Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Someone said it could be good,

but no one would own up to having said it.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

There's nothing I like less

than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

It doesn't count.

It's too easy to luck into liking something.

Remembering

becomes a courageous act.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I loved you,

but I at least like her.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints,

and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Sunday, June 14, 2009

It's not real. It's the movies.

Beyond the Sea - 6/10. Has no idea what it wants to be. Starts off almost deconstructionist, but that very quickly turns into a gimmick turns into a flight-of-fancy musical turns into a this-happens-and-then-this-happens chain of events straight-faced biopic. It can't figure itself out and so leaves us without a sense of who he is. Maybe that's the point. I don't know.

Is the sea.

Spirited Away - 7.5/10. I've got the same problem with Miyazaki that I have with Almodovar: I enjoy watching their movies and they leave me not knowing what the fuck they were all about. To their credit, I'd rather blame myself than them.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

I go whole weeks

without thinking about you.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Just droppin' in to pass y'all a note.

Babel - 3.5/10 - This movie fucking sucked.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Failing

to describe a feeling.

It is easy to tell art is successful

if the art itself is the best way to articulate its own purpose or qualities.

Thanks for the adventure.

Up - 8/10. Even the fucking short made me tear up.