Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Alex · 04-15-2007, 11:02 AM

Movies watched so far this weekend:

Born on the Fourth of July - Not really what I expected but still excruciatingly boring.

Mountains of the Moon - A period piece detailing the early attempts to find the source of the Nile by Burton and Speke. Made Born on the Fourth of July seem like a balls-to-the-wall action movie in comparison.

I watched both of those movies while making about 600 MouseAdventure buttons so it was a morning of drudgery all around.

Then we hit the beer-and-pizza theater last night to see The Host, a Korean monster movie that is currently making the arthouse rounds to good reviews. Lani liked it, I was so so on it. As good monster movies are, it was more social commentary than monster scare fest. The external view of Americans was interesting (simultaneously the buffoonish causer of their problem and frighteningly efficient solver of the problem).

It has strong comedic elements that frequently weren't working for me. But the woman behind me was laughing so hard and in such odd moments that I started to wonder if she just found the sound of the Korean language humorous.

In Korean and subtitled.

So on five points scales I'd say, in order: 2, 1, 3.

04-15-2007, 11:02 AM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Movies watched so far this weekend: Born on the Fourth of July - Not really what I expected but still excruciatingly boring. Mountains of the Moon - A period piece detailing the early attempts to find the source of the Nile by Burton and Speke. Made Born on the Fourth of July seem like a balls-to-the-wall action movie in comparison. I watched both of those movies while making about 600 MouseAdventure buttons so it was a morning of drudgery all around. Then we hit the beer-and-pizza theater last night to see The Host, a Korean monster movie that is currently making the arthouse rounds to good reviews. Lani liked it, I was so so on it. As good monster movies are, it was more social commentary than monster scare fest. The external view of Americans was interesting (simultaneously the buffoonish causer of their problem and frighteningly efficient solver of the problem). It has strong comedic elements that frequently weren't working for me. But the woman behind me was laughing so hard and in such odd moments that I started to wonder if she just found the sound of the Korean language humorous. In Korean and subtitled. So on five points scales I'd say, in order: 2, 1, 3.
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