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Jul. 28th, 2007 10:48 pm
Being Da**** *** ******ff
As part of my ongoing ambition to be the absolute last person I know to see the most talked-about films of the last ten years, I NetFlixed Being John Malkovitch for tonight. A little disappointing. I don't think it was so much a problem of not living up to the hype, but of the impossibility of comparison to The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. As ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu can attest, I had such a powerful emotional reaction to that film that I couldn't even talk about it coherently afterwards, let alone pick it apart. But BJM struck me as less engrossing and more gimmicky, so I had too much mind power free to find flaws in it, especially in characterisation. Catherine Keener's character in particular was too opaque for me to accept wholeheartedly. None of this is fatal, since if the movie were that bad I wouldn't be so keyed up thinking about it an hour-and-a-half later.
(I'm not going to bore anyone with my reactions to other musty properties; if anyone's really interested, feel free to ask. I'd also be willing to post a list and talk about any of the films you wanted to hear more about.)
Today was more shopping to prepare for the trip. If you need a set of luggage, you could do far worse than to pick up a four-piece (well, including fanny pack) at Nordstrom Rack for $100. That's less than I paid for a single new bag at Filene's. Not 100% happy with it, but I felt compelled to leave with something, since the one I've had has been crying out for replacement for half a year now. (Okay, a whole year.) I'm hoping that the fact that it's snugger will force me to be more organised rather than dumping everything into it like a portable automobile on a strap.
I've got more bitching to do about my Chinese homework, but I've been putting off that entry because it means typing out a lot of quotes. At least I've found some help in my project to learn Simplified characters: A Mainland guy who had to teach himself Traditional is trying to reverse engineer his mnemonics for my use. Pretty cool considering the contentions discussion of Trad vs. Sim we had some years back.
monshu can attest, I had such a powerful emotional reaction to that film that I couldn't even talk about it coherently afterwards, let alone pick it apart. But BJM struck me as less engrossing and more gimmicky, so I had too much mind power free to find flaws in it, especially in characterisation. Catherine Keener's character in particular was too opaque for me to accept wholeheartedly. None of this is fatal, since if the movie were that bad I wouldn't be so keyed up thinking about it an hour-and-a-half later.(I'm not going to bore anyone with my reactions to other musty properties; if anyone's really interested, feel free to ask. I'd also be willing to post a list and talk about any of the films you wanted to hear more about.)
Today was more shopping to prepare for the trip. If you need a set of luggage, you could do far worse than to pick up a four-piece (well, including fanny pack) at Nordstrom Rack for $100. That's less than I paid for a single new bag at Filene's. Not 100% happy with it, but I felt compelled to leave with something, since the one I've had has been crying out for replacement for half a year now. (Okay, a whole year.) I'm hoping that the fact that it's snugger will force me to be more organised rather than dumping everything into it like a portable automobile on a strap.
I've got more bitching to do about my Chinese homework, but I've been putting off that entry because it means typing out a lot of quotes. At least I've found some help in my project to learn Simplified characters: A Mainland guy who had to teach himself Traditional is trying to reverse engineer his mnemonics for my use. Pretty cool considering the contentions discussion of Trad vs. Sim we had some years back.