Well I said this blog would be about whatever I was tuned into and so far I've written mostly about music which I find to be perhaps the most emotionally stirring form or media today. Well today I broaden the horizons of this blog and tackle a couple more things...
Movies: Recently I saw "2046", a film by Wong Kar Wai. Now, I'd seen a couple of his past movies, namely "Fallen Angels" and "In the Mood for Love". 2046 was a loosely connected "sequel" to "In the Mood for Love". Well, one thing I've come to expect from Wong's movies is that they are presented in a way where things seem hardly real in terms of the metal of the characters, the presentation of visuals, the pairing of the soundtrack and just about everything else that makes the experience almost as if a dream. The story telling to this movie(which is decidely non sequetor) in particular makes you feel that way as there is alot there to make you guess about the characters and want you to dig into them but its hardly ever shown. Its as if it is story telling by subtle suggestion, not subtle in that one can tell what the movie is trying to say but just that it rarely will come out and just tell you. You are left to interpret by lines that are used time and again as the movie progresses. Subtle yet obvious I suppose. Anyway, as you can probably tell, I think its a movie worth seeing. Even though the plot (there almost is none) is way way way simple, this rathar lengthy movie has you wanting to see more all the time. The visuals are absolutely stunning and the very stylized sequences are some fo the best I've seen in a long long time. Easily one of my favorite movies of the past few years.
And now for something completely different...that I caught on the tube. "Butteryfly Effect". I never could quite tell what this movie was about from the trailers but I thought I'd give it a watch anyway...heck, it was the best thing on at the time. The movie shows a famous quote about chaos theory...you know the one about a butterfly flapping its wings could cause tramatic weather far far away (yes i'm paraphrasing here!). Anyway, that quote is the movie's namesake but I think its a little misapplied here. Anyway, this movie is sort of a dark 21st century take on teh age old question "What if". Its completly unbeleivable but does get one to think about what I refer to as "causality", in a very tangible way for people to understand. Causality is not something people think of everyday. Cause and Effect, and the effects of that effect etc etc. In that way, this movie was very enjoyable. Its a thought provoking, thriller melodrama all in one.
TV: Smallville's 100th episode in January was AWESOME. Great Story, decent acting great music(Peter Gabriel's "I Greive" is just about perfect for the scene and a powerful piece all by itself)....just Great Television! The few episodes since then could use alot of work. Anyhow, lets hope it gets better when they return with new episodes after the olympics...
As for the olympics...not been watching those...not sure why though. Just couldn't get excited for them. That and because of them none of my shows have new episodes...I need a new Scrubs dammit!
Oh and as far as reality TV..."Dancing with the Stars"...Stacy was robbed! Robbed I say! now back to your regularly scheduled blog...bye!
