it out of context. I mean, that sentence could make me look like a real asshole if it were made in reference to a female research scientist or librarian or something.

darcy_is_a_poof December 28 2007, 16:52:47 UTC

what's the fun in leaving something in context?

punishyourma December 28 2007, 23:14:06 UTC

I'm not worried about the fun so much as the libel.

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