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I’ve watched a few movies lately that I just didn’t get into. Not a big problem, except they’re movies that most people seem to really like.
The first was the Korean monster movie, The Host. It wasn’t un-entertaining. The cast were pretty good and I found it interesting that the entire film was told from the point of view of one family whose youngest was abducted by the monster. With no authorities willing to help them get her back, they have to take matters into their own hands. The family dynamic was great but the film loses its pace too often and towards the end, the story just seemed to be wandering around aimlessly like a 2 year old lost in a mall.
Then came Audition – A Japanese thriller by renowned director Takashi Miike. It’s the story of a middle aged widower played by Ryo Ishibashi who, after being told by his son that he should remarry, allows himself to be convinced by a friend that the best way to find a new wife is to stage a fake movie audition. This one starts slowly and the premise of the movie is the kind of thing you might see in an Adam Sandler movie but by the third act has started turning into something you might see in an Eli Roth movie. Audition has been described as “a swan dive into razor wire”. Very interesting, but I just didn’t feel any love for it. I think I may need to watch this one again.
The last – Suicide Club – was kinda interesting I guess. Who can resist the morbid temptation of a movie that starts with 54 Japanese schoolgirls jumping in front of a train. Well, I guess I should have. This one starts in the land of horrific and creepy but quickly departs and, after a quick stop off in the realm of weird Rocky Horror death cult crap, ends up like those weird pseudo-philosophical bits in the Final Fantasy games. Meh.
This has thoroughly demoralised me so I figure that next I should watch something universally regarded as a classic. Fight Club maybe. I KNOW I love Fight Club. Or The Godfather. I think I saw that years ago, but I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll just watch a lot of The Sopranos.
It’s been a massive week. A good one, but massive.
On Tuesday, Phil, one of the producers from work and I flew to Melbourne to check out day two of Microsoft’s ReMix 07 conference. It sucked to get up so early, but the conference was really worth the trip as the speakers were great. I think that it may have dispelled some of my doubts about WPF and Silverlight so I’m going to make a special effort to learn as much as I can (read: have time for).
Met some great people from Microsoft and caught up with some that we already knew. I seem to have caught the Twitter bug while I was there, too, and have found myself submitting constantly – often from my phone.
Facebook continues to be another addiction. I think I must have close to forty friends on their now.
Last night after work, most of Amnesia wandered over to George St. to see Transformers. Awesome film! Totally lived up to my cautious optimism.
I’m tired and not feeling very eloquent. Think I’ll go watch some more Sopranos. After I check in on Twitter and Facebook, of course.
