On Wednesday after work, and before poker I decided to go see a movie. I wanted to see Boarding Gate, which is some sort of foreign sexy thriller that got pretty good reviews around here. But when I got out of the train I turned the wrong way on 12th street and ended up at a different movie theater. The only choices I had were In Brueges, which I damn well knew I didn't want to see, and Funny Games which I was pretty sure I didn't want to see. So I saw Funny Games. I really did not like that movie. If you don't know about it, it is some foreigner who directed this movie, and he already made the movie before in some foreign language, but he remade it exactly shot for shot in English for us to enjoy. It is horror movie, like a Saw kind of horror torture movie, but it also is a highbrow art house movie that comments on how awful movies like Saw are. Well I didn't really like Saw, but I think I liked it more than this. You can't comment on a genre or on the fans, and at the same time reap the benefits of the conventions of the genre. Anyhow to sum up how much I did not like this movie, (SPOILER ALERT-IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE IDIOT AND DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LONG BEFORE IT HAPPENS)the one part of the movie that I had any emotional reaction to was that there was a kid, and I knew he was going to get axed, my emotionally response I think stems from being a parent, anyhow by the time they finally kill the kid, I was happy, much like the characters in the movie should have done, I just wanted them to get it over with!
This run of 70s music is not starting out too well. It turns out Margaretaville is just about as good as Jimmy Buffet gets, and, sadly, Tapestry (an album I love) is much better than Carole King ever got again. 7.5 out 12 and 11.5.
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