Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Alex

As mindless action movie it was ok, certainly not worst of all time. As a movie that seems to present a moral argument that is essentially evil (two of them in fact: "better to do horrible things and have an impact than to be a nobody" and "better to commit horrible atrocities in the name of faith than to seek evidence and justification") it is way down on the list.

Though I'd have to also nominate Four Brothers in the morally awful category as well.

I really enjoyed watching Wanted, though it was ridiculous. And the morality was rather repugnant, though that's coming from a moral relativist. Anyway, I was visually entertained but my intelligence felt insulted. Heh. I did enjoy hearing a new pop song by Danny Elfman.

I remember seeing the preview for Night Watch, which contained no dialogue, but something visual prompted me to say, "Is this Russian?! Is this a Russian horror film?!" The movie did not disappoint and was both visually arresting and complex, and the subtitles were both functional and gorgeously integrated into the film. I also haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd films, nor have I read the trilogy on which they are based.