For some reason I don't get to watch movies too often anymore. I don't really get to the theater to often anymore since my last experience was pretty awful (The last Indiana Jones movie which I found to be about just as good as the other one had little kids jumping and prancing around and yelling) and the NBA playoffs are on. I viewed a really good movie yesterday about a strange kid who befriended a vampire and ended up falling in love with her. No it wasn't Twilight but a movie called Let The Right One In.
I don't want to get too into the movie since I think it is best for you to experience it yourself without knowing too much going in but I must say that it is an intelligent movie for adults that touches on many interesting issues. I hope it finds a bigger audience here in America before what will only be the shitty American remake comes out (which has been announced).
There were two things that I took away from the movie. The first one was how cool it would be if my girlfriend was a vampire. We could hang out all night and I would have the day to myself. IF anyone fucked with me she could use her vampire powers to fuck them up. In todays world it would probably be easy for me to secure blood for her so she doesn't have to go around killing people. I would never have to go to Olive Garden. As long as she promises not to bite me I don't really see any downside to the relationship.
The second thing I took away from this movie was that it reinforced a rule I used to follow but over the years I've become very lax with. If someone comes to my house and makes a big deal about me inviting them in I do not invite them in. Vampires can only come into your house if you invite them. Do you know how many vampires I've invited into my house probably most of them being pizza deliverymen (only order a pizza from Papa Johns during the day trust me)? I'm surprised I haven't been turned all ready. And the worst part about inviting a vampire into your house is that the Vampire Test would be ineffective on them.
But really you should check out this movie. It moves a little slower compared to most American horror films because that is the way things typical go in these European movies but it has many compelling themes and situations in it. Another reason why I could find it hard for people to get into is the fact that not everything is explicit spelled out for you and some of the scenes and relationships are purposely left ambiguous(the book the movie is based off of is a lot more clearer). Its hard to actually discuss without giving anything away which is why you should go see this movie right now so we can talk about it.
Showing posts with label Chris Weber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Weber. Show all posts
Monday, May 4, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Why The News is An Awful Lot Like Con Air
I find myself to be typically well informed when it comes to current events and what is going on in the world. I admit that I wish I knew more and was able to follow more real world events closely but if I'm at a party and someone wants to bring up a recent issue such as the latest Hate Crimes Bill that passed I will be able to join the conversation.
What I have recently discovered is that most of my news and views will come from websites instead of the traditional media which I guess you would include television and newspapers. Granted I do read some paper publications online but I tend to go to various other websites such as Motherjones and Democracy Now to stay informed. I tend to get my news from more progressive websites but I also read more conservative sources even though I find most of them crazy.
I find myself watching the shows on the cable news and over the last couple months but only as an entertainment. This is not news but rather spit shinned polished bullshit so dressed up and produced that the only way you would be able to tell that it was utter complete shit would be to actually be on set while they are filming so you could actually bask in the putrid aura of shit that permeates from whatever talking head happens to be on the show.
When did these news programs turn into that Nic Cage movie Con Air. You might remember the movie. Cage plays an ex con whose intelligent level is a hair higher than the temperature inside your fridge and gets stuck on a plain with prisoners so utterly depraved of any morality they have names like Cyrus The Virus and Dog the Bounty Hunter.
But to me watching the news is an awful lot like watching Con Air right now. It is something that I can put on and not pay attention too. I can sit there on my computer looking at hardcore Japanese anime pornography and half listen to what is coming from my television and at about five or six minutes intervals I can be utterly shocked how blatantly prosperous everything is (though the news will become much more entertaining I think when like movies like Con Air it has blatantly homosexual tendencies in it as well).
Most of it isn't even news anymore but instead structured to reach a certain audience who shares whatever ideology the show is trying to push to get the most amount of viewers that they possibly can because lets face it what is more important than actually informing their viewers and acting as the watchdogs of democracy is selling ad revenue and protecting big business.
That is why I get sick of people complaining about how the media has either a liberal or conservative bias. No it has a bias of catering to stupid people. These are the stupid people who are transfixed by the confrontational yelling matches they have on television; the louder the hosts gets the more righteous the viewer finds the hosts point. Most of these viewers don't watch The Rachel Maddow Show or Sean Hannity's America to become better informed but rather hear everything they all ready know to be true being spit back at them.
