SUPERDOGS, BRAD PITT AND CIGARETTES
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defrogOr: Stuff I watched on my days off...
Bolt
Basically it’s a Truman Show take on the super-powered dog genre (and yes, there is one), and it’s okay, but it says a lot about me that I find a dog with superpowers more believable than the idea that a TV production company would go to such expensive lengths to fool a dog into thinking he has superpowers. It also says a lot about me that my expectations were lowered the moment I noticed Miley Cyrus’ name in the voice credits.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
One of those Oscar-bait films with good acting and superb direction, but not a whole lot happens. The “old guy grows younger” gimmick seems too glossed over, as if Button’s condition is a quirky inconvenience (with admittedly tragic consequences) instead of something that violates the known physics of the universe. Even leaving that aside, for a film supposedly about a guy whose reverse aging makes him an outsider, he seems to get by pretty well throughout the picture. The only thing he really struggles with is his uncertain future, and even that’s downplayed.
Thank You For Smoking
I’ve seen clips of this, but never the whole thing. As satires go, it’s well-written, delightfully savage stuff, and you know it works because people on both sides of the argument either see it as backing their argument or blatantly biased propaganda for the other side. Oh, and it’s funny as hell.
Smoke if you got ‘em,
This is dF
Bolt
Basically it’s a Truman Show take on the super-powered dog genre (and yes, there is one), and it’s okay, but it says a lot about me that I find a dog with superpowers more believable than the idea that a TV production company would go to such expensive lengths to fool a dog into thinking he has superpowers. It also says a lot about me that my expectations were lowered the moment I noticed Miley Cyrus’ name in the voice credits.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
One of those Oscar-bait films with good acting and superb direction, but not a whole lot happens. The “old guy grows younger” gimmick seems too glossed over, as if Button’s condition is a quirky inconvenience (with admittedly tragic consequences) instead of something that violates the known physics of the universe. Even leaving that aside, for a film supposedly about a guy whose reverse aging makes him an outsider, he seems to get by pretty well throughout the picture. The only thing he really struggles with is his uncertain future, and even that’s downplayed.
Thank You For Smoking
I’ve seen clips of this, but never the whole thing. As satires go, it’s well-written, delightfully savage stuff, and you know it works because people on both sides of the argument either see it as backing their argument or blatantly biased propaganda for the other side. Oh, and it’s funny as hell.
Smoke if you got ‘em,
This is dF
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Maniac hamster...
on 2009-02-03 04:03 am (UTC)Re: Maniac hamster...
on 2009-02-03 04:26 am (UTC)