When I say something is a good story I mean it. That is one of the highest compliments a story will ever receive from me. Into The Wild is one of those stories.
This is what a tragedy is. The story is about one young man bringing about his own absolute destruction. Driven by whatever it is within us that drives us to do what we do, this young man sets out on journeys we only hear of, read about, but never actually live.
There is something touching about a person who does what we do not have the courage or desire to, to think what is right. There is something touching about a young man whose dream comes true, only to realize that everything has a price. This something makes us happy and sad at the same time.
Our main character is in search of happiness. He is too intelligent for his own good. He gives up all that he knows to embark on a journey driven by the passion he can only share with literature. In his search for what human beings should be he enters into isolation. He pays the ultimate price for his lesson. This is a good story, this is what stories should be.
His lesson, his message to us, what he learned so we do not have to is this:
"Happiness only real when shared".
Saturday, April 26, 2008
There Will Be Comedy and Genius
There Will be Blood is a wonderful experience. The main character Daniel is an absolute monster, an absolute genius, but most importantly, everything you need to be to survive. I was never around in the frontier days but I am certain that girly-mens never made it very far.
Our hero, our monster, is one the most ruthless businessmen you will ever meet and one of the most ruthless people you should hope never to meet. The movie is his journey to the top, the very top, and it catalogs every bloody detail of his adventure. He likes no one and uses everyone.
His response to what he deems insulting arrives in the form of a death-threat and he constantly reminds you what he's going to do to you, in case you forgot. The movie is tragicomedy. It is the middle to late life of one man and all that he does. Its sad and its ridiculously funny.
Watch this movie, maybe you'll learn something about life. Or at the very least you'll laugh, I hope.
Our hero, our monster, is one the most ruthless businessmen you will ever meet and one of the most ruthless people you should hope never to meet. The movie is his journey to the top, the very top, and it catalogs every bloody detail of his adventure. He likes no one and uses everyone.
His response to what he deems insulting arrives in the form of a death-threat and he constantly reminds you what he's going to do to you, in case you forgot. The movie is tragicomedy. It is the middle to late life of one man and all that he does. Its sad and its ridiculously funny.
Watch this movie, maybe you'll learn something about life. Or at the very least you'll laugh, I hope.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Dead Silence, or, The Creepy Dolls and the Creepy Old Lady whose Hand is up Their Asses
Dead Silence is nothing if not entertaining. I mean that. The movie is worth watching only if you enjoy bad movies.
The plot. A little old lady, who does not live in a shoe, has no children and only dolls. And then one day a boy makes fun of her because he can see her lips moving so the doll, a ventriloquist doll, must righteously prove its existence by throwing a temper tantrum, as little boys are wont to do. Then she calls the boy a dummy by asking a rhetorical question. Then the boy goes missing, then the fathers of the town freak out and they murder her and she's buried and now what, you may ask? After all this, what could come next? It follows logically that the old woman lives on through the dolls and whenever you see her and scream she rips your tongue out. Anyway, this is where the movie starts. And ends I guess because you've seen this kind of movie an hundred times.
What separates this movie from all the others is the creepy fascination with dolls and real life. I'm sure we could get into a discussion on, say, dolls mimicking life and humans trying to mimic the perfect little dolls, but I'm not Salman Rushide. If you've ever thought clowns were creepy and thought dolls also were creepy then this movie is for you to watch. Creepy, creepy, creepy.
The twist at the end is worth the wait. Its not that long a movie. Its passable the whole way. So go ahead and watch this movie on your light fantastic toe. Laugh at this movie, its clever.
The plot. A little old lady, who does not live in a shoe, has no children and only dolls. And then one day a boy makes fun of her because he can see her lips moving so the doll, a ventriloquist doll, must righteously prove its existence by throwing a temper tantrum, as little boys are wont to do. Then she calls the boy a dummy by asking a rhetorical question. Then the boy goes missing, then the fathers of the town freak out and they murder her and she's buried and now what, you may ask? After all this, what could come next? It follows logically that the old woman lives on through the dolls and whenever you see her and scream she rips your tongue out. Anyway, this is where the movie starts. And ends I guess because you've seen this kind of movie an hundred times.
What separates this movie from all the others is the creepy fascination with dolls and real life. I'm sure we could get into a discussion on, say, dolls mimicking life and humans trying to mimic the perfect little dolls, but I'm not Salman Rushide. If you've ever thought clowns were creepy and thought dolls also were creepy then this movie is for you to watch. Creepy, creepy, creepy.
The twist at the end is worth the wait. Its not that long a movie. Its passable the whole way. So go ahead and watch this movie on your light fantastic toe. Laugh at this movie, its clever.
Friday, April 4, 2008
An Orgy for the Ears and Eyes
Across the Universe is a great little story. There are flashy lights and wonderful songs. That's all you need to know. It is beautiful to see but the story-line felt like someone took a few dozen songs they really liked and tied them all together. What's wrong with this technique? Nothing. Check this out and if you know anyone who has acid maybe drop some right in the middle of the movie, it will probably help.
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