Take the newest sensation of Fox News; reformed alcoholic and fucking crybaby Glen Beck. Now hear is a guy who hawks some pro America populists message and for some reason not only invites but has made the Howard Beale comparison to himself.
The only problem is that the Howard Beale character was in a satire about network news and that in the movie Network he was actually crazy. Beck is just a huckster hawking his product for gullible idiots. He is one of these conservative assholes who whines about the limousine liberals but yet rides around in limousines himself. Those who watch him all ready agree with what he has to say and those who are detractors are some some faggy liberal (But John Edwards sure made Ann Coulter look foolish. Edwards fucked a woman. He fucked a woman who wasn't his wife. Your move now Coulter).
Glen Beck is a perfect example of the movie Con Air; something so utterly ridiculous and so far removed from reality I understand why it is popular. Like Beck the movie Con Air was popular but it fucking sucked and I think it is atrocious people actually watch and derive their opinions from the Glen Beck or Keith Olbermann shows of America.
What I have recently discovered is that most of my news and views will come from websites instead of the traditional media which I guess you would include television and newspapers. Granted I do read some paper publications online but I tend to go to various other websites such as Motherjones and Democracy Now to stay informed. I tend to get my news from more progressive websites but I also read more conservative sources even though I find most of them crazy.
I find myself watching the shows on the cable news and over the last couple months but only as an entertainment. This is not news but rather spit shinned polished bullshit so dressed up and produced that the only way you would be able to tell that it was utter complete shit would be to actually be on set while they are filming so you could actually bask in the putrid aura of shit that permeates from whatever talking head happens to be on the show.
When did these news programs turn into that Nic Cage movie Con Air. You might remember the movie. Cage plays an ex con whose intelligent level is a hair higher than the temperature inside your fridge and gets stuck on a plain with prisoners so utterly depraved of any morality they have names like Cyrus The Virus and Dog the Bounty Hunter.
But to me watching the news is an awful lot like watching Con Air right now. It is something that I can put on and not pay attention too. I can sit there on my computer looking at hardcore Japanese anime pornography and half listen to what is coming from my television and at about five or six minutes intervals I can be utterly shocked how blatantly prosperous everything is (though the news will become much more entertaining I think when like movies like Con Air it has blatantly homosexual tendencies in it as well).
Most of it isn't even news anymore but instead structured to reach a certain audience who shares whatever ideology the show is trying to push to get the most amount of viewers that they possibly can because lets face it what is more important than actually informing their viewers and acting as the watchdogs of democracy is selling ad revenue and protecting big business.
That is why I get sick of people complaining about how the media has either a liberal or conservative bias. No it has a bias of catering to stupid people. These are the stupid people who are transfixed by the confrontational yelling matches they have on television; the louder the hosts gets the more righteous the viewer finds the hosts point. Most of these viewers don't watch The Rachel Maddow Show or Sean Hannity's America to become better informed but rather hear everything they all ready know to be true being spit back at them.
Take the newest sensation of Fox News; reformed alcoholic and fucking crybaby Glen Beck. Now hear is a guy who hawks some pro America populists message and for some reason not only invites but has made the Howard Beale comparison to himself.
The only problem is that the Howard Beale character was in a satire about network news and that in the movie Network he was actually crazy. Beck is just a huckster hawking his product for gullible idiots. He is one of these conservative assholes who whines about the limousine liberals but yet rides around in limousines himself. Those who watch him all ready agree with what he has to say and those who are detractors are some some faggy liberal (But John Edwards sure made Ann Coulter look foolish. Edwards fucked a woman. He fucked a woman who wasn't his wife. Your move now Coulter).
Glen Beck is a perfect example of the movie Con Air; something so utterly ridiculous and so far removed from reality I understand why it is popular. Like Beck the movie Con Air was popular but it fucking sucked and I think it is atrocious people actually watch and derive their opinions from the Glen Beck or Keith Olbermann shows of America.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
