24 June 2004
Opinions About Some Movies
My silly little blog was beginning to feel neglected, so here are some opinions about some movies I've recently seen:
- Addio Zio Tom (Goodbye Uncle Tom)
This movie could never have been made in America. It's pretty odd to watch Italians dramatizing the enslavement and degradation of blacks in America, with English subtitles. This movie is painfully frank about the horrific atrocities committed against blacks in America. The title refers to the death of Martin Luther King Jr., whom the Black Panthers considered an "Uncle Tom".
- Suicide Club
What is wrong with the Japanese? I've never seen such spectacularly deranged cinema from anywhere else, and I watch a lot of foreign cinema. This one features competitive suicide, a ribbon made from 200 pieces of human skin, mutilated bodies still twitching and gurgling, and of course many gallons of gushing, oozing, aerosol-misting blood. Not as violently effed-up as some of Takashi Miike's stuff, but still a white-knuckle ride. And two-thirds through the movie, there's a musical number.
- The Chronicles of Riddick
Boring! I was composing my grocery shopping list during this. Who conned me into seeing this wretched movie? Days later I realized this was the sequel to Pitch Black, another movie so lame that I had actively forgotten I'd ever seen it. I'm actively forgetting this one, too.
- The Stepford Wives
This was exactly what I expected it to be: a fun little bit of fluff. Haven't seen the original. Looks like Ferris Bueller has been spending time in the gym!
- Party Monster
That Macauley Culkin sure is growing up good. I hope he stays in the business.
In other movie-related news, my perl Greencine plugin for Movable Type has mysteriously stopped working. Who wants to volunteer to be my perl repair droid?